January 2022

This city-scape ski story, “Low Angles & Low Expectations,” shows premonitions don’t always come true: Good turns are where you find them.

To mitigate exposures to avalanches, Rob Coppolillo presents a case for using what he calls the exposure knob to make simpler decisions on complex tours.

The Black Crows Mentis Freebird is an 80mm underfoot near 1kg ski that remains stable and smooth when opening up the turn radius. And yeah, it’s seafoam blue.

The Oregon Ski Atlas brings the skiable terrain of Oregon’s bigger peaks to print. It also leaves plenty of adventure for those willing to find it.

Grace Staberg, a U.S. skier on the ISMF World Cup, provides some insight into her stash of skimo race gear. Yup, it looks fast, and it’s light.

Depending on how you embrace the blissfulness of the work done in backcountry skiing, a prototype backcountry rope tow from Zoa Engineering might make you smile or weep.