Combat skiing – and also "heather bashing" – are terms I learned while ski touring in Scotland. I wished I had known about them before my first ski tour because then I would have been prepared.

Fewer crowds: Some backcountry areas have gotten busier, but if you know where to look, it isn’t too hard to find a quiet, ...

Scotland offers lift-assisted skiing in five places: Cairngorm Mountain, Nevis Range, Glenshee, Glencoe and the Lecht. None is a resort in the Alpine sense of the word — with hotels, apartments ...

If you are skiing uphill and the terrain has become too steep or icy even for skis fitted with crampons, then this is the time to bootpack. You can try bootpacking using only your backcountry ski ...

Given that Scotland’s three worst skiing winters on record (not including the Covid years) all occurred in the last decade – 16/17, 18/19 and 23/24 – it might seem that the naysayers are ...

Ski touring, aka uphill skiing or skinning, is a killer workout and the cheapest way to ski. Skinning requires different skis, boots, and ski skins to stay comfortable and safe.