You can’t get much more “off the beaten path” than this. There are few sports as challenging as backcountry skiing, and rightly so. From the very outset, the goal of a backcountry skier is to find some of the remotest, most inhospitable mountainside and conquer it. That’s a tall order! No matter what adventure you’re looking for, the Icicle Creek, Highway 2 corridor and Chiwaukum Range offer maximum variety a minimum distance from town.