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Scarpa Skookum boot review for backcountry skiing and climbing

Ethics of filming dangerous skiing for profit, in the backcountry and avalanche terrain.

European visit to Fritschi backcountry skiing binding factory, also cooking and food.

If you’re skiing in a Swiss whiteout you might as well enjoy a magnum of Toblerone. Amazing how fast you can inhale several pounds of chocolate. Seems we’re in a fairly major storm cycle here in Switzerland. Thus, anything above…

Headed out today from Kitzbuhel area, about an hour drive to the small touring base village called Praxmar in the Stubai Alps. Dynafit was having a business meeting up there so we figured it would be nice to see a…

This weekend is the third annual 24 Hours of Sunlight endurance ski race, at our nearby Sunlight Resort. Things have really ramped up this year. They’ve got upwards of 276 racers registered as of this morning, in 79 teams.

Scarpa F3 AT boot review for long backcountry ski tours

Yesterday, headed for backcountry skiing near Ashcroft above Aspen. We knew we were entering the Aspenfluf zone and joked about stopping at the Pine Creek Cookhouse and dropping a few hundred on beers. It’s quite a scene up there on…

We were going to publish an Axon on-snow review today, but realized we need to sit down, lean back, breath a big sigh, and feel the glow of WildSnow’s first millennium. Yep, today is blog post 1000 (counted as actual…

Black Diamond Factor backcountry skiing boot review, strong powerful ski boots for mountaineering.

2008 Scarpa AT boot offerings, Scarpa slide adapter for backcountry ski boots

Reiner and Dynafit seem to know how important the web is and the support they’re giving us is incredible.

When you get to Utah, and it snowed 24 inches of cold smoke the day before, there is only one option when you’re visiting with WildSnow.com. We headed over to the “sign up for a guide” booth and hit it.…

First look at Dynafit ZZero 4-UTF Womens AT Boot for backcountry skiing

Ah, the night racing. Fritz registered us as Team Slowtech, himself and friend Ricki, and me. Without the high heartrate sprint fitness and specialized gear, along with older and slower Lou, the idea was to simply have fun. Which we did.

Climbing and skiing Dachstein , Austria is a lot of fun and includes some nice huts.

Gecko climbing skins checked out, climbing skins for backcountry ski use

Packing for a 2-week EU trip has been interesting. I got two medium sized luggage pieces so I can easily keep each under the 50 pound limit and have them pack nicely. They hook up so they’ll roll around together.

Ski touring news covering issues with snowmobiles and information about cameras for backcountry use.