Former TGR Lead Guide Zahan Billimoria is sharing his secrets to backcountry skiers in a 12-week online Backcountry Semester.

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Coming up with a list of backcountry skiing destinations isn’t quite as easy as our typical resort guides. Backcountry skiing is inherently about exploration, getting away from the crowds, and ...

The backcountry is increasingly influenced by technology, with innovations ranging from smartphones aiding wilderness navigation to advancements in skiing equipment. The 2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe ...

When 19th-century California naturalist John Muir famously said, “The mountains are calling and I must go,” he couldn’t possibly have imagined slushy parking lots crowded with Teslas and short tempers ...

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — On a clear, cold day in mid-February, we had spent hours on backcountry skis trudging up and across a remote mountainside in the eastern Sierra when we noticed that the trees ...

The decades-old Bolton Valley, with its fabled 1,200-acre powder preserve, returned to profitability by leaning into demand for backcountry skiing. Casey Kelbaugh for The New York Times A lift ticket ...

A South Lake Tahoe backcountry skier died in an avalanche Monday on Luther Pass, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said. A call to dispatch just after 4 p.m. reported a missing backcountry skier ...

Three men flown by helicopter to the Alaska backcountry for a skiing trip are presumed dead after they were caught in a massive avalanche, authorities said Wednesday. The avalanche happened Tuesday ...