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…
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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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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…
The Columbia Mountain Monster is an aptly named glove – warm and waterproof, these gloves are loaded up with Columbia’s dazzling Omni-Heat fabric and their OutDry…
Active Shell is Gore’s lightest waterproof membrane and it has a way of turning good gear into great gear. Mammut’s Shirko jacket is a nice jacket…
It’s no secret that this Winter was, for all intents and purposes, a bust. Utah’s snowpack is currently sitting at 29% of where it should be…
With the recent introduction of the GORE-TEX® Active Shell, Arc’teryx is a perfect partner-in-crime to bring it to market with the Beta FL Jacket. With the…
As more and more skiers are venturing into the backcountry, the spectrum of touring-friendly ski boots has expanded. Last year, Garmont launched two new boots on…
One of the most dreaded tasks any backcountry skier will do is cut their climbing skins. After shelling out $200 on something, the first task is…
A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine, Rich Lambert, said it was time for a fellas trip to the Tetons. In spite of my…
I’m very blessed to live here in Utah. Not only do we have the Greatest Snow on Earth, but we also get the Outdoor Retailer show…