How cool, to drive up to Davenport’s house near here and talk fourteeners for a while. Did some of it in front of a camera to make background footage for the coming 14ers flick that Dav and his crew are…
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Silvretta Take on Broken Pure Freeride Binding — with WildSnow analytics
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonA few posts ago we reported on the broken Silvretta Pure Freeride binding that occurred during our Trooper Traverse trip. During a trip to Jackson last winter I got to know Reiner Gerstner, the head guy who oversees Silvretta and…
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Some backcountry ski trips go so smooth you hardly know they passed — others have at least one defining moment. Our recent Trooper Traverse had several such. The make-or-break point occurred when Mike was walking around a new campsite on…
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Michael Kennedy reviews Dynafit Freeride Aero AT Boot, beef for ski touring yet lighter.
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Three full days of fluffy Colorado backcountry powder. Myself , friends Ron and Boone, and four teenage boys who can simply rip it — going up or down. A variety of randonnee backcountry skiing gear was tested, a high fat…
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Discuss how safe backcountry skiing gear really is, and how it could be improved.
