backcountry skiing

Combine fire with deep frying, and you get exciting cuisine. But you hope not too exciting. Like a few days ago when Fritz had me over to his place to celebrate “Three Kings Day” and the decommissioning of his Christmas…

I just wanted some sweet calories washed down with a couple of cappuccinos — after a chilly ski tour above Alpbach, Austria. For that sort of thing Manfred likes to stop in at the historic Boeglerhof Hotel located across the…

Mystery Ranch Broomstick pack 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…

Dynafit USA asked me to let all you WildSnowers know that Bob Misuraca of Bristol, New Hampshire won the pair of Dynafit ZZeus TF-X boots just as 2008 came to an end. He follows last years ZZero4C winner from Montana….both…