Skiers who want to try back-country skiing, and sample a few other ski areas, should sign up for the Interconnect Adventure Tour costing $75.

Aerobic exercise - fitness classes, brisk walking, swimming or running, for example - will help you get in shape for back-country skiing.

WHILE back-country skiing is a lot of fun it also has some hazards.

Otherwise, back-country skiing is like the rest of the best things in life: Free.

On the second day, they test their new skills at Whiteface Mountain and on the third day they go back-country skiing.

He was an intellectual rock climber from Harvard who was passionate about the violin, back-country skiing, and "his people" at the Pole.

For limitless back-country skiing, there is Glacier Park.

And Colorado's Berthoud Pass, virtually all expert back-country skiing, will reopen after being closed since the early 1990's.

Taking its name from Telemark, Norway, the telemark ski is the perfect compromise for back-country skiing.

This is sound advice but it means surrendering the solitude that back-country skiing can provide.