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  • Ski Touring OH SH!T KIT 

    Ski Touring OH SH!T KIT 

    If you ski tour for long enough, something unexpected is bound to happen. Here is our list of emergency items to carry in your ski/board pack for when things go...

    Beth Lopez |

  • 2021 Utah Avalanche Center Backcountry Benefit

    2021 Utah Avalanche Center Backcountry Benefit

    Come join Geartrade at the Utah Avalanche Center Backcountry Benefit at the Black Diamond Parking Lot: 2084 E 3900 S SLC, UT. September 9, 2021 | 6pm to 10pm.

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  • Geartrade: All About Spring Avalanche Conditions

    Geartrade: All About Spring Avalanche Conditions

    The idea of spring skiing conjures up beautiful images of corn-skiing, parking-lot beers, and long-awaited toasty temps. All these things are true, but backcountry skiers need to consider one other...

    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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    Geartrade: Touring Etiquette

    The Winter of 2020 will surely be an active one for backcountry travelers. There is still a fair amount of uncertainty on how ski resorts will operate this season and...

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