Adventure Journal

Stories from the mountains.

Field notes, skills guides and destination dispatches from our guides and the wider Element community.

6 min read

What level you actually need, what gear is included, and how to read a tour description.

8 min read

Inside a Siurana performance camp — terrain, rest days, the food.

4 min read

Why we built Element around small guides and curated trips, not a marketplace.

10 min read

The fundamentals every off-piste skier should arrive knowing.

7 min read

A guide's honest list for first-trip splitboarders.

5 min read

Hut culture, alpenglow, and the ritual of a mountain dinner.

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