What says ‘protection’ more than the words GORE-TEX and bibs? Jumping into the Outdoor Research Hemisphere bibs before a day at the mountain or skin track…
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Backcountry skiing in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains with gear reviews and trip reports in Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood and American Fork Canyons.
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Ski touring is all about versatility. From the ground up, you’re asking your gear to do more than one thing well. We want to go up,…
There are a handful of big players out there making true alpine jackets. Jackets like these are meant to repel the kind of weather that Ernest…
Versatile jackets are the name of the game in my book. Having something that can go from skin-track to a night on the town without skipping…
My first time on a glacier came during the summer of 2013. It was Mt. Baker’s Easton Glacier, and I remember just being dazzled by the…
You’ve heard about it. You’ve read about it. But have you seen one in real life yet? The sleek Micon LiTRIC 32 took the world by…
2024 was a big year for the airbag scene. The LiTRIC system hit the market with offerings from ORTOVOX and Arc’teryx, promising to be the first…
What if you actually wanted to carry your avalanche airbag into the mountains? That’s the question that Katie Becker, the Chief Creative Officer for Arc’teryx Equipment,…
The mountaineering world calls again and again for highly technical pants – the OR Cirque, the Mountain Hardwear Chockstone, the North Face’s Chamlang. But why not…
I have been hauling around the same old ski backpack for five seasons, and I love it. It was my first backpack and I opted for…
Ahh, the Arc’teryx Bib Pant: perhaps the holy grail of backcountry design and performance, with a price tag to match. For touring in the wet, wild…
Every winter in the Pacific Northwest is different. Forecasters in November give us their take on what the snow year will be like, if it will…
When I needed a new pack for short tours and sidecountry exploits I turned to Osprey. The Osprey Kamber 22 Backpack packs a lot of features…
When I ski tour with a newbie, one of the things that appears most challenging is gloves. Most people come from a resort background and bring…
When I told a friend I was getting a new pair of alpine pants, he responded immediately: “Softshells? How surprising…” It’s true. I’m a softshell apostle.…
After a year of toying with fatbikes in the backcountry, the crew at Surface Skis is stepping up their #Pedal2Pow project in collaboration with Rocky Mountain.…
Available now, the Patagonia Nano-Air jacket and hoody sport advancements in both insulation and breathability. Most of the time, athletic activity in the mountains requires fleece…
The dude is a legend. After nabbing two million vert in a single year, he’s modestly heading into March with a goal to nab 100k vertical…
Rab may not be the biggest name around the United States, but this English company is making some really solid technical gear. Since their founding in…
Mountain Hardwear’s new Ghost Whisperer may just be the coolest thing since sliced bread – this ethereal puffy is loaded up with premium 850+ goose down, Q.Shield…