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✳︎ FOR THE ALPINE ENTHUSIAST

THE MOUNTAINS
ARE CALLING.

Big views. Mountain towns. Your kind of adventure.
Find your own way to be up there.

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228 DESTINATIONS21 COUNTRIESROOM TO ROAM
CALIFORNIA, USAHeavenly ↗Photo: JMatazzoni (WMF)
WHERE WILL YOU GO?Your next mountain escape starts here.
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THE MOUNTAIN FILM COLLECTION

ALPINE 25.

A front-row seat to life in the mountains.

From powder turns to wild ridgelines. Discover 25 handpicked videos in every list, made by people who live for this.

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Mountain biking25 PICKS

A different kind of downhill.

Featured: Danny Macaskill: The Ridge · Cut Media

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Skiing25 PICKS

Follow the fall line.

Featured: One of those days 2 - Candide Thovex · Candide Thovex

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Hiking & trekking25 PICKS

Take the long way out.

Featured: Hiking 75 miles Alone on the Alta Via 1 Dolomites · Kraig Adams

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12 sports. 6 collections. Find your kind of mountain.

Snowboarding↗Climbing & Mountaineering↗Trail Running & Ultras↗Flight Above the Mountains↗All 12 sports ↗
FOLLOW A DIFFERENT STORY
You Did WHAT? ↗The Long Way ↗Mountain People ↗Small Mountains, Big Days ↗After the Snow ↗Just Look at This Place ↗
01 / FOLLOW THE FEELING

NOT ALL MOUNTAINS
FEEL THE SAME.

Find a mountain town you’ll want to linger in,
or a trail worth the early start.

Explore every destination ↗Explore beyond winter ↗
Lake Tahoe and frosted trees beside Heavenly’s 49’er ski trail at the California–Nevada borderPhoto: JMatazzoni (WMF)
01
USA

Heavenly

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Ski through the pines above Lake Tahoe.

South Lake Tahoe · California
Snow-laden trees rise above a sunlit powder slope at Kicking Horse.Photo: NTH0RPE
02
Canada

Kicking Horse

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Steep bowls rise above the town of Golden.

Golden · British Columbia
Ski resorts with great trace in Austria Jochsberg.Photo: Valerii Tkachenko
03
Austria

Kitzbühel

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From the Hahnenkamm slopes to the streets of the old town.

Kitzbühel · Tyrol
Snow-covered peaks rise above the red fishing cabins of Hamnøy in the Lofoten Islands.Photo: Giuseppe Milo
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Norway

Lofoten Islands

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Ski touring above fjords and fishing villages.

Svolvaer · Nordland
Whistler Mountain’s snowy ski runs and the Coast Mountains
GOOD DAYS DON’T PLAN THEMSELVES.

LESS GUESSWORK.
MORE MOUNTAIN.

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02 / FROM SOMEDAY TO THIS SEASON01
BUCKET LIST

Keep the places that call

Save the mountains you want to visit. Bring your favorites together.

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ROAD TRIP PLANNER

Take the scenic route

Explore mountain road trips, with resort stops and time to make them your own.

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03
TRIP PLANNER

Put it on the calendar

Bring your mountains, travel days, and plans together.

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03 / A LITTLE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

GET TO KNOW THE PLACE.

All field notes ↗
Snowy peaks of the Hakuba range seen from Goryu ski area
JAPAN / DESTINATION GUIDE

A different kind of snow day. ↗

Mountain towns, deep snow, and a long soak in an onsen. Get to know Japan beyond the postcard.

Skier on a snow-covered St. Anton run beside frosted alpine trees
THE OPEN ROAD / TRIP PLANNING

One trip. More mountains. ↗

Connect the dots between the places you’ve been dreaming about.

SEE YOU UP THERE.

MOUNTAIN POW

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