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  • 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 |

  • person skiing in backcountry

    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 |

  • people ski touring

    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 |