If you believe everything you read on the internet, than Wikipedia is the bible. According to them, backcountry skiing is defined as:
Backcountry skiing is skiing in a sparsely inhabited rural region over ungroomed and unmarked slopes or pistes. More importantly, the land and the snow pack are not monitored, patrolled, or maintained. Fixed mechanical means of ascent such as ski lifts are typically not present.
My personal opinion? It’s waking up butt-ass early, hopping in the car for a long drive with triple Americano in hand, booting up, slapping the skins on, and looking up towards the peak of Mt St Helens. Soon, 360 degree vistas of the Cascades and Pacific Ocean come into view. Mt Adams looms in the distance. The sun is shining. It’s spring and there’s no other place I’d rather be than on the slopes of an active volcano
