EBS STAFF BIG SKY – In an effort to make Lone Peak slopes safer this season, Big Sky ski patrol re-classified some runs to triple black...
By Todd Wilkinson EBS Environmental Columnist Peter Metcalf isn’t just any rock climber who turned his risk-taking yen for adventure into a lucrative business career. Nor...
First ascents and teaching locals mountain skills By Corey LaForge Explore Big Sky Contributor In the pre-dawn darkness of a narrow Dushanbe alley, our headlamps illuminated...
Download a pdf Photos by Jon Marshall Mountain towns wouldn’t function without dedicated locals. These are the schoolteachers, waitresses, fundraisers, rescue workers and lift operators who...
By Emily Wolfe Explore Big Sky Managing Editor SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Black Diamond Equipment makes some of the best climbing equipment on the market,...
By Sean Weas Explorebigsky.com Contributor As a backcountry snowboarder, nothing can be more annoying than bulking up my pack for the ride down. using BD’s z-pole...
By Renae Counter Explorebigsky.com Contributor The new Sprinter headlamp ($69.95) from Black Diamond gets you out of the office and onto the trail. What’s innovative: It...
By Kelsey Dzintars Explorebigsky.com Staff Writer Move those hips! Long gone are the days of clunking around with the old, oversized external frame you inherited from...
By Pat Wolfe Explorebigsky.com Contributor Since getting the Black Diamond Focus (($79.95) this spring, I’ve spent many hours climbing and hanging in it. A versatile harness,...
By Brian Ladd, explorebigsky.com Contributor Everyone has their own ideal ski lodge. Perhaps it’s a custom timber-frame with picture windows silhouetting Lone Peak, or granite slab...