Fritschi binding weight comparison, great bindings for backcountry skiing and ski touring.
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Home made alcohol stove is the ticket to lightweight travel! One of the best gear items we used for our Wind Rivers, Wyoming backpacking was a homebrew alcohol stove my son made from a Guinness beer can. The stove weighs…
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Shop for trekking poles. We’ve been using trekking poles for years. To us they’re usually known as “ski poles” and used during approach hikes for ski mountaineering. But we’ve used ’em for pure hiking as well, and still do. The…
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Preparations continue here for our Wyoming wilderness adventure. Much of the gear we’re using translates to backcountry skiing, especially our sleeping bags. I just got another Marmot Fusion sleeping bag. As no gear in the Dawson household shall remain unmodified,…
Go ahead, have that extra beer, your gear is so light it won’t matter…