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Snow this season, thus far, has been scarce throughout much of the U.S., and winter has denied many of us. So, it means you just have to get creative about finding your powder.
Northeasterners Gather for Avalanche Workshop
Notes from the first annual Eastern Snow and Avalanche Workshop at Mt. Washington
A November ski cruise to the bottom of the earth, replete with penguins, first Ds and a 'Drake Shake-Down'
Follow a freeriding heavy and climbing newb, like Sage C-A, on an expedition to North America's high point
Reflections with a Pioneer: Bill Briggs
'So I got in to Jackson... and camped under the bridge, which was a nice place. It had pretty good acoustics.' -BB
‘Boom’: Bombs, Avis, Kicking Horse & the Overture of 1812
Cozy up to hand-thrown charges in this short, loud and lesser-known film from the Banff festival
Avalanche guru Dale Atkins: 'People need to realize that they could be the next accident'
Monster (Nor’eastah) Ravages Interior New England
Cries (of 'epic') heard at a small ski hill near Plainfield, Mass.
Bjarne & Andreas’ Excellent Andean Adventure #2
Taking tiredness to a whole new level, solo, at 22,000 feet, in Peru's Cordillera Blanca
Ian McIntosh: 'If you don’t know your sh*t, it’s going to catch up with you sooner or later.'
Snow this season, thus far, has been scarce throughout much of the U.S., and winter has denied many of us. So, it means you just have to get creative about finding your powder.
Ingrid Backstrom talks backcountry protocol alongside TNF's second avalanche safety webisode
Griffin Post talks about backcountry decision-making alongside TNF's opening avalanche safety webisode
High and Tight: Coolers of the San Juans
[galleryview=id:101;] By Kim Havell “Well, do we do this thing?” Dave said, looking over to the rest of us. I pulled out the binoculars and studied some of the couloirs. They all looked tricky. “We have options,” I mused, out loud. “But we should probabl
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