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Overview of the the 2021 Skialper Buyer’s Guide, 368 pages of gear and fantastic photographs. Available only in Italian–the language of skiing is universal.

Five tips for skin track success when ski touring safely in the backcountry. Craft an efficient skin track to avoid avalanche terrain and danger.

Visit to the DPS factory in Salt Lake City to see how the new Pagoda Tour powder ski touring skis are built from start to finish.

Conversation with Blase Reardon, Director of Flathead Avalanche Center, on avalanche forecast components, limitations, and tips for new backcountry skiers.

Guide to buying used skis, bindings, boots and skins. How to check wear and tear. How to choose best setup for you.

Conversation with big mountain skier on small boots, big lines, risk in the backcountry and empowering girls to ski.

Fitting and modifying the Scarpa F1 LT ski touring boot, a lightweight 1-kilo boot that’s just about perfect.

Totally Deep Podcast episode features IFMGA guide Mark Smiley to discuss his new Mountain Sense Comprehensive Guide to Avalanche Safety course.

G3 Seekr 100 ski is easy to turn, works well for variable conditions, lightweight.

A visit with Sam Tischendorf of Tecnica’s boot fitting program, Project 165, and top tips on how to fit your ski touring boots.

Winter 20/21 could bring unprecedented growth to ski touring. A mountain guide and avalanche educator questions the future Covid-19 backcountry.

A few favorite ski touring boot picks from Scarpa, Tecnica, Dynafit, Atomic for hard charging, all around or light weight.

Meta survey of our favorite and best ski touring bindings, from freeride to race.

How to make backcountry skiing less white? Aidan Goldie examines the implicit biases, racism, and barriers that prevent BIPOC from backcountry inclusivity.

Review of the Black Diamond Dawn Patrol Ski Touring pant, versatile, comfortable threads for dry winter days or sunny spring skiing.

Review of Dynafit TLT8 Expedition W, ski touring boot that highlights the best of Dynafit’s TLT legacy.

Interview with big mountain doctor and skier Tracee Metcalf who has been working on the front lines of COVID-19 as a doctor and patient.

Aaron Rice reviews the Atomic Backland Carbon touring boot, a lightweight slipper that cruises uphill, skis down decently, and is svelt enough to wear to dinner.

Review of the long-awaited Dynafit Hoji Free, a freeride touring boot that delivers big on ski performance.