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• GROUPS WE SUPPORT: American Alpine Club

  We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes, as well as in our support of conservation, education and recreation groups on the front lines. Read more >

• GROUPS WE SUPPORT: The Conservation Alliance

  We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes, as well as in our support of conservation, education and recreation groups on the front lines. Read more >

• GROUPS WE SUPPORT: Utah Avalanche Center

  We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes, as well as in our support of conservation, education and recreation groups on the front lines. Read more >

• GROUPS WE SUPPORT: Winter Wildlands Alliance

  We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes, as well as in our support of conservation, education and recreation groups on the front lines. Read more >

• Chin-Deep in Japan

  This Japanuary, Matt and Agnes Hage explored Japan, going deep in the powder all day before dipping into local hot pools, known as onsen, each night. Slowly, they learned the dos and don'ts of the Japanese aprés culture. Read more >

• Jordan White: Skiing Alaska’s Thunder Mountain

  Black Diamond Athlete Jordan White loves Alaska. It’s his chance to unplug and get away from work, ski lifts and a busy life. In Alaska, White’s only work is putting one foot in front of the other while his skins serve as the area’s ski lifts. This spring, he and a crew headed back to “the last frontier” with an eye on a prime line. And as usual, Alaska did not disappoint. Read more >

• Johnny Collinson: The Sickle

  Johnny Collinson is a sucker for adventure. So when Sherpas Cinema pitched him the idea of skiing a gnarly, 2000-foot line in the Canadian Rockies, Collinson was all in. Read more >

• BD Athlete Mary McIntyre: Skiing & Climbing in the Argentine Andes

  Watch BD Athlete Mary Mac explore the climbing and skiing readily accessible from the famed Refugio Frey. Read more >

• Exum Files—Part 2: Helpful Ski Techniques With Guide and World Champion Jessica Baker

  Lead Exum guide and former freeskiing champion Jessica Baker shares basic techniques to improve your skiing. Read more >

• GROUPS WE SUPPORT: American Mountain Guides Association

  We take a large amount of pride in our history of outspoken advocacy for conservation and access causes, as well as in our support of conservation, education and recreation groups on the front lines. Read more >

• A Question of Risk: Drew Hardesty

  In the seventh installment to our video series on risk, Utah Avalanche Center Forecaster, Jenny Lake Climbing Ranger and skier Drew Hardesty talks risk and how the euphoria of powder can change your life. Read more >

• Dylan Freed skiing in Azerbaijan

  Black Diamond athlete Dylan Freed took advantage of a break from his guiding duties to check out the skiing potential and local culture in the Caucasus Mountains of Azerbaijan. Read more >

• EMPLOYEE FAVORITES: Susannah Pratt, NW Couloir of the Pfeifferhorn, UT

  This month's employee favorite comes from our Global Logisitics Coordinator, Susannah Pratt. Read more >

• The Human Factor: Chapter One

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the first chapter of a five-part series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Read more >

• The Human Factor: Chapter Two

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the second chapter of a five-part series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Read more >

• The Human Factor: Chapter Three

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the third chapter of a five-part series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Read more >