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Black Crows arrived on the freeride scene in 2006. With savvy marketing and an emphasis on building skiers’ skis, the Chamonix-based company spread its wings. Here’s a peak under the Black Crows’ hood with product lede Kenji Teshima and skiers Christina Lustenberger, and Adam Fabrikant.

ZipFit is known for durable and great fitting liners. We give the GFT Touring Liner a long look, and we like what we see. With 30 days in the liner, there’s little wear. The liner’s weight at 577g in a 28/28.5 might make you cringe — maybe it shouldn’t, as the upsides are considerable.

A 2020 Q&A with Hilaree Neslon, North Face team leader and 8000 meter peak skier on lessons learned over decades of ski mountaineering, favorite expedition gear and tips for aspiring ski mountaineers.

The 1000g class of touring boots has expanded in the past few years. Here’s our 2022-2023 gear guide for the lightweight class of backcountry boots.

Dynafit skips nine and goes straight to the TLT X. If the boot fits, you’re in luck: Fine tourability and skiability for bigger mission comfort and support.

First look of the 2021-22 Salomon QST BLANK, a heavy and damp touring ski constructed for smooth skiing in tough conditions.

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.

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

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

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

In Part II of Cody Townsend’s Quarantine Q&A, he talks gear innovation at Salomon, binding elasticity and the search for the ski setup Holy Grail.

In Courmayeur, Italy, SCOTT unveils the Freeguide carbon ski touring boot, a 3-buckle performance oriented boot inspired by the pursuit of big, steep descents.

DIY boot fitting tricks including shims, punching, molding and when to retire your ski touring boot.

Round up of women’s boots for ski touring and ski mountaineering for 2019-20. Women’s boots from Atomic, Dynafit, Technica, Fischer, La Sportiva and more.

Backcountry skiing and ski touring boot buying guide, for beginners, sort out all the confusing things about AT alpine touring ski boots.

Review of new clothing technology from The North Face, Futurelight is just about the lightest most breathable yet waterproof fabric ever invented, for ski touring.

Review of Pomoca mohair climbing skins for ski mountaineering and touring, race technology for everyone.

Popular ski touring blog posts of 2016, news, gear and trip reports defined the backcountry season, especially avalanche safety.

Last spring, Dynafit debuted their downhill-oriented four-buckle Tigard boot which skied like an alpine boot but at 1559 grams was too heavy for some light’n’fast Dynafit diehards. With the Feb. 1 release of the new Ridge Pro Boot designed with…

Snow conditions have been wild this season. I’ve wallowed through waist-deep powder, struggled through breakable crust, skied a lot of ice, sloshed around in corn, and encountered everything in between. I’ve found a reason to bring out every ski in…