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Backcountry skiing is the act of skiing outside a designated ski area or resort’s boundaries. It can include the use of ski lifts or transports and involves either downhill skiing or cross-country skiing. As such, all the benefits of skiing come with backcountry skiing as...

While most people ski downhill, there’s a growing trend for those doing just the opposite — skiing uphill. It's a sport called ski mountaineering, or "skimo" for short. Skimo shouldn’t be confused with off-piste cross-country skiing, or even ski touring, which is backcountry skiing that involves...