For now, the spring volcano ski season sides on the glass half full side of the optimism-pessimism perspective, and some interesting media items of note for the backcountry ski/ride set.

If insulated pants are your jam–Patagonia’s Das Light pants edge ever so closely to holy grail status considering weight, insulating capacity, and build.

After a season of use, the ATK Revolution World Cup gets put through the wringer at the Grand Traverse and all the ups and downs while training.

The good backcountry skiing goods are there on Steens Mountain. For the most part, though, we stumbled through miles of sagebrush and into the Danger Zone.

Three different backcountry skiers and three different sleep systems. A breakdown of the sleep systems used on a recent traverse.

“BCA, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, is issuing a voluntary recall of a small number of Tracker4 units due to a switch plastics production issue.”