Need to brush up on avalanche and safety? Learn from Elyse Saugstad, Ingrid Backstrom, and Jackie Paaso. The “open, welcoming and enthusiastic” clinics are returning to Alyeska Resort, Alaska, for two ...
No matter how adept they are now, every professional skier had to start somewhere. I’m not a pro skier (obviously), but my origin story begins with my dad throwing me into a ski lesson at Jack Frost ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are skiers more prone to nostalgia than other kinds of outdoor enthusiasts? Probably. We love rickety two-seaters, pine for the ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ingrid Backstrom is an internationally ranked professional skier from Seattle, Washington. Born August 21, 1978, Backstrom graduated from Whitman College in 2000 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ingrid Backstrom on a snowy mountain Taylor Boyd/Haines/Courtesy of The Approach As a kid, Ingrid Backstrom saw a ski movie where ...
A few weeks ago, I went skiing with Ingrid Backstrom, one of the world’s top backcountry skiers. We talked about how the sport is changing in light of climate change → Ingrid is a specialist in ...
As Told to Gordy Megroz 1. Squaw Valley USA, California It gets big Sierra dumps, and the wet snow sticks really well to the steeps. It’s why I’ve lived there the past ten years, and it’s where I ...
There are hundreds of opportunities to practice avalanche safety and learn about snow science, but if three of the best female skiers ever are hosting a clinic in Alyeska, Alaska, why not take ...