If you enjoy working with lightweight gear, check out Backpacking Light. These guys are really on top of it, and do good overall coverage of backcountry skiing gear this time of year.
And speaking of lightweight backcountry skiing gear, we’re already planning an exciting multi-day backcountry skiing traverse for this spring that will require the ultimate in state-of-art lightweight gear. Our focus will be on reducing stove weight, tent weight, and weight of actual pack . Lots of good blogging to come with that.
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
