onX Backcountry Adds Hundreds of New Ski Routes for the 2025–26 Season

January 23, 2026

onX

Expanding Beacon Guidebook Content in key areas across Colorado and Washington

MISSOULA, Mont. — Jan. 21, 2026 — onX Backcountry, a navigation and discovery app for outdoor adventurers, today announced the addition of hundreds of new backcountry ski routes from Beacon Guidebooks for the 2025–26 ski season, delivering new content to some of the most iconic touring regions in Colorado and Washington.

Available now in the app, the update expands access to trusted route beta while supporting safer, more informed decision-making in complex, variable mountain terrain. Areas with updates and new terrain include:

Silverton, Colorado:

20+ entirely new zones with 200+ new descents from Beacon Guidebooks author Josh Kling.
New low-angle ski tours in ATES 1 (Simple) and ATES 2 (Challenging) terrain, offering options for lower exposure, particularly in variable avalanche conditions.
Tours in ATES 3 (Complex) and ATES 4 (Extreme) terrain, including technical spring descents, couloirs and 13K’ and 14K’ peaks.
Comprehensive route beta for every backcountry ski hut around Red Mountain Pass.

Vail Pass, Colorado:

26 new zones, 152 new routes and 98 new descents on both sides of the pass from trusted partner, Beacon Guidebooks.
Additions of non-motorized zones, sled-skiing zones and hut trips.
Trailhead and access information.
Snowroads and snowmobile access routes.
Low-angle ski routes in ATES 1 (Simple) terrain.
Comprehensive routes around the backcountry ski huts in the area.

Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams, Washington:

27 routes that define backcountry ski touring on southern Washington’s iconic volcanoes from Beacon Guidebooks author Eric Schmidgall.
Steep aesthetic couloirs and long mellow runs.
ATES ratings, glacial hazards and route recommendations.

Newly released guidebook content aligns with recent updates to avalanche terrain data in these regions, including expanded ATES (Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale) zone coverage and additional identification of low-angle terrain. onX Backcountry has also enhanced its Slope Angle Shading layer to highlight 12°–24° slopes, helping users identify low-angle turns while avoiding steeper, avalanche-prone terrain. Winter recreators can pair Beacon Guidebooks’ expertly vetted ski routes with onX Backcountry’s navigation and avalanche safety tools and access a dynamic digital resource for planning for and adapting to real-world conditions in the mountains.

For a complete list of Beacon Guidebooks content available in onX Backcountry, visit https://www.onxmaps.com/backcountry/app/features/backcountry-ski-guidebooks.

About onX

Founded in 2009, onX is a pioneer in digital outdoor navigation, developing software that helps inform, inspire and empower outdoor recreationalists. onX Hunt, onX Offroad, onX Backcountry and onX Fish make up the company’s suite of apps and are built by explorers for explorers. Because off-the-beaten-path experiences are at the heart of what onX does, the company also leads initiatives to protect and expand access to public land. Since 2018, onX has worked with various partners to secure and improve public land access through direct funding and by supporting key legislation with data analysis and research. Learn more.

Harry Child

As a fifth generation Montanan, Harry grew up enjoying the public lands at his doorstep and is always looking for new ways to explore. Whether it’s skiing, snowboarding, backpacking, mountain biking, or hunting – when he’s not doing PR for onX Offroad and Backcountry, he’s searching for all the hidden gems that the Rocky Mountains have to offer.