Back in 1910, Willi Rickmer Rickmers, a German mountaineer and skier, put forth some prescient rules for descending mountains on skis. And they still hold up. There are some universal truisms to human powdered snow sliding culture. There’s a thirst for uphilling. There’s a timeless giddiness while descending. And after the descent, as…
The Spoor of the Perfect “Ski Runner”
A numeracy exercise: counting finely linked turns on Mount Fletcher. Photo: Alex Lee
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Boris Langenstein on the first ski descent of India’s Meru Central. Photo: Tiphaine Duperier
A First Descent on India’s Meru Central
Tiphaine Dupérier and Boris Langenstein pull off another small-scale big-mountain descent.
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Ryan Griffiths, somewhere cold. Photo: Aidan Whitelaw
The High Route Podcast
The Progression Episode with Ryan Griffiths
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Teton shadows extending toward the Gros Ventre.
Public Lands and the Touring Scene
A look at proposed rule changes in the public lands space that could affect the touring scene.
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