Photo by Jason Hummel. To me, the unknown is uncovering for yourself what’s new and exciting. It’s both walking in the footprints of others and creating your own for future generations to follow. …

Warren Miller Entertainment visited Mt. Baker Ski Area last winter to film a segment on the annual Legendary Banked Slalom, the ultra-classic snowboard race. Check out this quick preview: …

By Jason D. Martin Historically, in order to escape from daily life and technology, one could go to the mountains. Now, with technology all around us, the ability to escape seems more difficult. …

The author drags a hand aboard his powsurfer. Photo by Evan Skoczenski. By Nick Belcaster Stepping on the board for the first time felt uncertain and foreign. With little sidecut, let alone edges, …

Volunteer group and Forest Service close Winchester Lookout in winter after increased skier use led to increased damage. Story and photos by Oliver Lazenby For backcountry skiers and snowboarders, …

A few turns off the summit, the author stopped to wait for his partner. The pair never found out what went wrong. By Ben Whitney A knot twisted in my stomach as I crouched, dumbfounded and alone, on …

The mountains just outside Unist’ot’en camp, near Houston, B.C., on the eastern edge of the Coast Range. Photo by James Leder.[/caption] Reflecting on a recovering but endangered landscape while …

Jeff Lemen opened Mt. Baker Snowboards at 9946 Mt. Baker Highway in Glacier this winter. He’s fully stocked in snowboards, bindings, boots, outerwear and accessories. Open daily. For more info …

Politicians on first ascents, highest peaks, glaciology and an accidental bowel movement By Jason D. Martin Our last installment of mountain trivia was popular so we’re back with more. Think you …

Snowboarding's asymmetry can extract a physical toll. If you let it. By Luca Williams My mother grew up in a small town in the mountainous region of Panama. She was one of five kids all born at home …

Story and photos by Beau Gaughran Taylor Carlton near the top of the course at the 2017 Mt. Baker Legendary Banked Slalom. Banked slalom races are spreading throughout the Pacific Northwest and …

Story and photos by Jann Eberharter Every day at Mt. Baker is different, which might be why they all blend together. I’ve had the privilege of spending the past seven seasons at the end of Highway …

By Brandon Fralic A snowshoer near Artist Point. Jefferson Morriss photo. When the lowlands succumb to sogginess and the highlands are buried in snow, there’s one thing that gets me through …

Story and photos by Jason Griffith Gord Fausto in his element. With icefalls cascading down her northern flanks and a summit pyramid towering over a plateau of ice, Mt. Shuksan’s complicated form …

By John Minier Students analyze layers in a snowpit. Photo courtesy of John Minier. For years, backcountry skiers and snowboarders with some avalanche training and a desire to learn more about the …

By Oliver Lazenby Have you ever gone to turn off your avalanche beacon after a day in the backcountry and found out you never turned it on? If you haven’t made this potentially fatal mistake, …

Mattias Evangelista chases Eliel Hindert down a couloir in the North Cascades. Grant Gunderson photo. Sam Giffin laying it out over the Mt. Baker Highway. Brad Andrew photo. Sean McBride climbing ice …

It doesn’t snow at sea level in the Pacific Northwest every year, so when storms blanketed Bellingham for days at a time last winter, skiers and snowboarders took advantage. For some that meant …

By Oliver Lazenby The surest way to create something interesting is to follow what interests you. That’s Eric Traulsen’s formula for his passion project, the FNRad Snowboarding Podcast . Through …

By Nick Belcaster and Evan Skoczenski If you parked in the Heather Meadows lot of Mt. Baker this winter you may have picked out a gray ’86 Vanagon with sky-blue California plates, skis leaning up …