The Montana Mountaineering Association, through its Junior Mountaineering Team, builds backcountry travelers to build a better community.

There’s been chatter about Mount Saint Elias. With a dive into the WildSnow archives, we look back at some controversial St. Elias ski mountaineering.

There’s been a glade skiing renaissance in New England with non-profits, private, and public landowners creating accessible and thin-treed ski terrain.

A few thoughts in honor of the WildSnow dot Com blogiversary, from founder Lou Dawson.

Vinersa 2000 ski touring binding, Lou Dawson collection, an interesting specimen from 1980.

The American Alpine Journal reoprts Ski Descents, and in the process, helps define significance in the ski mountaineering realm.

Trip planning for a San Juans ski tour, including snowpack discussion with Sheldon Kerr and San Juan ski mountaineering history with Hilaree Nelson.

Review of Mount Everest book, Third Pole, by Mark Synnott.

Step by step process for planning an overnight ski trip in the Tetons including learning local ski history, snowpack and avalanche forecast.

Ski traverse of Colorado Elk Mountains, 1980, trip report and narrative by Richard Compton.