Snow Sports
ArchiveIn 2009, while training for the 2010 Winter Olympics, snowboarder Kevin Pearce hit his head on the lip of a halfpipe and suffered a traumatic brain injury. Doctors were not sure he'd wake up from a coma, much less walk or talk again.
Jordan Manley and four other skiers spent three weeks riding big lines on Canada’s remote Baffin Island. Turns out, it’s one of the most spectacular regions on earth,…
A crew of Bosnian snowboarders want to restore their capital's war-ravaged Olympic resorts to international glory, and a burgeoning adventure-travel scene just might make it possible. Dimiter Kenarov boot-packs to the world's gnarliest lift line.
We've always been a big fan of La Sportiva's footwear. Its running shoes, climbing shoes, and technical boots have consistently earned praise and awards here at Outside, including a Radical Design Award this fall for the company's $3000 Stratos randonee ski…
Snowboarder Xavier de le Rue and the crew at Timeline Films have released the full version of the movie This is My Winter. It's a 28-minute-long flick that takes you behind…
A simple ode to Alta, what many skiers consider the resort in the world.
JP Auclair throws backflips, rides stairs, and gaps trucks in the streets of B.C. for his segment in Sherpa Cinema‘s latest film, All.I.Can.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7iUA4xJFxpA On Saturday, The New York Times ran an article detailing skier Bode Miller's plan to attack the Birds of Prey downhill course with an abandon beyond anything he had done before. “The level of intensity I had, the risk I…
Red Bull's Crashed Ice is a physical mashup of hockey and snowboardcross held on a downhill ice rink. We talk to the one of the stars of the fledgling sport.
Tired of waiting in long lift lines at ski resorts? For a few thousand dollars, you could have the place to yourself.
If your favorite American ski resort added a single rail coaster would you ride it? Watch this video and then let us know in the comments section below. Ski resorts looking for an alternative way to bring in guests during the offseason, pay attention. This single-pipe coaster can…
Antarctica, Courtesy of Keoki Flagg The bad news? This expedition—in which 23 of North America's best known skiers, mountaineers, and guides invited you to cruise to Antarctica with them on a search for virgin powder—is over. The good news? The crew has…
You can watch the full version of Xavier De La Rue and TimeLine Production’s latest snowboarding epic, This Is My Winter, at TimelineMissions.com.
In our December issue, we feature Amy Purdy as one of the planet's most powerful innovators. Eleven years ago, Purdy lost her legs after getting…
Pro skiers Cody Townsend, Mark Amba, and the crew of Salomon Freeski TV hit up chest-deep powder at Washington’s Steven’s Pass.
This past weekend, skier Jamie Pierre died in an avalanche in Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon. Known instabilities in the snowpack had been brushed aside by dozens of experienced skiers in the area that day, but these layers could persist for the whole season. How well can avalanche experts predict slides for the rest of the season based on these conditions?
Skier Jamie Pierre died this past weekend in a Utah avalanche and memorials and comments around the web have piled up in response. Warren Miller Entertainment put together this short tribute video to honor the 38-year-old athlete who…
Have kids, will heli-ski: the Cummings in AK [Dean Cummings] Last week I posted highlights from my interview with world champion extreme skier Dean Cummings, who lives in Valdez, Alaska, with his wife and two kids. Naturally you’d think that if…
Up in the Pacific Northwest, Salomon Freeski TV hits the slopes in the snowiest month of the snowiest year in a decade.
Senior editor Grayson Schaffer heads to Colorado’s C.S. Irwin Lodge for some cat skiing outside of the classic Crested Butte Mountain Resort. …
The other morning I had breakfast with Dean Cummings, a veteran Alaska heli-ski guide and all around big mountain badass, who was coming through Santa Fe to promote his new line of skis, H20 Outdoor Gear. That Dean has lived to see 46 is no small feat.
In 2004, freeskier Josh Dueck was paralyzed from the waist down. Watch Dueck hit 15-foot cliffs in B.C.’s backcountry in this inspirational story from Salomon TV.
Jeremy Jones gets into some “bottomless epic pow” in Japan. Behind the scenes of TGR’s latest film, Further.
