[cmrdporcupine]

Best advice I've heard from people who have been doing backcountry for decades: Don't. Hunt. Powder. Don't storm chase. What might make sense for in-bounds at a resort doesn't make sense in the uncontrolled backcountry.

The YouTube videos and magazine shots make it look like that's what it's all about. Foot after foot of fresh snow and face shots. But fresh snow, unconsolidated, after a storm is deadly. Especially early season. The people I know who have been doing it for years prefer late season spring skiing in the backcountry, even if it's icey and crusty.