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Freedom Riders Showing in Salt Lake
05.21.09 | Author: Kendall Card | 2 Comments

Early last month Jason posted about the new mountain bike film Freedom Riders debuting at Sea Otter. Now it's time for Freedom Riders to come to Salt Lake City and there's no better place to catch an action sports film than at our personal favorite Brewvies Pub & Cinema. Freedom Riders follows a core group of riders who evolved to creating a precedent setting relationship with the Forest Service and in doing so created the first freeride specific trails on public lands in the lower 48. What would typically be a no brainer for FeedTheHabit.com to premier ...
Kelty Foraker 0-degree Sleeping Bag Review
04.30.09 | Author: Kendall Card | 2 Comments

Sleeping bags. More often than not they seem like a one way ticket to insomnia. When it comes to weight-shaving mountaineering or backpacking sleeping bags, you can add to that the constricting straight-jacket style of the ever-narrow mummy bag. Just the name "mummy bag" has me thinking it's not intended for "live" human use. In the realm of winter camping and mountaineering sleeping bags, the range spans from the second mortgage required for purchase types to the downright heavy and bulky flavor. In wading through the masses I was drawn to the Kelty Foraker sleeping bag which stands above so ...
The Way the Wasatch Was
04.29.09 | Author: Kendall Card | 3 Comments

Like just about everyone else in the Wasatch and across the country for that matter, the 70 degree temps we had last week melted away nearly all thoughts of winter and sliding on snow. Bikes were ridden, climbing gear sorted out, tee times scheduled and the only trails that were sought out were those of the dirt variety. Such was the mindset of most Utah skiers when a nice little storm rolled through Utah leaving 8-15" of new snow over the weekend. Despite the blanket of white, I still wasn't motivated to get out and ski. That ...
Gregory Targhee Backcountry Ski Pack Review
04.28.09 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

It seems that everyone is making a ski pack these days. Some go minimal and miss the mark and others have piles of "features" that just add weight and leave you wanting more. Half the time I wonder if the people designing these backcountry ski packs actually backcountry ski. I have to admit that when I found out Gregory had also come out with a ski pack I rolled my eyes thinking that they were yet another pack company thinking they could lure in a few skiers, but boy was I mistaken when the Gregory Targhee arrived. This ...
Garmont Radium Alpine Touring Ski Boots Review
04.26.09 | Author: Kendall Card | 2 Comments

Winter returned to the high peaks of the Wasatch Mountains this week and so did I with the backcountry ski boots that I've come to love this season - the Garmont Radium Alpine Touring ski boots. I've used them in waist deep powder, early season thin conditions, ski mountaineering on Mt. Timpanogos and even some yo-yo sessions at The Canyons the last time being April 4 when one of the deepest storms of the year laid down two feet overnight. While I've still got some big lines to ski this spring as ski mountaineering season kicks in, it's time ...
Spy Soldier Ski Goggle Review
03.13.09 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

It was after our third or fourth run while snowcat skiing at Powder Mountain that my friend Bruce looked over at me and said "wow, those look like some awesome goggles". I looked at his old school Oakleys and it hit me that I had been enjoying the Spy Soldier Goggles for the past month without realizing that while I was stoked on the spherical blue spectra mirror lens in total comfort, others were just "getting by" like Bruce. "Yea, they are pretty awesome. Wanna give them a try?" I responded. He quickly took me up on my offer. It ...
Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain by Bruce Tremper
02.25.09 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

I remember taking a one day course from Bruce Tremper, Director of the Utah Avalanche Center, and a friend who was also taking the course had brought her copy of Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain for him to sign, stating that Bruce was basically celebrity in her household. It gave me pause to think of how lucky I am to have known Bruce for a few years now and to have him here in Utah running the Avalanche Center. When he came out with the first edition of his book “Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain” most of the mainstream media and ...
Destination: Mount Superior
01.28.09 | Author: Kendall Card | 1 Comment

After a few weeks of limited skiing and more meetings than a skier should be subject to, I put the laptop down, stepped away from the office and got down to business. While Rich and crew ascended Mount Superior via the direct route that is the South Ridge, our approach was a little more convoluted. We started skinning just after 7am and headed up Toledo Bowl, across the street from Alta. As we crested the first little rise to put us above the Little Cottonwood highway, the alpenglow sunrise on Mount Superior was as impressive as I ever recall. ...
Getting Your Fix with the Powderwhores: The Pact
01.23.09 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

The weather the past couple of weeks here in Utah has been dominated by high pressure and sunshine with the inevitable heavy dose of inversion, our wintry foe. People have been skiing big lines across the Wasatch as the avalanche danger has dropped to "low". And what of the snow? I'm sure most will agree that the snow quality hasn't quite been the stuff we're famous for. With traveling across the country the past two weeks I haven't missed out on much but I do have a serious jones for skiing pow. Aside from the regular text message ...
Discount Lift Tickets for the Utah Avalanche Center
12.12.08 | Author: Kendall Card | No Comments

Getting a deal on lift tickets when you don't have a season pass is the name of the game. If said deal can also go to benefit a good cause it's a win-win. Ski Utah, Backcountry.com have teamed up with the Utah Avalanche Center to offer lift tickets from 8 of the 13 Utah resorts. 100% of the proceeds go to the Utah Avalanche Center. Yes, I said 100%! An obvious omission from the list of resorts offering tickets into the mix are Alta, Snowbird and Solitude. Unless they sold out before I could get to the deal page, which ...

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