MSR Backcountry Skiing

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.

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.

Maintaining trails (and harmony) requires us all to follow a few etiquette tips whenever we step onto snow, whether we’re cross-country skiing, snowsh