bill ross

I have to admit, I’m not entirely crazy about the, “He died doing what he loved,” narrative. If I was out in my kayak and a w...

Learn about the uniquely Japanese activity of sawanobori, navigating up rivers and waterfalls, in the Wakasa region of Fukui Prefecture.

We’re waiting in a rolling, forested landscape, not far from the Douwakan (Kurohime Fairy Tale Museum). Just to our west is M...

Daisuke Sasaki has made a name for himself in the world of big-mountain skiing.

You can’t miss them in their style-less camouflage clothes and olive helmets. Their straight white skis, fat white fiberglass poles with monster rings and leather-strap bindings holding in what looks like a light leather mountain boot.

In the year 1914, a lone man in a cabin in the woods—literally, a tiny shack in the Dalarna backcountry—sewed up a bunch of backp...

It was a typical season-opening day in Tateyama. Hundreds of skiers, boarders and climbers were out to get the first powder of th...

Travelers who can get beyond the name will find the mountains in western Fukushima filled with beautiful scenery, excellent ski r...

Training and preparation are paramount to playing safe in the backcountry, and recently guides and instructors are putting more e...

There are brands out there, bigger than the products they make. They make good stuff, of course, but a company becomes iconic whe...

There are many places in Japan where you can climb up to a mountain, stay in a hut or tent, then get up the next day and head off...

Mt. Kanaya is an unremarkable hill. Arrive in summer, and the short chairlift is running visitors to the top, so they can ride a ...