Backcountry Skiing – Day Tours

For day tours, I focus on keeping gear (and thus weight) to a minimum, which in turn boosts your skied vertical to the maximum. Backcountry skiing is all about the up — the more you climb, the more you ski. Use day tours as a way experiment with exactly how little you can get by with.

Updated: August 2009

Personal gear list for backcountry skiing day trips.