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Slator Aplin

Slator Aplin

Slator Aplin lives in the San Juans. He enjoys time spent in the mountains, pastries paired with coffee, and adventures-gone-wrong. You can often find him outside Telluride’s local bakery — Baked in Telluride.

  • Atomic Backland Carbon: A First Look (December 28, 2022)

  • The Pass from Season: A First Look at a New Ski (November 3, 2022)

  • Salomon QST BLANK — First Look (July 15, 2021)

  • San Juan Trip Report — Hope Lake, Rolling Mountain (July 5, 2021)

  • Adventure From Home San Juans — History, Snowpack, Planning (July 1, 2021)

  • Adventure From Home Elks Part II — Pyramid & Hayden Trip Report (May 18, 2021)

  • Adventure From Home Elks — Pyramid & Hayden Prep (May 17, 2021)

  • Quiver of Two Review — DPS Pagoda Tour 112 RP & Tour 94 C2 (May 6, 2021)

  • Adventure From Home Series — Tetons Part II (April 21, 2021)

  • The Adventure From Home Series: Tetons Part I (April 20, 2021)

  • Spring Touring Essentials for Day Trips, Overnights, and Ski Mountaineering (March 29, 2021)

  • Dynafit Race Review Part II — LTR 105 Binding, Backcountry Skimo (March 16, 2021)

  • Dynafit Race Review Part I — Mezzalama Ski, PDG 2 Boot (March 15, 2021)

  • Ski Touring Boots 2021-22 — Upgrades to Past Favs (March 1, 2021)

  • Celebrating the Low Danger, Low Angle Ski Tour (February 16, 2021)

  • Skis From the Future — 2021/22 Is All About the Freeride (February 11, 2021)

  • An Education on the Ephemeral Glide — Bases, Wax and DPS Phantom (February 4, 2021)

  • Building the Carbon Sandwich — DPS Factory Tour (December 4, 2020)

  • The Merits of a Powder Touring Ski (November 6, 2020)

  • Treading Lightly Through Close-to-Home Mountains (October 6, 2020)

  • Lessons Learned From the Nation’s Leading Bootfitter (September 28, 2020)

  • Q&A — Apocalypse Equipment Backpacks (July 28, 2020)