Backcountry Skiing Adventures

Stunning landscapes of backcountry skiers traversing snowy terrains, depicting the beauty of winter sports in majestic mountain ranges.

Backcountry skier under Piute Pass, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, Usa (MR)

Two people hike for turns near Kirkwood, California

A male snowboarder hikes towards the backcountry of Revelstoke Mountain Resort, Revelstoke, BC

Young woman and man on ski tour, ski tourers on tour to Teufelstaettkopf, Ammergau Alps, Unterammergau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

A skier with a snowcat in the background.

Skiers are walking down the mountain ridge from the peak of Aiguille du Midi at 3842 meter altitude, that gives access to the famous Vallee Blanche ski descent into Chamonix in the

Snowboarder demonstrating how to use avalanche probe

top of mountains in blue sky snowboard on it

Portrait of an athlete skier with skis on his shoulder and a backpack on his back. Climbing the snow-covered mountains with ski tour skis and backcountry. Against the backdrop of the snow-covered high peaks of the Caucasian mountains

A backcountry snowboarder uses his splitboard to rip a line in the Kicking Horse Backcountry, Golden, Britsh Columbia, Canada

Silhouette of a person hiking on a snow covered mountain

USA, Washington State. Skier traversing slope near Mount Baker, North Cascades. (MR)

Europe, France, French Alps, Haute Savoie, Chamonix, Aiguille du Midi, skiers walking down the ridge at the start of Vallee Blanche off piste

Rear view of people with backpacks and ski poles splitboarding on snowcapped mountain against sky

A Kite-Skier Skis On Portage Lake With Chugach Mountains In The Background, Southcentral, Alaska

Man doing yoga on snowcapped mountain during sunrise, Tyrol, Austria

Professional snowboarders looking at mountain side

Snowball Fight on Tasman Glacier, Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Skier standing in front of dramatic clouds, St. Moritz, Diavolezza, Switzerland, Europe

Paragliding on Mt Nebelhorn, 2224m, Oberstdorf, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

ascent to Argualas peak ascent to Argualas peak, Pyrenean mountain range, Huesca, Spain ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21839276 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Man with hiking equipment walking in Sierra Nevada moutntains,California,USA

Climbing Mt Everest

Mountaineer on the ridge of the Aiplspitz in the snow, snow-covered mountain landscape with mountain pines in winter, ski tour to the Aiplspitz, Mangfall mountains, Bavarian Prealps, Bavaria, Tyrol

Two women skiing on the Biafo glacier in the Karakoram himalaya in Pakistan

Cross Country Skiers At Portage Glacier. Southcentral Alaska. Winter.

Two skiers pulling sleds under Mitre Peak, Godwin Austen Glacier, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

A group of skiers climb toward the Vignettes Hut along the classic Haute Route in Switzerland.

Snowshoe hiker passing the Drei Zinnen or Tre Cime di Lavaredo or Three Peaks of Lavaredo, High Puster Valley or Alto Pusteria, Bolzano-Bozen, Dolomite Alps, Italy, Europe

Two people on ski touring ascend in front of rock faces, Winkelkar, Kaiser Mountains, Tyrol, Austria

Snowboarding

Climber ascending Mt Piz Palu, on the summit ridge, Grisons, Switzerland, Europe

Skiing in the Altai mountains. Mongolia. Asia

Europe, France, French Alps, Haute Savoie, Chamonix, Aiguille du Midi, skiers walking on the ridge in Vallee Blanche

freestyle snowboarder jump and ride free style at sunny winter day on mountain

Europe, France, French Alps, Haute Savoie, Chamonix, paraglider in the Valle Blanche off piste ski area

Climbers on a high-altitude knifeedge ridge in moody conditions

Three skiers climbing Mount Vsevidov in the Aleutian islands.

Four back country skiers climb a slope in winter.

Person backcountry skiing in the moonlight with headlamp, Alpspitze, Wetterstein, Alps, Bavaria, Germany

Snow Angel on Tasman Glacier, and Aoraki / Mt Cook, Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand

Female mountaineer hiking in a snowfield, Noerdliche Moerchnerscharte, behind mountain peak Greizer Spitze with snow, Berliner Hoehenweg, Zillertal Alps, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Austria, Tirol, Young man doing freeride skiing

Ice axe in the snow on Mount Rainier, Washington

A Man Makes A Turn On His Skis On A Sunny Day At Cerro Catedral In Argentina

Mountaineers In Snow Shoes, High Pyrenees Natural Park. Lleida, Spain.