With La Niña back and the East Coast on a five-year blizzard streak, we devised the ultimate ski calendar to help you and your family take advantage. From a boot-deep New England Thanksgiving through spring-break corn snow in the Southwest, the outlook is decidedly epic.
Former U.S. Ski Team moguls skier and director of K2's Backcountry Ski division Mike Hattrup picks his favorite mountains
The 1964 Olympic silver medalist picks his favorite ski mountains
Avalanche air bags are gaining in popularity. And for good reason—they can increase survival rates by 98 percent.
Freestyle skiing legend Glen Plake picks his 5 favorite places to ski
When winter and darkness settle on Norway, the locals go skiing. Watch them rip from summit to the sea in the Fjords of the Sognadal region.
This is what six seconds of Salomon’s week-long Jib Academy looks like at 1000 frames per second. We recommend watching the whole video.
La Nina’s back. Salomon Freeski TV gives us a taste of the powder the West can expect again this season.
At just 16, Mikaela Shiffrin is already being called the fastest skier the U.S. has ever produced. Can she back up that hype on the world stage?
You can't always get what you want, but you can get a pair of limited edition Rolling Stones themed K2 Sideshow skis if you're fast. To mark their respective 50th anniversary celebrations, K2 and The Rolling Stones have collaborated on the ultimate rock and roll tribute skis: The K2…
The first generation of snowsports hot shots is looking for meaning, and they’re finding it in the struggle to solve climate change. ext_script = "//player.ooyala.com/player.js?width=640&height=480&embedCode=BkYjd1MjrE62266DUH3T48HwHKO3enHn&videoPcode=1jZG06vQqWlGOe2jr1WK6VaYFHtK"…
In July, the International Ski Federation decided to require longer, straighter skis for skier safety. Did they make the right decision?
Teton Gravity Reseach’s latest ski flick was shot in nine locations. It premiers in New York City on Friday.
Despite a stellar record of spending cuts, job creation, and balanced budgets—and a world-class adventure résumé that includes an Everest summit—former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson can't get anyone to take his campaign for president seriously. Is it him or us?
Matthias Girard is lucky to be alive after the first successful SkiBASE of the Matterhorn. He admitted as much after posting the above video on his blog yesterday. Just before jumping his ski got caught in the snow, but he was able to do a front flip to keep…
Why Sandy Vietze, the U.S. skier who urinated in front of a girl on a JetBlue flight, should be reinstated immediately.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wTS2N5fgiks Somehow, we don't see this becoming the next barefoot running. In the video above from Leki, nordic walking expert Peter Schlickenrider stops by Lindsey Vonn's house in Austria to see if she's up for some nordic walking. Ding dong. “Hopefully, she's here.” Cue Vonn walking…
How a group of under-the-radar snowboarding filmmakers created one of the most innovative action-sports empires.
Included in our Top 10 from Banff, Solitaire, Sweetgrass Productions‘ latest, is a soulful ski-flick shot in South America.
Do ski helmets affect reaction time to peripheral stimuli? No. At least not according to a study just published in Wilderness and Environmental Medicine. Several reasons not to wear a lid have been floating around: too much weight on the neck for kids, increase level of…
The Swede carves long lines around outcrops on South Island slopes.
The Salt Lake City gap-jump honcho skies over outcrops…
Pro snowboarder Jeremy Jones shares some advice for snowboarding in the backcountry.
The Austrian pro snowboarder carves up the backcountry.
Outside senior editor Grayson Schaffer shows you how to ski downhill with your dog.
Outside senior editor Grayson Schaffer shows you how to ski uphill with your dog.
The four-time ASP world champ chats about another great year while on an Outside shoot with photographer Robert Maxwell.
Learn how to turn tricks from Stu Bilodeau at the Panorama Terrain Park. For more info, go to restlessjosie.com.
Outside editor Grayson Schaffer explores a secret stash of backcountry powder in the mountains above Santa Fe. Music by Stayton Bonner…
Canadian freeskier Dana Flahr catches big air in Mount Aspiring National Park.
Outside senior editor Grayson Schaffer joins Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker and friends for some heli-skiing. Or not.
The Australian pro surfer rides 20-foot waves and boards down mountains.
The 26 year-old Hawaiian surfs frigid waves and then heli-boards.
