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 helicopters ("heliskiing") are sometimes used to reach the mountain's peak.
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   | American Avalanche Association: Shovel Shear Test - Forest Service National Avalanche Center |
| | newslides/compression.html - Index of /~nac/slideguide |
| | FieldSafety/Guidelines/Avalanche_Safety_Guideline.pdf - DRI Environmental Health and Safety Department |
| | ABC's of Snowboarding: Backcountry snowboarding - Off Piste - Backcountry Snowboarding |
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