Backpacks and the backcountry go hand in hand. Or, strap in strap, or whatever analogy you’d like to make to emphasize how naked you’ll feel in the backcountry without a pack to carry the necessary tools to rescue your friends…

Moment’s Wildcat Evolves into Its Latest And Lightest Form   The Moment Wildcat 108 Tour lives up to its predecessor’s rep as a versatile powder-touring ski   The Wildcat is Moment’s not-just-for-powder, powder ski. Originally known as the Bibby, it was…

The 23/24 Transalp Pro revamp adds more muscle, durability, and skiability for all terrain, especially steeps. My touring partner and I botched the timing on a morning mission in Colorado’s Gore Range towards the end of last season. After booting…

For backcountry skiers and splitboarders looking for a higher-volume, low-weight electronic airbag, Ortovox’s AVABAG Litric Tour 40 is one of only a few options. The pack utilizes the LiTRIC system, a lightweight electronic airbag system co-developed by Ortovox and Arc’teryx…

I truly needed goggles in the backcountry once last season. The wind was absolutely whipping, the light was perfectly flat, and I was downright nervous about the Gore Range couloir we were trying to find along a ridge of indistinguishable…

A splitboarder tired of breaking his poles gives his first impressions of Wolverine Snow Products’  three-piece Split Sticks. Woe is the splitboarder. We’re less efficient backcountry travelers than our two-planking brethren, and, it seems to me, more prone to equipment…