Industrial Designer Heidi Newell shares her Masters thesis ideas for backcountry ski and safety gear.
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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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Louie is down to around 15 pounds without food or water (fasting works wonders). His list for ski touring traverse kit.
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“$1,000 to duck a rope — dude, since when is that illegal?” Or so ill-informed people are yammering about on internet chat forums. Since 1972 Colorado has had a law called the Ski Safety Act. The Act codifies things such…
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Silvretta Pure bindings for ski touring, review and comments.
