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This just came in through the mail slot: Hi Lou: I’m a telemarker looking to put together my first AT setup and was hoping to get your opinion on which Dynafit binding makes the most sense for me. Boots will…
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Someone asked if I’d publish the text for the Sheriff’s letter. No problem. It’s quite benign and reproduced below: As mentioned, I don’t have any problem with making sure my route descriptions have adequate warnings about hazards myself and my…
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Our 16-year-old son had the opportunity to attend a Wilderness Medicine Institute 2 day first aid class this past weekend. Located at the 10th Mountain Harry Gates Hut in central Colorado, the intensive covered just about everything in advanced first…
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Vintage Backcountry Skiing Bindings – Silvretta 404 Display and Mounting Instructions
by Lou Dawsonby Lou DawsonInspired by the interest out there, we added the 404 to the virtual binding museum, and whipped up some mounting instructions and a template.
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Time to whip out the lariat and rope a few of them little dawgies. Caribou get props: Snowmobilers lost big on this one, are backcountry skiers next? To ostensibly help a caribou herd, a judge recently declared 470 square miles…
