Alpine Islands delivers a new mindset for backcountry education. We combine expert skill development with intuitive wisdom, helping backcountry skiers and snowboarders connect more deeply with their surroundings. Our unique progression system supports all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned veterans. Through hands-on workshops, mindful practices, and real-time safety updates, we provide both technical knowledge and instinctual awareness for confident, tech-free mountain awareness. Join us to sharpen your skills, build meaningful connections, and explore the wild like never before.
Becoming more adapted to nature is a lifelong pursuit. We humans have a distorted relationship with nature as a whole. But through individual growth we can inspire the world around us to be more mindful, more cautious, and more harmonious with nature’s forces.
Why Temperature Matters Temperature is one of the most easily observable variables in the backcountry, but also one of the most overlooked when it comes to avalanche risk. Unlike complex
The Spearhead Traverse is a horseshoe-shaped loop in the alpine environment connecting Whistler and Blackcomb mountains. While you can take the Peak2Peak gondola for a short ride in the sky
Let’s Shape Our Backcountry Education Programming Together Alpine Islands has always been about collaboration. We are a club, and by that definition we are only as strong as our membership.
Why Wind Is a Big Deal For Avalanche Safety Of all the variables that can lead to an avalanche, wind might be the most overlooked risk factor. People tend to
Every snowboard has a story worth telling. Because somewhere, someone with a vision set out to have a board that can help us ride better, or shred faster, or jump
Over the past 20 years the advent of technology has truly changed the way we explore the backcountry. Not all of it is for the better. The devices we all
Fly in to a campsite and learn to love a zone intimately for a week or two.
