Backcountry Access Snowsports

Learn the different ways to travel in the backcountry in winter, including telemark and randonee skiing, snowshoeing and splitboarding.

Snowshoeing is an easy, fun and relatively low-risk winter activity—as long as you follow a few basic guidelines about avoiding avalanches.

Avalanches are a risk any time you head into snow-covered mountains. Learn basic information to help you make good decisions to avoid avalanches.

Learn about the essential avalanche safety gear you need to carry when you venture beyond in-bounds ski areas.

Learn how to identify and avoid avalanche terrain and choose safer travel routes.

An avalanche forecast tells you about potential slide dangers. Learn what it is, where to find it and how to read a forecast.