Backcountry skiing or even off-piste skiing is skiing in a sparsely inhabited rural region across ungroomed & overlooked slopes (i personally.e. marked pistes are not present). Fixed mechanical means of ascent (chairlifts, cable cars etc.) are as well typically non present.

Whilst mechanical means of ascent are non available, a back united states skier may typically utilize skins (synthetic substance or even mohair rather than the traditional sealskin) on his/her skis, snowshoes, ski boots (or even snowboard boots), snow cats, or snowmobiles to climb up a mountain. When a peak or even more skiable locatiin is reached a descent might run on skis.

Backcountry skiing may be extremely unsafe due to the avalanche risk, a exhaustion from either a imaginable climb, & typically the terrain included. Backcountry skiing is typically associated by having "extreme skiing".