Ski touring and backcountry skiing in Colorado, western Elk Mountains testing climbing skins and skis.

Review of K2 Mount Baker Superlight backcountry skis. Excellent choice for nearly all backcountry skiing.

With 24 Hours of Sunlight coming up, we have three pairs of Trab skis loaned out among our team. The flagship Trab for that sort of thing is perhaps the Sint Aero (pictured above), as it combines light weight and a narrow dimension for quick uphill, along with decent hardpack downhill performance. We’ve also got a pair of this season’s Trab Duo Freerando Piuma set up for the race, which are super light as well. Third pair is last year’s version of the Piuma, they’re good boards as well.

Review of over the ear headphones for backcountry ski mountaineering.

The Atomic Splitboard. Latch detail. Binding pivots for touring mode. As far as we could tell with a quick glance, the binding comes off via this mechanism, in turn attaching to the touring pivot. Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder…

Contourwear clothing review for traveling to backcountry ski spots