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.
Riding fresh powder. Those who know the feeling undoubtedly have their own emotions come out when they hear that phrase. It elicits a feeling of freedom, weightlessness, and flow. There
Spring is arguably the best season of the year for backcountry skiing and splitboarding. Warmer temps, longer days, and a solid snowpack are usually in the cards. Winter is great
Base layers keep you warm and are the first line of defense against the elements. Here are the best ones we tested in the snow.
You usually don’t notice the impermanence of good snow until it’s gone. I say this as the rain deluges the Pacific Coast here in British Columbia, where the final patches
A good adventure is something that is few and far between these days. With backcountry skiing blowing up in popularity and everything being documented, to do something new takes a
What are Cornices? Cornices are massive, overhanging snow formations that develop along ridgelines and peaks, sculpted by wind into precarious, delicate structures. To an inexperienced backcountry traveler, they might appear
Fly in to a campsite and learn to love a zone intimately for a week or two.
