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  • The care and keeping of climbing skins 

    The care and keeping of climbing skins 

    The climbing skins backcountry skiers use are little miracles of physics—strips of fuzzy fabric that press onto your ski bases with just enough adhesion to stay in place and scoot...

    Beth Lopez |

  • Ski Touring Basics

    Ski Touring Basics

    To “get into” ski touring, there are two primary things to tackle: getting the gear, then getting the avalanche safety, and route-planning knowledge to go out and do it.

    Beth Lopez |

  • The 2021 Consignment Trend Report 

    The 2021 Consignment Trend Report 

    Our inaugural year of consignment sales has wrapped, and it was a doozy. Y’all delivered by sending us countless items in great condition, from jackets to jerseys to ski boots,...

    Beth Lopez |

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    Geartrade: A breakdown of the types of Nordic skiing

    As a category of skiing, “Nordic” casts a pretty wide net, so it’s understandable that there’s plenty of confusion around what it means. Technically, Nordic skis have a free-heel binding...

    Beth Lopez |

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    What Is Backcountry Skiing?

    What’s backcountry skiing? In a word, joy. In a few more words: sweaty, exhilarating, liberating, serious. Serious because there’s certainly an inherent risk to being outside the avalanche-controlled, ski-patrolled confines...

    Beth Lopez |

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    How to safely start ski touring

    How to safely start ski touring. The gear, the know-how, the where, and the who. If you’re interested in ski touring (also called backcountry skiing), you’re on a direct path...

    Beth Lopez |