25/05/2024
New Review of the PEKEY toe techs is up on our site, for all you hard boot lovers out there!
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Dispatches and Podcasts from the mountainside. Inspiring winter expeditions through editorial tales
03/05/2024
It may be Spring in the UK but it’s still Winter up North!
27/04/2024
Short film form the dudes at FFTV from the Arctic Splitboard festival, super cool event with Krister Røhme Kopala Upguides Stranda Snowboards Key Equipment ... and of course the Backdrop Splitboarding crew.
Film is in Norwegian, but the whole event was held in English.
Hope to see some of you at next seasons event!
Bli med på Arctic Splitboard Festival i Langfjordbotn, Finnmark.
12/04/2024
Our Marty banging out some turns above the Arctic Ocean at the
A massive thanks goes out to Fred and
Hope to see ya all at next years bigger and possibly not better Festival.
10/04/2024
3:30 wake up, 4:00 in the skin track, 8:00 summit, Pow 10 mins later! Day two
05/04/2024
Sometimes it’s a long walk in, and a seemingly even longer walk out, but it’s always bloody well worth it!
02/04/2024
You know you’re entering avalanche terrain when you need to start doing kick turns. It’s best to spread out and save the chat for later. Ride-Connect-Stay Safe!
31/03/2024
A quick heads up that next season Splitboard Workshop will be a week long and in March!
Knowledge-Skills-Turns-Laughs-and possibly a few beers will be on offer.
Stay tuned for more info!
16/03/2024
Zak, from the backdrop Crew, drawing silky lines in Turkey.
15/03/2024
Read our Kit Junkies review of the new Tour liner from on our site!
Lots of other splitboarding hardboot reviews and info on there too.
14/03/2024
It was such a great experience to overnight in the Plqn du Lac hut, on the Backdrop and UpGuides workshop. After a long day in the skin track, we had a communal meal of spaghetti (cooked by our Italian guest of course) and red wine (carried by the youngest splitboarder). is the way forward!
Next seasons workshop dates will go live soon.
04/03/2024
Leaving the city of Van tomorrow, after a week of splitboarding the surrounding mountains. It’s been a cultural voyage of food and friendship. A big thanks goes out to for his tireless efforts, in making us as welcome and as comfortable as he possibly could. The snows been mixed, but we’ve made some great turns and some of us even summited Mount Suphan, and we all leave with a new found love of Turkeys far east.
03/03/2024
Travelling with the Backdrop Crew isn’t just about splitboardng, it’s about the people we meet on the way. Buying bread yesterday turned into an hour long cultural experience, tea was drunk to much laughter, and all without a shared language. The Kurds of Turkey’s far east are some of the most welcoming people we’ve met, their food (especially the bread) is delicious, and their hospitality is second to none.
28/02/2024
Awoke to the call to prayer and after a sweet breakfast we’re off for our first tour of Turkeys far east.
You know you’re off-grid when Damascus and Baghdad are on your flight plan.
08/02/2024
Hard-packed, icy snow going up at least makes for great training conditions in our splitboarding workshop in the valley! Tips for walking and traveling in these conditions, more avi rescue training, and being somewhere just away from the lifts but pretty wild, herds of Chamois clambering around us and dramatic scenery. Hats off to
for sharing their mountain love and skills.
06/02/2024
A long and tough day on the mountain today, with a kick arse fall line descent. It was a hot and long assent with many a lesson learnt. With every fall, kit malfunction and route choice we learn not just about adversity but also how we react to it. Big thanks to Fred for keeping a cool head and making/explaining the dos and don’ts of all things split.
05/02/2024
On mountain snow science, rescue techniques, route planning, touring skills and of course a beer in the sunshine. What a top first day to out workshop with in the
steepsnowboarding
29/01/2024
Congrats to Andy // WINNER of a brand spankers STRANDA SPLITBOARD courtesy of BackDropJournal team + Matts // here’s our very own rider Zak completing the handover on a chilly Sunday in Greenwich // happy riding Andy!!!! Here’s to the start of your splitboarding adventures 🤙🤙🤙🤙
25/01/2024
Our man with Pete on the Bellecôte North Face today. Short skin followed by some great turns and a lot of riding avalanche debris. Keep it safe out there dudes, it’s a sh*tshow of a snowpack right now.
