Kluane also offers about 160km of backcountry trails, ranging from five-day treks to half-hour cakewalks.
The area does not have typical skiing facilities, so the backcountry runs tend to stay unpacked and powdery.
They carry thousands of visitors on big rapids through deep backcountry in New York's northern mountains.
Even my ski slope-loving daughters wished we had more time to explore the backcountry trails.
Locals laud Solitude for its short lift lines, isolated backcountry trails and laid-back, friendly vibe.
Despite its odd location, the mountain has attracted a crusty corps of backcountry skiers.
Luckily there is a network of hiking trails to get you into the backcountry and away from the roads.
U.S. avalanche deaths climbed steeply after 1990, averaging 24 a year, as new gear became available for backcountry travel.
"We have no idea how many people are in the backcountry, " he said.
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Dewy-eyed fables about backcountry ploughboys making it to Olympic stardom were exactly that.
Prior to joining Blue Nile, he served as president and CEO of Moosejaw Mountaineering and Backcountry Travel, Inc.
Then there is Powder Country, a 1, 200-acre fenced area of backcountry powder skiing.
Backcountry skiers have always skinned uphill to find pristine powder in remote areas.
This March, meanwhile, already has seen one recorded fatality: a backcountry skier who was caught in an avalanche at Conejos Peak, Colorado.
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But the park's backcountry has no cellular telephone service, and the storm hit during a busy time, noted Chief Ranger Clayton Jordan.
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For sportsmen wanting to get into the backcountry, Blanket Bay arranges helifishing excursions to areas inaccessible to all but the most determined hikers.
Across quaking peat bogs and through clouds of black, biting flies, we hiked three miles into the backcountry of Newfoundland's austere northern peninsula.
Plenty of steep double-black bump runs and the recently added Stone Creek Chutes give even the most skilled skiers a deep backcountry challenge.
Where Jeremy rides near vertical, previously untracked lines into the Alaskan backcountry, Mark surfs waves of a bone crushing height that scare most.
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The seven-line course zigzags down to a base camp, where Backcountry Adventures provides lunch and a chance to cool down in a nearby fresh-water swimming hole.
But if you do not want to pack your own tent or food to overnight in the wilderness, head to Rock Springs Backcountry Yurt.
Then go Beyond the Edge in Blue Sky Basin, the meadows and glades where patches of trees on the runs create more of a backcountry vibe.
Because we had no backcountry experience, my friend Annemarie and I enlisted a guide from Canadian Skyline Adventures, the only Jasper-based outfitter that leads hikes of the Skyline Trail.
But Whistler is also a good destination for more leisurely bike riders, and is crisscrossed with gentle village and backcountry routes where burning your muscles to the bone is not required.
It includes a 30-minute orientation and a one-hour backcountry ride.
Compass View: for backcountry skiers and riders away from the comfort of a ski resort, the compass view allows them to navigate the traditional way, wherever they are on the mountain.
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But, most of all, the park and its shuttle buses allow access to hundreds of square miles of Eden-like wilderness, a vast backcountry replete with grizzly bears, bighorn sheep and sharp Gothic mountains.
In the days when nobody had ever heard of a snowboard, he spotted one at a general store, requested and received it for Christmas, and began a series of family trips involving backcountry camping.
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Explores some of the world's most remote mountain terrain while continuing Jones' mission to camp deep in the backcountry and on the summits of unridden lines to access nearly vertical spines and wide-open powder fields.
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