Hike in Sierra Nevada Man with hiking equipment walking in Sierra Nevada moutntains,California,USA ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 9953440 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Svalbard, Norway. Skiers climb slope near Longyearbyen. (Editorial Use Only)

STEEP (2007), directed by MARK OBENHAUS.

USA, Washington State, Mt. Rainier National Park, Skyline Trail, Hikers On Snowfield

Helicopter flies above man ice climbing.

Two mountain climbers on snowy peak

skiers at ski resort

A group of skiers skiing at sunrise in Iceland with water behind

Snowshoe hikers on the Lumberger Grat, Tannheimer Berge, Allgäu, Tirol, Austria

Reportage with a ski patrol team at the Avoriaz ski resort in Haute Savoie, France. The team are responsible for marking out the ski slopes, providing first aid to skiers, evacuations on the slopes as well as off piste and controlled avalanches. Météo France has transmitted a high risk of avalanches at the ski resort. The ski patrol team set off controlled avalanaches before the pistes open for the day. They use explosives.

Two people hike for turns in the backcountry near Kirkwood, California

Asia, Japan, Nihon, Nippon, Hokkaido, Ishikari, Sapporo, Furano, most northern of four Japanese main islands, winters, ski tours, volcano Asahi

A man snowshoeing at dawn on Donner Summit, CA.

Paraglider start in the Corvatsch about St. Moritz, Canton of Grisons, the Engadine, Switzerland

A professional, freeriding snowboarder flips mid-air on a snowy slope with rugged mountain peaks; British Columbia, Canada

Hiker standing next to a crevasse, descending from Monte Cevedale mountain, province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

Austria, Switzerland, the Alps, and Florida, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Rear view of man splitboarding on snowcapped mountain

Skiers approaching the base of K2, second highest peak in the world across the Godwin Austen Glacier in the Spring, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Mountain climbers and tents at Camp Schurman on Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA

Woman hiking over snow at Antermoia Pass, Vajolet Towers in background, Rosengarten group, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Italy

Two female backcountry skiers surveys the slope before skiing down.

Cross-country skiers with pulkas crossing a frozen fjord, Tempelfjorden, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

Three people snow shoeing in the ski resort of Motta Naluns above Scuol, Lower Engadine, Engadine, Switzerland

Rescue Helicopter is landing at Basecamp on Mount McKinley, Alaska.

Peak climbing in winter, Dreiländerspitze Peak, Silvretta Alps, Vorarlberg, Austria

Hikers carrying backpacks crossing a snowy valley along the Chilkoot Trail, British Columbia, Canada, North America

High altitude tour, ski tourers walking on a rope over Alpeiner Ferner glacier, winter in the mountains, Neustift im Stubai Valley, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

a group of ski touring pull pulkas

New Zealand, South Island, Arthurs Pass National Park. Cole Hanson on the summit, Marmaduke Dixon Glacier. (MR)

Asia, Nepal, Himalayas, Sagarmatha National Park, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, a line of climbers on the Lhotse Face

Snowboarder, skier, St. Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland, Europe

Three mountaineers preparing a roping party, Cambrena glacier, ascent to Piz Palue, Grisons, Switzerland

SKI HIKING CROSS COUNTRY CALIFORNIA

A climber sits exhausted after a successful summit on Island Peak

Skier simulates ski step. Snow-capped Alps. Mountain, blue sky, clouds

Female snowboarder resting

USA, Washington, Cascade Mountains. A female hiker negotiates a blizzard in the Enchantment Lakes. (MR)

Snowshoe hiker passing the Drei Zinnen or Tre Cime di Lavaredo or Three Peaks of Lavaredo, High Puster Valley or Alto Pusteria, Bolzano-Bozen, Dolomite Alps, Italy, Europe

An alpinist uses a headlamp to navigate glaciated terrain pre dawn

Set of Dynafit touring skis stuck in powder snow on mountain slope, Lapland, Sweden

A skier traverses the Mont Collon Glacier, Haute Route, Switzerland.

A Climber Shakes a Mountaineering Tent Clean of Snow and Water

Skiing in Norway.

Group of friends skinning up mountain to ski in Svalbard

way up with Splitboard in the mountains

Cross-country skiers on the Bieler height at Silvretta, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

mountain Wankspitze summit cross with touring skis and sticks, backpack, helmet.

Alaska Ski Mountaineering

Two women skiing on the Biafo glacier in the Karakoram himalaya in Pakistan

Nordic Walking Sticks in toward Oberwald cottage at Hohe Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

A climber on the Khumbu Icefall.

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