Your “high performance” versions of snowmobiles don’t have much in the way of utility for backcountry skiing. Cargo/ski racks, tow hitches, stuff like that; too much weight. Our Yamaha Nytro 4-stroke needed a tow hitch. It also needed a rear…
Monthly Archives
July 2009
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Backcountry Access Arsenal backcountry skiing shovel review
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Grainola granola museli for backcountry skiing breakfast and food. Recipe and commentary from the 1960s.
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How To Dynafit — WildSnow Video shows how to use the most famous ski touring binding ever invented.
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Backcountry skiing news about avalanche in New Zealand, BASE jumping, rescues in Colorado and more.
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Outdoor Retailer trade show day 3 highlights. Magellan GPS, Yakima, more backcountry skiing gear.
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Outdoor Retailer trade show covered for backcountry skiing gear, 2009. Ski boots, gps, crampons, sleeping pads, more.
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Outdoor Retailer trade show, summer, still has tons of backcountry skiing related gear.
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Nothing like doing some carbon sequestering with your ski touring boots. Yeah, last winter most of you probably heard about La Sportiva’s possibly ground breaking carbon AT boot.
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Check out this backcountry skiing in New Zealand! As many of you know, I’m working as a ski patroller at Mt. Cheeseman, a “club ski field” in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is a fun place to work, definitely a lot different than ski areas in the U.S. It is funky in various ways, one of which is that the lodge only had 16kbs dialup for the start of the season. Needless to say, I haven’t been able to do any trip reports until I got better internet access. Luckily, one of the club members figured out how to beam broadband up here from his house, so let the TRs begin!
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