Excerpt from Rob Coppilillo’s Ski Guide Manual on how to plan for and develop a terrain use mindset for ski touring, used by IFMGA guides.

Tips on mental and physical fall ski touring preparation and commentary on the “wicked” backcountry, excerpted from The Ski Guide Manual.

The benefits of stretching for ski touring and how to stop making excuses and start your own stretching program.

Lessons learned from a runaway ski that slid into a crevasse on Mount Rainier and what to do if it happens to you.

How to make backcountry skiing less white? Aidan Goldie examines the implicit biases, racism, and barriers that prevent BIPOC from backcountry inclusivity.

Pursuing big ski mountaineering objectives doesn’t need to be a crapshoot. This planning tool uses conditions, terrain and group dynamics to help you step it up in the mountains.

Traveling in avalanche terrain comes with many risks. Check your level of risk tolerance and awareness with our avalanche safety quiz.

Using a Run Atlas for route planning and decision making in backcountry ski touring.

Mentorship is an essential element of a skier’s growth and progression in the backcountry. Jed Porter offers tips on how to make the most of a mentorship.

When does next year begin? Alex Lee offers 7 ways to link snow years including hydrological cycles, winter tire changeover, the rule of ablation and more.