For Chris Gallardo and a host of new converts, splitboard riding offers the best of all possible backcountry worlds. With a splitboard, riders get the efficiency of telemark skis for their backcountry ...

There’s no denying how fun it is to snowboard at resorts. You’re able to spend time with your friends, enjoy a few handfuls of laps, and then relax afterward at a cozy fireside pub. However, anyone ...

It’s no secret that women’s splitboards—snowboards that unhinge into two ski-like pieces in order to ascend snowy terrain in the backcountry—have come a long way. In the last two years alone, we’ve ...

Every snowboarder knows that first tracks at the resort don’t last long. Luckily for the antisocial powderhound, ditching migraine-inducing liftlines for backcountry bliss has never been easier, ...

Manufactured splitboards have their advantages. The edges are lined with metal to help when skiing. The interface - where the bindings fix to the board - is lighter and set into the board, offering ...

Like a wonderful variety of skiers and snowboarders, I’ve found myself hiking farther and farther into the backcountry, more and more often, over the past few years. This past season was the most ...

TODD LAKE, Ore. — We finally crested the ridge, and it was time to remove the skins and put our snowboards together. “Rip hide!” Carlos Cummings yelled, as the wind howled and the heavy snowfall ...

If you were on Mount Rainier or Mount Baker this past spring and summer—when the snow just wouldn’t melt—you probably saw the latest craze in backcountry snow travel: splitboarding. Local Alpine ...

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of articles compiled by the Colorado Snowsports Museum and Hall of Fame that will take a closer look at some of the artifacts and stories contained in ...