Browsing: Backcountry Skiing

While most backcountry ski boot manufacturers have been pursuing the “freeride backcountry” crowd, there has emerged another category of alpine touring ski boots. This category of…

I’ve had this video for several years now. Just this morning, I stumbled across the file and uploaded it to Vimeo for everyone’s viewing pleasure. I…

As one of the foremost sock manufacturers, Bridgedale produces a wide variety of socks using a myriad of natural and synthetic materials. The result is a…

For lack of a better term, I’ve dubbed the 8200 ft. peak directly to the East of Tibble Fork Reservoir, “Exploration Peak.” Why? Well, as far…

It was Christmas Eve… 6:00 am… The text comes in, “Sorry man. Woke up with a sore throat. Santa can’t be sick today. Gonna pass.” So,…

I just got word that a new snowcat skiing operation will begin operations in Jones Pass, just outside Winter Park, Colorado. At only 45 minutes from…

Guest authors, and husband-and-wife backcountry ski duo, Sharon Bader and Lee Lau offer an interesting dynamic when it comes to testing gear. They are both very…

The shoulder season is well upon us. It gets cold at night and the occasional storm passes and dusts the upper elevations of the Wasatch with…

With the end of the ski season and all resorts but Snowbird shuttered, the Utah Avalanche Center is closing their operations for the season. What that…

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…

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…

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…

When choosing your insulating layer, there are essentially three choices: Natural Down, Synthetic Fill or Synthetic Fleece. Some of these do equally well as an insulator…

I got word this week that Naxo has gone out of business. A simple email from the Brand Manager for Rottefella broke the news. Honestly, it’s…

The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC), providing critical avalanche and mountain weather information since 1980, announces that its 2008-9 “locals-only” lift ticket program raised funds to help…

Osprey is a pack company headquartered in Cortez, Colorado and has been around since 1974. The packs are made in Vietnam where the company founder now…

Westcomb is a small, hard-core outdoor gear manufacturer based in British Columbia, Canada. Their functional outerwear is built in Canada and the guiding principles behind their…

I’ve gone through several pairs of backcountry ski poles in the last three seasons. I tried the DaKine (made by Gabel) double-adjustable poles for a few…

Lightweight and efficient… definitely some of the best attributes for a waterproof and breathable shell. Thick, heavyweight shells are limited in their use to dead of…

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…