Geartrade Blog How to safely start ski touring

How to safely start ski touring. The gear, the know-how, the where, and the who. If you’re interested in ski touring (also called backcountry skiing), you’re on a direct path to adventure. Backcountry skiing spares you the lift lines, ticket/pass costs, and angst of resort skiing, and you can farm limitless untracked powder lines as a reward for putting in a little sweat-equity on the skintrack hike.