Hot topics that backcountry pros and recreationalists need consider when venturing into the backcountry via ski, snowboard, splitboard, snowmobile, or snow bike.
Late spring and summer storms can deposit new snow deep enough to avalanche—and that even a small slide can be deadly. BCA ambassador Matt Schonwald shares his first-hand knowledge and tips for how to avoid spring and summer avalanche hazards.
If you spend a lot of time in avalanche terrain, hopefully, you’ve taken an avalanche course. But do you also have first aid training? Learn how you can become abetter backcountry partner by taking a wilderness first aid course.
Glaciers are dangerous, but the risks can be mitigated with the proper safety equipment, training, and safe travel techniques. In these two videos, certified avalanche instructor Mike Buck brings us into the Alaska wilds with his glacier travel safety tips.
Through early season snows, mid-winter powder days, and spring corn, your skins have been your trusted companions. But by their nature, they take the brunt of use on the skintrack as you rack up vert and transitions. Here are a few tips to keep them clean and happy.
BCA ambassador Greg Hope is all about communication in the backcountry. Hope’s desire to facilitate better communication between groups was fueled by an incident when he and a friend were descending the Grandfather Couloir in the San Juan Mountains.
Beyond the classic implements for avalanche safety, Alaska heli-ski guide, AIARE instructor, and Squaw avalanche mitigation specialist Lel Tone is clear about the importance of one of the more mental aspects of safety management: humility.