High Trails climbing skins review, first look at Evotec ‘glueless’ system appears to be good for backcountry skiing and touring.
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Review of Plum Yak ski bindings for alpine touring in the backcountry.
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Backcountry ski mountaineering along the magnificent Forbidden Traverse, touring in the heart of North Cascades National Park.
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Review of Pierre Gignoux ski binding used experimentally as a touring binding for backcountry and mountaineering.
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Expedition prep in Anchorage Alaska can be culture shock for a mountain boy, but necessary if you’re self guided in the Alaska Range.
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Skiing Mount Hunter, Foraker and Denali (McKinley) in Alaska, the Big Three expedition 2014 kicks off for mountaineering.
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Review of McConkey biopic film movie about Shane McConkey, pioneer freeride extreme skier of the 1980s and 1990s who became a star and died while BASE jumping on film.
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Skiing on Mount Rainier, Wilson and Kautz headwalls are worthy goals and difficult to get, check this trip report for details.
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Information about how much steel ski edges add to the weight of a ski, specifically for backcountry and touring skis used for mountaineering.
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Volkl BMT V-werks ski has a reinforced binding mount area that may not accommodate most tech bindings, information here.
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Review of Dynafit Denali ski for backcountry ski touring and mountaineering, recommended 2014/2015.
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Jordan White works with Folsom skis to make a custom backcountry ski for big mountains and aggressive skiing.
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Using a variety of netbooks and laptop computers for a major amount of blogging about ski touring and backcountry recreation.
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Joe Risi reports from Crested Butte on the 17th annual Grand Traverse backcountry skiing race. A 40 mile ski race that takes backcountry skiiers from Crested Butte Mountain Resort to Aspen in the Elk Mountains.
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Spring backcountry skiing in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado.
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March is our favorite month for backcountry skiing and touring in Colorado, lots of sun, powder, and sometimes much safer avalanche conditions.
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f you fall while already moving downhill at speed, on steep hard snow, you will not be able to self arrest. Period. So read this and learn how to live.
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Review of Voile Vector BC skis for backcountry skiing and touring, fish scale base is good for traveling over rolling terrain.
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Review of Dynafit Denali ski for backcountry skiing and touring, wide and light, skis well, recommended.
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The Education of Littleski — Becoming a Mountaineer is a Lifelong Pursuit
by Louis Dawsonby Louis DawsonLifelong education for mountaineering and backcountry skiing safety and enjoyment, mentors and judgment are key, but many other factors as well.
