backcountry skiing

The celebrity backcountry skiers managed to escape the camera glass after their canine body guards ripped the photographer’s pack of chewing gum from his pocket, but not before the predatory paps shot this revealing photo of the McLean quiver. It’s…

While I’m sure the dated nature of “Death Zone” movie will be good for some laughs, my recollection is that it was a somewhat ground breaking film.

Yep, another Outdoor Retailer show bites the dust. We got quite a bit done in Utah — mostly of the white variety. Have a good sense of where backcountry skiing gear is headed for next season, so that’ll help with…

Louie and I headed up to Days Fork from Alta today. This popular area tends to be a circus on weekends, but I find weekdays up there to be totally reasonable. (Being from where a “crowd” is 3 other cars…

Sport plan today was a powder hit in the morning, then off to the OR show in the afternoon. With more than a foot of fresh last night we were set. Hooked up with Poly McLean and Wizard of the…

Garmont Endorphin is a good example of the interesting (but some would say bothersome) trend of most randonnee gear becomming as beefy as alpine gear. These things really are an alpine boot with a rando sole. Very stylish and useful…