
Snow Stories

Natasha Woodworth, la diseñadora detrás de los nuevos kits de esquí de backcountry de Patagonia, aborda el esquí y el diseño técnico con la misma competencia un tanto subestimada.

Photographic time travel with longtime Patagonia contributor Gary Bigham.

In Southeast Alaska, a Native skier searches for something deeper than powder on her homelands.

Un movimiento comunitario por la seguridad en la montaña.

Una tropa de amigas montañeras aprende que cuando ponen atención a lo que ven, la confianza y la seguridad vienen de la mano.

Folkeaksjonen is taking action against petroleum exploration in the Norwegian Sea.

Following the impacts of snow sports through the mountains of Italy.

One woman’s against-all-odds journey to save a beautiful piece of a stolen future.

Reciprocal learning while exploring traditional Indigenous territories in British Columbia.

Niseko’s Akio Shinya on avalanches,kayak expeditions and rules to live by.

The case for readopting Indigenous fire management practices.

The industrious truth of British Columbia’s forgotten forests.

A firekeeper caring for Indigenous land.

Coal built this ski town. Can the locals keep skiing without it?

La estrella del mountain bike de Becoming Ruby va en busca de algunas de las esquiadoras más poderosas allá afuera.

Observaciones sobre un ecosistema complejo de los amantes de la nieve en Sitka, Alaska.

Snowboarder Alex Yoder takes a Regenerative Organic approach to his new coffee business by thinking like an astronaut.

Cómo Zahan Billimoria encontró el equilibrio después de una tragedia impensable.

Marie-France Roy on speaking up for our home planet.

Snow lovers and professional athletes are mobilizing to elect climate leaders.

Una ecléctica banda de esquiadores argentinos le da vida a la comunidad del esquí de montaña local en una de las cordilleras más severas del planeta.

For three women of color in Wyoming, going into the mountains isn’t about representation—it’s about reclaiming their power, together.

A French ski patroller’s move to become a permaculture farmer.

Después de años soñándolo, Nick Russell y Christian Pondella completan un descenso limpio en el Monte Morrison de la Sierra Oriental.

De Telegraph Creek, B.C., a Wrangell, Alaska, con esquíes y kayak

After surviving calamity in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, a few skiers return to COVID-19.

Changing our dynamics with the mountains can help us be in them longer, and appreciate them more.

Predawn on April 4, 2019. There’s hardly any snow in the mountains. Worst year in recent history, the locals are saying. We’re loading boxes of food onto the ferry, preparing to board the Alaska Marine Highway from Juneau to Haines. “It’s southeast Alaska, you never know,” Ryland Bell says. “It might rain for 90 days…

A mining company owns the mineral rights to a Colorado mountain. For 42 years, the Red Ladies have been showing up—and dressing up—to keep the mountain wild.

Ski-touring Banff National Park with two teen daughters.

Snow and icy rime break from the porous black volcanic ridgeline crackling beneath my feet. Gale-force updrafts from the gullied ridges below whip the skis and splitboards strapped to our backs. Each gust forces us to step toward the cornice that hangs above the caldera to our right. The temperature drops steadily and our breath…

Sampling the Offerings at Crater Lake “Go for Dirksen…” There was considerable static on my little two-way radio, but it was a small miracle we could hear Josh Dirksen at all. We hadn’t seen him since a dinner rendezvous two days prior in Bend. An agreed-upon radio channel and call time had actually worked, as…

On the west face of Mount Whitney, just off the summit of the highest peak in the lower 48, we had to traverse right. For us skiers it was no real issue, a bit of sidestepping and poling would do the trick. Yet, our group was comprised of both two sticks and singular planks, and…