Rick Wyatt to left, holding forth with some funny tale about his life as a mountain man, Andrew to right. Rick is known as the guy who in 1982 did a ski descent of the Grand Teton using leather nordic…

New Telemark Norm binding introduction, Black Diamond to start making their own Tele and AT boot line

Tired of ski lifts, can’t afford a helicopter — but you’re still a motorhead? Snowmobile assisted ski touring could be your game.

It turns out Laura Bakos was not the first woman to ski an 8,000 meter peak (though she was the first North American to do so, and most likely the SECOND woman to do so). (I corrected previous blog to…

Telemark evangelists might need to work harder at revival. According to reliable sources, this past sales season the biggest online backcountry skiing gear retailer sold 10 AT bindings for every 8 telemark. Time for prayer? Lou DawsonWildSnow.com publisher emeritus and…

A couple of people pointed me to an amusing thread on telemarktips.com, debating whether backcountry skiing down a mountain without your heels latched down is some kind of significant “first.” Along with that, a person contacted me and said they’d…