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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 |

  • How to Choose a Backcountry Touring Pack

    How to Choose a Backcountry Touring Pack

    With the right pack on your back, the time you spend in the backcountry is more comfortable, more fun, and even safer. If you, like us, are a fan of...

    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 |

  • GT - Early Season Survival Guide

    GT - Early Season Survival Guide

    After going months without powder turns, early-season stoke can be a powerful force. And while we know you’re itching to get after it, there are a few things to keep...

    TJ Parsons |

  • Splitboarding Oh Sh!t Kit

    Splitboarding Oh Sh!t Kit

    A quick look at the common problem-solvers you should consider carrying into the backcountry, in addition to the non-negotiable essentials like avalanche safety gear.

    TJ Parsons |

  • 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 |

  • 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 |

  • 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 |