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by admin January 28, 2010

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In the Bag

by Doug January 21, 2010

So what to pack when you’re headed out into the backcountry? We go over safety gear in this story on avy safety, but here’s the rest of what we recommend. Two low-profile packs that stand out are Deuter’s Freeride Pro 30 ($149; deuter.com) and Mammut’s Nirvana Snowpack ($170; mammut.ch). Both ride well, hold just the [...]

Binding Bonanza

by Doug January 21, 2010

TELEMARK 22 Designs Hammerhead The Hammerhead has become the hands-down favorite when it comes to tele bindings. Why? Reliability and snappy big-ski performance for one, but even better is the ability to adjust it at five different tension settings. $225; twentytwodesigns.com Black Diamond 01 The best tele touring binding we have tested, the O1 is [...]

On Your Rocker

by Doug January 21, 2010

BOARDS K2 Darkside Our go-to ski for tearing through big dumps, the Darkside looks like a waterski at 156/128/144—and it absolutely floats at high speed in deep stuff. Yet what really impressed us was how it could turn in area since the rocker is only in the tip with regular camber underfoot and in the [...]

Suffering and Salvation

by Tom Winter January 21, 2010

What do you get when you head out on the Colorado Interconnect? In this case, three resorts, thousands of turns and only one blister. The wind doesn’t like us. It pelts us with icy pellets of snow. It tries to push us over. It tears at our skis, balanced on our shoulders as we scrape [...]

Your Post-Season Bucket List

by Peter Kray January 21, 2010

Then suddenly it’s over. Football season is done (the Broncos are long done), and there’s almost nothing good to watch on TV anymore. The remote control home-arrest bracelet immediately becomes irrelevant, and your weekends beckon with all the possibilities of distant peaks, deep blue mornings and fresh white snow. After months of perfecting the four-channel [...]