24/01/2024
A big day with a lot of bushwhacking off the backside of in the Valley Veliere.
21/01/2024
Alien splitboarding today in a land with two suns.
21/01/2024
Little inbounds tour, out of New boots held up well even if I did need a 2nd fitting this morning. The and liner and boots are finally a marriage made in heaven (well a boot oven with a load of foam pads, but you get my drift).
19/01/2024
Rocking the new Tour liners in my hard boots. First tour tomorrow after a bloody painful boot fitting tonight in
Sized my Disruptive boots down for snug fit. Thanks
01/01/2024
Latest podcast is out now, with Jure of
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19/12/2023
We do travel to slide, but we also travel to experience the new, to place ourselves outside of our norm. Be it a bizarre taste, or an abrasive language, with travel there’s always an assault on your senses. It can often feel like a slap around the face, but on occasion it feels like a lovers embrace and the beginning of a new obsession.
05/12/2023
No Splitboard? No Problem!
are offering 4 days free splitboard rental on the February Backdrop Journal Splitboard Workshop. 💥🏂
Only two places left!!!
It can be hard to start splitboarding, so in association with UpGuides, we’ve designed an on-snow workshop to enable you to take your first splitboarding strides, or to build on your existing backcountry knowledge with the view to start planning your own tours.
More info on the Backdrop Journal site - Ride, Connect, Stay Safe!
04/12/2023
Ignoring the Demons
I FEEL ALONE, BUT I’M NOT.
A deep inner dialogue distracts my mind, so much so that I'm alone on the mountain.
Fatigue claws my mind inward, as I take each step as it comes. Just ten more, ten more steps until my next rest. Ten soon becomes twenty, thirty, a hundred and before I realise I'm no longer alone.
Hugs and smiles greets me at the summit, as we all marvel at our surroundings.
Connected, regrouped we're a crew again, but on the slog to the top, it was me that took each step, me and my inner demons telling me to stop.
03/12/2023
ROADS - KACKAR MOUNTAINS OF TURKEY
Weak headlights sweep through an almost impenetrable darkness, glimpses of a snowmelt river in spate merge into rock face, as we speed through a never-ending valley.
It’s impossible to tell how far down the river is, as the longest and scariest unprotected switchback slides me sideways into a half shut door.
How is it the driver fails to see the fear in my eyes, or the colour drain from my face as the sickness rises within my gut?
God how I wish I was driving!
01/12/2023
THE AIR’S SO COLD IT BURNS MY LUNGS.
I stride through old-growth forest, exhaling steam clouds like a coal-black locomotive from a wild-west shunting yard.
The day is crisp and dry, as are my eyes which drip near-frozen tears onto my cheeks. Yet I don't feel the cold.
I'm dressed for the season, but that's not the reason for my warmth, nor is the internal heat I'm generating with my uphill efforts.
It's the connection I feel to the forest, that keeps my mind from the cold, its as if I belong. The silence of a deep winter forest reassures me. I feel alive and unburdened, happy, passive, content, these are the reasons I leave my bed, in the dark, for a cold morning climb.
Winters almost here!
09/11/2023
Top Ten Christmas Gifts for the difficult Splitboard Obsessive.
Well, some ideas anyway.
Top Ten Christmas Gifts for the difficult Splitboard Obsessive.
