Backcountry snowboarding is snowboarding in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes or pistes in the backcountry, frequently amongst trees ("glade boarding"), usually in pursuit of fresh fallen snow, known as powder.[1][2] Often, the land and the snow pack are not monitored, patrolled, or maintained. Fixed mechanical means of ascent such as ski lifts are typically not present, but alternative means such as splitboarding, hiking, snowshoeing and helicopters ("heliskiing") are sometimes used to reach the mountain's peak.
- ^ ABC's of Snowboarding: Backcountry snowboarding Archived 2008-12-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 3, 2008
- ^ About.com: Backcountry snowboarding Archived 2009-01-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 3, 2008