Aspen Real Estate — Shameful Fantasy or Incredible Reality? One of my most embarrassing fantasies is to live in Aspen again, at the base of Aspen Mountain, like I did for a period in the 1970s. We found a condo…

Over the past few weeks I’ve gotten several reliable reports about the plastic base plates of Dynafit bindings breaking. Seems the slot that holds the Dynafit crampon is somewhat fragile, and the area under the Comfort model touring lock is…

Randonnee binding collection, ski gear for backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering, including Ramer, Tyrolia, Marker, Dynafit Black Diamond and more.

Our randonnee binding collection was a big hit at the Outdoor Retailer show. Tore it down today, here is a larger photo that perhaps shows more detail (sorry it’s not better — I messed up the shot) for those of you trying to figure out the bindings for a Couloir Magazine subscription. Post your conclusions on the Couloir Magazine forums (please use existing thread). I’ll post the full list of bindings in a few days.

Finally, someone decided not to mess around any more with lightweight AT bindings, and make a randonnee backcountry skiing binding for huksters. The new Naxo NX-21 is a beefed out version of the regular Naxo. It cranks up to DIN…

Journalists tour the Powder Keg ski mountaineering race course. Spent a nice day taking a tour of the Powder Keg randonnee backcountry skiing race course, (in general connecting Alta and Brighton ski areas). We didn’t do the whole pro course…