Up near the top Mount Washington,  one of the best extreme, backcountry skiing areas on the East Coast lies Tuckerman Ravine. Famous for the amazing snow and difficult terrain that is relatively easy to get too (depending on the season, only a 1km hike in the spring, longer in the winter). Tuckerman Ravine is also very popular, attracting thousands of visitors on spring weekends. There’s even a t-bar up there that’s operational now.

In this backcountry ski video, we see a skier attempt to go down Lunch Rocks on the Ravine. It doesn’t look like he’s a very good skier and it doesn’t look like he scouted out the decent. He does a couple turns between the cliffs and tries to stop at the top of a cliff, only to fall off the cliff head first. Good lesson here, don’t stop near the edge of a cliff, better yet, he shouldn’t have tried to stop at all!

Remember, always scout out your area and don’t go on terrain that is over your head.

Sweet ski video of the annual Banff Big Bang Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding Contest out in the scenic, Canadian Rockies. This backcountry skiing video includes BIG air jumps, Step ups, and Cliff Jumping. There is a bit of glade skiing with some grinding on trees, but it is very easy gladed terrain here in Banff compared to what is seen in Vermont.

There are some sick extreme ski jumps in the video including many flips. Some of the skiers and snowboarders going off the cliffs look like they’re about to kill themselves however after coming very close to falling after the first part of the cliff jump. Most of the competitors aren’t pros, just expert and experianced amateurs doing there thing.

These are great contests to enter if you enjoy extreme skiing. Most big mountains known for their backcountry and extreme ski slopes organize annual tournaments like this.

Sunday river is a huge ski resort (200 runs) out in Maine, in the New England area of the states. It just opened their 2010 seaons 2 days ago, on Friday the 22nd of October, making it the first resort to open in the USA this year.

Here is some great footage of some of the backcountry woods at Sunday River. Most of the video is some kids skiing, but they’re solid and look like pros. Beautiful glades at a resort not that famous for it. Would love to check it out.