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  • 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 |