State Of The Backcountry

From the land of the midnight sun, to the polar powder of the Arctic, this State of the Backcountryreport comes to you from Sisimiut, Greenland. Sisimiut is a special place home to just under 6,000 residents. It has been inhabited ...

Sisimiut, Greenland harbors some of the most incredible backcountry skiing potential in the world. After a reconnaissance trip last spring, this year I was fortunate to come back to this special ski center to guide for Ice Axe Expeditions. Overall, ...

Every mountain range and every mountain community is special, just as the never ending quest to search for the best line, in the best conditions, will always provide allure. But if you’re a skier or rider, there’s no place in ...

Bluebird skies, two feet of new snow, stable spines and a high quality group of clients- what a week at Points North Heli (PNH) Tour Camp! It’s always special when a group of eight books out a week with us, ...

Greetings from the land of the midnight sun! The Points North Heli-Adventures ski season has been off and running for a solid month now, and at Tour Camp we have been firing for the past two weeks. Earlier this March, ...

Back in 2010, I had the great fortune of being invited up to Alaska to scout ski terrain for a possible helicopter assisted ski touring program in Alaska. Points North Heli-Adventures (PNH) owner/lead guide Kevin Quinn is a Chugach legend, and when ...

We’re off and running with the fifth season of Points North Heli-Advnetures Tour Camp. The first two weeks went by in a blur of powder, both literally and figuratively. We had to wait a few days to set up camp ...

From a few new feet in the Tahoe backcountry, to the craziness of Kashmir, this eighth State of the Backcountry report for the 2015 ski season is primed with stoke. It’s no secret that the Sierra is living through a fourth straight poor winter, but ...