Ready to trade the resort for untracked snow and bigger mountain adventures? Backcountry skiing and splitboarding open up a whole new world, but there's a lot more to it than putting on skins and heading uphill. Learning to travel in the backcountry means building the skills to understand avalanche conditions, recognize terrain hazards, make decisions with your partners, and know when it's time to change the plan.

What Heather expected was what VNTRbirds always delivers: camaraderie, support, celebration, and space for the full range of emotions that come with doing hard things on bikes. What she didn’t expect? To be completely humbled.

There are team nights, and then there are team nights that actually give something back. Your Next Team Builder Should Make You Stronger.

Find your confidence and joy on a mountain bike at a VNTRbirds skills clinic