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Review of the superlight Dynafit Low Tech Race binding and commentary on how skimo gear performs in the backcountry.

Review of the Black Diamond Cirque 22, Gregory Targhee 35 and Ortovox 28 S AVABAG, packs for women and men for all ski touring endeavors.

Reviving climbing skins in the field. Basic prevention to dealing with a full climbing skin failure. Tips to keep your backcountry ski tour going.

Ski touring news and review, backcountry February 2021.

Visit to Bluebird Backcountry in northern Colorado, the only backcountry ski area in the US that offers ski touring, avalanche safety classes and guiding.

Review of Pierre Gignoux’s Mountain boot, a sleek all mountain carbon slipper, that weighs in at an impressive 750 grams.

Mod Dynafit Hoji Pro for more forward lean and softer flex.

Trip report from a week in Cooke City, Montana, exploring and touring the backcountry on skis and snowmobile.

When the G3 SLAYr 114 arrived at my front door in the spring of last year, I knew right away that we would become friends. Unfortunately, Covid delayed our experiences together during the 2020 spring season. Once the next winter…

Review of the Fischer Travers CS ski touring boot that offers superior ski-ability and walk-ability in a lightweight package.

Las Sportiva Orizion ski touring and hiking pant review, simple lightweight togs for sleek adventures.

Review of the the Meidjo 3.0 telemark binding, marking an evolution in technical backcountry telemark touring equipment.

Ski traverse of Colorado Elk Mountains, 1980, trip report and narrative by Richard Compton.

Overview of telemark tech setup designed to maximize efficiency and featuring Voile Ultra Vector BC skis, 22 Design Lynx binding and Scarpa TX Pro boots.

Tips to practice the five steps of an avalanche rescue: scene size-up, beacon search, probing, shoveling and patient care.

Review of Edelrid’s Rap Line Protect rope dry treated for ski mountaineering, glacier traveling, rappelling and more.

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

Overview of 20-21 ski mountaineering and randonee races around the US and Europe including adaptations for Covid.

Totally Deep Podcast Episode 82 featuring Exum mountain guide and star of the Patagonia and TGR film Solving for Z on calculating risk in the mountains.