What is backcountry skiing/snowboarding all about?
What do I need to go backcountry skiing/snowboarding? How good do I have to be to ski/snowboard in the backcountry? Back country skiing and snowboarding is all about taking your favorite winter sport, whether it is downhill skiing, cross country skiing, telemark or snowboarding and moving it out of the resort and into nature. There are no lift lines and no crowds. There’s just you, your friends and a lot of beautiful scenery. Whatever your mode of transportation over the snow, you’ll be earning your turns as you get yourself up the hill you want to ride down. Your efforts are richly rewarded when you get to the top and have amazing views all around you. Knowing that you worked to get the view always sweetens the vista. One of the biggest misconceptions about backcountry skiing is that backcountry skiing equals extreme skiing. The reality is that many people ski much mellower terrain in the backcountry than they do in resorts. If you can ski or snowboard on ungroomed intermediate trails