This year's Himalayan climbing season is in full swing, which to most people means one thing: Everest. Already this season the world's highest mountain has seen the first cellphone call from the summit, a record number of…
I'm ready to head away from the resort. What's the best way to work out for ski mountaineering? The Editors Santa Fe, NM
Five days before the 2010 Olympic snowboarding trials, Kevin Pearce slammed his head on a rock-hard wall of halfpipe, suffering severe brain trauma that flipped the script of his life. A return to competition is out of the question--he's had to relearn how to walk and talk--but that's not enough to keep him off the mountain.
For those willing to experiment on a snowboard worth a few hundred dollars or more, get out your power tools. Timeline and Xavier de le Rue have a put together a pretty cool tutorial on how to build…
Angel Collinson joins the team from Backcountry.com on Vimeo. Freeskier Angel Collinson announced yesterday that she has signed with Team Backcountry.com, whose roster includes such…
The World Ski and Snowboard Festival wrapped up recently in Whistler, BC, in the usual nine-day riot of partying, skiing, and celebrating the newest, most talented, and most dedicated innovators, athletes, and individuals in the ski industry. The Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown is among the…
The Former Governor of New Mexico May Be The Most Unique Presidential Candidate in The Field. We Hereby Endorse His Campaign Trail. https://youtube.com/watch?v=GyBaWhBWqwU%C2%A0 Last week, I joined Gary Johnson, the 58-year-old former governor of New Mexico and aspiring Republican presidential nominee, for a…
High winds this week on Cho Oyu, west of Everest So far at Base Camp during the 2011 climbing season, Everest ER has seen 276 patients, a number they say is on target “to break all previous…
To raise awareness about first responders diagnosed with PTSD, guest blogger Michael Ferrara plans to ski 900 miles across Alaska, south to north, from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, with his dog, Lhotse, trotting beside him. To learn more about Ferrara's quest, read…
Ski guide and mountaineer Kip Garre and Allison Kreutzen were killed in an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada backcountry south of Bishop, California, earlier this week, according to reports from Powder.com and…
Photo by jeremyeanlittle on Flickr The Southern Hemisphere’s largest winter sports event, Winter Games New Zealand, have opened entries for this year's competition…
To raise awareness about first responders diagnosed with PTSD, guest blogger Michael Ferrara plans to ski 900 miles across Alaska, south to north, from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, with his dog, Lhotse, trotting beside him. To learn more about Ferrara's quest, read…
The freeskiers at this year's Jon Olsson Invitational in Åre, Sweden, this weekend got such big air and wild twists that, in one instance, a joke about the need for pocket calculators to tally rotations wasn't out of the question, according to…
Climbers and mountaineers from around the world have begun arriving at Everest base camp the past few weeks, a clear sign that climbing season on the world’s highest peak is once again underway. While most hope simply to make it to the summit, a handful of expeditions have other goals…
To raise awareness about first responders diagnosed with PTSD, guest blogger Michael Ferrara plans to ski 900 miles across Alaska, south to north, from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, with his dog, Lhotse, trotting beside him. To learn more about Ferrara's quest, read…
The eighth episode of Xavier de le Rue's snowboard series Timeline was posted yesterday on Backcountry.com. In the five-minute short, de le Rue joins fellow big-mountain riders and filmmakers Jeremy Jones, Jimmy…
To raise awareness about first responders diagnosed with PTSD, guest blogger Michael Ferrara plans to ski 900 miles across Alaska, south to north, from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, with his dog, Lhotse, trotting beside him. To learn more about Ferrara's quest, read…
To raise awareness about first responders diagnosed with PTSD, guest blogger Michael Ferrara plans to ski 900 miles across Alaska, south to north, from the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean, with his dog, Lhotse, trotting beside him. To learn more about Ferrara's quest, read…
Red Bull Bobby Brown Triple Cork 1440 from Poor Boyz Productions on Vimeo. At a private park in Squaw Valley, Bobby Brown conquered the first ever Triple Cork 1440. Brown, from Colorado, is only 19 years old, but has been dominating the freeskiing world since he first…
Climbers and mountaineers from around the world have begun arriving at Everest base camp the past few weeks, a clear sign that climbing season on the world’s highest peak is once again underway. While most hope simply to make it to the summit, a handful of expeditions have other goals…