British Columbia, Canada – The Backcountry Lodges of British Columbia Association (BLBCA) is pleased to announce the second annual Backcountry Purist Contest.

Join us on Friday, November 2, 2012 for the fifth-annual Barn Bash and Backcountry Film Festival at the Boyden Farm in Cambridge, Vermont. Presented by Backcountry Magazine and Winter Wildlands Alliance. Doors open at 6PM. Proceeds benefit the Cambridge Rotary Winter Wellness Days.

Boise, ID—Winter is upon us and once again the Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival is answering the call.  Wax those skis, tune those boards and gather your friends!

Last weekend, three men perished in an avalanche in the Chartreuse Mountains near Grenoble. France.

WHISTLER, BC - "Out of the Shadows," The International FreeSki Film Festival's Best Big Mountain Movie of 2010 is now available for a spectacular 'pay what you want' rate at Dendrite Studios' brand new web store.

Crested Butte has always been a town that holds on to its resources dearly...

The Swedish ski mountaineer Fredrik Ericsson fell more than 3,000 feet today while climbing K2's infamous Bottleneck...

Fredrik Ericsson, the Swedish ski mountaineer determined to ski down K2 (8611m), had his most recent attempts at the summit impeded by dangerous conditions...

Swedish ski adventurer Fredrik Ericsson, who has his sights set on being the first person to ski down the world’s three highest peaks, has just reached base camp on K2...

Jonathan Mingle and his partners are preparing for a journey to Zanskar, India, where they hope to make the first ski descent of Sultan Lango (5827m) and coordinate a humanitarian project in the area.

Good news on two fronts means that the canyons of Salt Lake will remain safe and open to the public for backcountry skiing and other activities at least a little longer.

On June 3, 2010, the freeskiing world lost one of its finest up-and-coming athletes, Arne Backstrom, at the age of 29.