Nika Marohnic

Where you expect rock and snow at 4,500 m (15,000 ft), I found orchids, grazing alpacas, and locals in sandals.

Synonymous with deep powder and long descents, Rogers Pass is classic Western Canada backcountry skiing at its best.

My whole family skied Chamonix’s backcountry, from Vallée Blanche to Col de Beugeant, and I’ll tell you what we learned.

Three days, one Half Dome, and a long way to Yosemite Valley: let me show you how I hiked the John Muir Trail.

Three days in Aspen’s backcountry, skiing hut-to-hut before making one final epic descent. It doesn’t get much better than that.

My dad said we’d climb the Grand Teton and I thought he’d lost his mind; 3 days later I was standing on top.