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Leaving Ushguli #Georgia #mitsubishidelica #mitsubishi @georgiaguideoffice
We normally hate ironing, but when the tunes are on and it’s gonna make tomorrow sweet we’re all in! #splitboarding #earnyourturns
🏔️🏂 Ok Splitboarders! Check out our review of the 🌟 @amplid_research_cartel Fitted Climbing Skins 🌟 by @kohlatirol I couldn’t believe the difference they make on the ascent! Huge shoutout to the heroes over at Zero G Shop in Chamonix 🇫🇷 for hooking us up with these bad boys. Their expertise and selection are unmatched! 🙌🔥 Whether you’re chasing deep powder or tackling steep lines, these skins are the real deal for backcountry adventures. ❄️🏂 Check out the full review on our site and get ready to elevate your splitboarding #adventure Big thanks again to @zerogchamonix - make sure to hit them up for your splitboarding gear needs. 🚀💙 Ride Safe 🙏🏼 #SplitboardingIsLife #AmplidClimbingSkins #ZeroGChamonix #BackcountrySnowboarding #MountainLife #SnowboardGearReview #ChamonixMontBlanc #ElevateYourRide splitboarding🏂🏔️
Got ur boot crampons sorted this season? If not check this out. Lightweight? Automatic? Semi-automatic? Small and weird walking crampons There’s soo much choice. Also a small correct, I don’t think a Fitwell boot takes a fully automatic crampon @zacharyemerson73 @andyswann3cf #splitboarding #bootcrampons #crampons #skitouring
Skin in the Game Film Night
We're hosting a Backcountry Film Night at Chimera Climbing on the 19th Nov at 19:30, it's free to get in and the bar will be open. Bring a blanket and chill on the mats, Films from around the globe and a Backdrop Q+A... Hope to see ya there!
It's been a while but new podcasts from Backdrop Journal are heading your way - listen to the new one recorded in northern Sweden earlier this year, with the guardian of the Tarfala hut, in the Arctic up near Kebnekaiser.
Dumping at the Viking Cabins in the Lyngen Alps. . . . #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
Found it a little hard to get across the Spring melt today, although we did manage to find a rather unsupported snow bridge a little further up the valley. After a sphincter clenching skin across the river we still didn’t make the summit, as the weather closed in above 700m and we didn’t fancy a white out climb on solid hardpack, so we retreated to ride another day. You have to know when to turn for home, especially this far north #lyngenalps . . . #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
Possibly the best toilet ever! #kyrgyzstan Yurt Camp. . Sorry they made me post this @pete__coombs . #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
Sometimes when the snow starts to fall, there’s nothing to do but dance! @lynxfreeride . . . . Film by @zakemerson #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
In these days of global concern we felt we’d remind everyone of just how wonderful the former Soviet State of Georgia is. The countries of this region have a long independent culture which was formed an age before the USSR ever existed. Big thanks to Illa @georgiaguideoffice for helping with our trip. #peace #nowar #freedom #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
Catch the latest FFS Backcountry Podcast with the @lynxfreeride Crew on our site. . #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
@pete__coombs takes us through whats in his #splitboarding day pack #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
You may not know Matts Drougge, but you should! Matts philosophy of how a turn works, and how we should let our minds go, when seeking perfection in a turn, has led him to design a fleet of directional boards ready to fuel the stoke. To hear more of Matts gems hit the link in our bio and check out our FFS Podcasts @strandasnowboards . . . #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
Matts from Stranda Snowboards talking us through the art of turning in our FFS Podcast
Nicholas Wolken from @korua_shapes talking up the @phantomsnowindustries Slipper hard boot. Both Nicholas and John Keffler, from Phantom, have been guests on our FFS podcast, and if you’re thinking of switching to a hard boot set up we have an article on all your options on our site. . . #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
@xavierdelerue talks to us about respecting the mountain, choosing the correct days to go big, and how he perceives personal risk after become a parent. Link to the full podcast in our bio. . . @verbier #steepsnowboarding #splitboarding #splitboard #splitboarder #skitouring #skitour #splittech #earnyourturns #explorethemountains #mountainguide #podcast #wintermountaineering #skimountaineering #winter #wintertraining #backcountrypodcast #mountaineering #mountains #mountainlife #mountainguide #hardbootsplitboarding #freerideskiing #freeriding #backcountry #backcountryskiing #powderskiing #powdersnow #freshsnow #skiing
Just back home from a Kosovar Adventure at the _lynxfr lodge.
A foot of fresh in the car park! 🤟🏼💥😂 Georgian lifties certainly love there deep house #splitboarding #snowboarding #tunes #georgia #dancersofinstagram
The Future of Resort Rescue
The 3 Valleys now operates a rescue drone, it has a standard camera as well as an infrared one, enabling it to locate buried skier/snowboarders through their body heat. It can then land on the hot spot so on the ground crew can locate victim super fast. It also has a loudspeaker so it can give advice and reassurance.
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