backcountry skiing

Dynafit binding inventor Fritz Barthel, his workshop and some info about the evolution of the tech ski touring binding.

Praying for snow, and thankful for what we have in our mountain life.

With Fritz’s okay, I can report on this prototype for a Dynafit telemark binding. Fun stuff, perhaps for five minutes I can get more traffic than Telemarktips. (All, please don’t rip these photos and publish elsewhere. They are copyrighted.) This…

Fritz, watching out for blueberry bushes and looking quite stylish. He paid me not to publish this, but I had to do it. The Dynafit jacket is too nice not to share. Contrary to rumor, it actually has been snowing…

Guys, it is indeed a pilgrimage. I knew the ski touring roots here would blow me away, but the depth of the ski culture astounds me more than I ever imagined it would. As testimony to that, Dynafit bindings really…