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  • GT December Gear Roundup

    GT December Gear Roundup

    Resorts are open, the mountains have snow, and it seems like winter is moving full speed ahead. If you've been waiting for this moment, you've probably spent weekends leading up...

    Finola McDonald |

  • How to Read the Avalanche Report

    How to Read the Avalanche Report

    How to read an avalanche forecast. Local avalanche centers use clear, easy-to-follow graphics and explain the day’s hazards in layman’s terms, so you needn’t have a snow science degree to...

    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.

    Shopify API |

  • winter lodge

    What is The Powder Highway?

    The Powder Highway is less-glamorously known as 95A, it’s a 630-mile loop that passes through, at last count, more than 60 different ski areas, heli-ski ops, backcountry lodges, guided snowcat...

    Annie Fast |

  • skiing

    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 |

  • snow on a mountain

    What Is Splitboarding?

    First off, a splitboard is a type of snowboard. Now that that’s cleared up, let’s go deeper. Splitboards exist for the same reason ski touring gear exists: to ascend snowy...

    Annie Fast |

  • first aid kit

    Geartrade: First Aid Kit Basics

    First aid kit basics: what to pack and how to be prepared to safely navigate your next outdoor adventure.

    Beth Lopez |