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  • The 3 Types of Fun

    The 3 Types of Fun

    As every outdoor adventurer knows, you can have three kinds of fun on any given day outside. Sometimes it's planned, and sometimes a plan morphs into another kind of fun...

    Shopify API |

  • 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 |

  • GEARTRADE EXPLAINS: GOGGLES

    GEARTRADE EXPLAINS: GOGGLES

    Goggles are called a mere “accessory,” but nothing ruins a ski or snowboard day faster than a goggle you can’t see out of. Whether the goggle fogs up or your...

    Beth Lopez |

  • 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 |

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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 |