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2009 24 hours of sunlight race reports and final results

According to just about anyone I know of the Prius exalting persuasion, the Hummer SUV is the most evil manifestation of capitalist over-consumption to ever roll our planet. In their view, it epitomizes the hilarious albeit grim sticker you might…

(Valued readers, we return to our series of European trip reports from my travels several weeks ago. In this installment, WildSnow ends up in Livigno, Italy on the way to Bormio to visit Trab Skis.) I like to read a…

You can’t make it up. In what has to be one of the weirdest (and most fortunate) avalanche survival stories ever reported, three guys in Colorado ended up buried by a slide and were able to extricate themselves without outside…

Intuition ski boot liners 2008-2009 review, make your ski boots super comfortable.

2009 Outdoor Retailer show in SLC

Voile splitboard hardware and climbing skins review for backcountry riding

09/10 Dynafit Dy.N.A AT race boot review for randonnee racing and ski mountaineering

Huntsman Ridge backcountry skiing trip report

Ortovox S1 avalanche beacon review for backcountry skiing

When I mentioned to my Italian friend Paolo how G3 had been keeping their binding secret, and were releasing the new grabber via a global conference call, he said “what do they think this is, a new Ferrari or something?…

We’ll, the light wasn’t all bad. And even though I’d mistakenly brought someone else’s boots I could still ski (more on that below). The day started bluebird but became “inside the egg” toward the afternoon. Fritz had a plan to…

Backcountry skiing in Austria, you’d better be fast and fit and ready for some really good skiers, fun stuff.

Backcountry Access Tracker avalanche beacon for backcountry skiing

Dear Lou: Cory was a friend and my wife’s cousin. He worked ski patrol on Ajax (Aspen Mountain) for years. He’d spent a year patrolling at Chamonix and had an impressive climbing resume. He was a pro with tons of…

Editor’s note: A while back we ran a few guest blog avalanche stories. This one came in recently and we thought it worthy. I’ve skied out Castle Creek many times and the big ones lurking above always catch my attention.…

List of backcountry ski touring books for the mountaineer on your Christmas list or any other special ocasion.