TNF snowboarder Michaela Davis Meehan talks freeriding
Aussie, Michaela Davis Meehan, is known for her big mountain snowboarding and her Freeride World Tour podiums.
She made the move from park to big...
Black Diamond release three part avalanche safety video series
Black Diamond athlete, Mike Barney, has been a ski guide for almost 20 years and spends nine months of the year guiding in the...
Coolest backcountry adventures in Australia and NZ this winter
Want to shred deep powder without fighting in queues for first lifts this winter? Of course you do.
Then you've come to the right place...
Why you need to join Australia’s Mountain Safety Collective this winter
Following trends from overseas, backcountry participation in Australia has been growing year on year and shows no signs of slowing down.
In the era of...
Australian Ski Patrol Association release backcountry safety short film
With more and more skiers and boarders heading into the backcountry of Australia, the Australian Ski Areas Association has together with the Australian Ski...
How to tell if your backcountry guide might kill you (or...
Nothing inspires a backcountry ski trip like historic early-season snowfall after two years of pandemic resort closures. It’s enough to make us call in...
Snow etiquette: how not to be a dick in the backcountry...
When 2021 lockdowns came to the Snowy Mountains, staff and locals headed to the hills for their allotted exercise. Although the resort lifts lay...
Europe’s best ski resorts for off-piste and backcountry skiing
Europe is brimming with ski resorts like nowhere else on earth. Mountains throughout France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy (and beyond) have for centuries been crossed...
Why I didn’t stick to the plan, a backcountry lesson we...
No one likes rain on their parade. That’s particularly true when the parade you envisioned was a string of your favourite snowsbesties, all happily...
First all female heli ski guide team at CMH in Canada...
CMH Heli Skiing are the founding commercial heli skiing operation that started a global industry in Canada back in 1965. And for that, we...
We need to talk about avalanches in Japan, yes they do...
There's a lot of talk about avalanches in Japan, or the perceived lack of them due to dry snow and lesser pitch. We're here...
Busting seven heli ski myths – one Very Serious™? skier at...
When I told some touring buddies I was about to have my first heli-ski experience, their response was, “You haven’t tried heli-skiing?” (Um, hello,...
Three remote British Columbia resorts where community and good times matter
In a ski and snowboard world filled with mega passes and hi tech lift systems it's refreshing to know there's a pocket of old...
For those who dare: skiing into the abyss on Tasmania’s famed...
Frenchman's Cap is considered one of Tasmania's most prominent treks through rainforest, scrub, boulders and cliffs. The mighty white monarch is Tassie's version of...
The three-day Australian Backcountry Festival is back this August at Hotham
Human-powered powder adventurers unite, as The Australian Backcountry Festival returns to Mt Hotham in August for its eight year.
Formerly known as the Victorian Backcountry...
Backcountry skiers bag first descent on Cradle Mountain Tasmania
Backcountry ski adventurers, Shaun Mittwollen and Ben Armstrong, have done it again and conquered another first descent in Tasmania.
Together with fellow adventure skier, Jacob...
