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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.

Take a look inside Fritschi Freeride Plus ski touring and mountaineering ski binding for backcountry adventure, technical details.

SPOT Messenger version 1.0 tested and reviewed, great gps emergency locator device for backcountry skiers

Backcountry skiing how-to book is super useful, full of information and tips.

Thinking outside the wrapper, some ideas for the backcountry skier in your life. Know a technical rider who likes swapping bindings and experimenting with stack height? Is someone mounting a pair of thin skis such as the Goode? Wrap a…

We’re headed to Moab today for a last gasp of mountain biking, 4 wheeling and other recreation. I was thinking this morning it would be nice to blog something about Thanksgiving, and realized today’s holiday can be so many things…

Canon A series digital cameras were some of the best ever, learn about the past and what was good.

After a couple of nice wet storms early on, we’ve had weeks of high pressure systems; beautiful Indian summer days that are nice for things like bicycle rides and rock climbing, but tend to leave less than the required snowpack.

I’m tempted to name today as 1/1/01 A.D., as in “After Davenport.” I just got an advance copy of Dav’s new book “Ski The 14ers” — and that’s (nearly) how earth shattering I believe this is as a mountaineering publication.…

We attended the annual Colorado Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame gala this past Saturday. This is indeed a Colorado event, but always goes out of state boundaries in many ways. John Atkins is perhaps the most far reaching inductee…

News about global warming as it relates to backcountry skiing, and other things.

Alp Control ski mountaineering boot system for climbing and skiing