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How Low-Cost Combo Passes Affect Small Ski Areas
These are good times to be moving about the continent in search of powder. Thanks to the consolidation of resorts and the rise of ultra-affordable, multi-resort passes, the price of skiing hasn't been...
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What’s the Best Après Ski Party Gear?
The term might sound pretentious, but all après really means is drinking—or eating or just relaxing—with friends after a long day on the mountain. So even though New Year’s Eve is behind us, you can...
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Gear of the Show 2015: The North Face Modulator ABS
Inflatable avalanche airbag packs, designed to keep the wearer on top of the snow if he gets caught in a slide, are becoming a mandatory part of the backcountry quiver. While they work great, the...
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Gear of the Show 2015: Fischer Profoil Skins
Traditional nylon and mohair skins are great for the uphill, but they have almost no glide. Which is fine if you only are going up. But, whether you’re skinning up the resort for fitness (what’s known...
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Gear of the Show 2015: Marker Kingpin
Because they’re extremely lightweight and more secure than they look, tech-style alpine-touring bindings, which rely on two sets of pins to hold the toe and heel in place and require a special boot,...
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Gear of the Show 2015: Abominable Labs F-BOM Goggle
Goggle manufactures have been trying to figure out how to prevent goggles from fogging up for years. Smith has its fan system. Julbo just debuted an elegantly simple mechanical solution (it too won an...
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What's the Best Gear for a Resort Powder Day?
Admit it: Most of us don’t get more than one or two true powder days per season. So when there are 18 inches of fresh under the chair, you better be ready to maximize your turns. That means layering...
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Arc'teryx Lithic Gloves
It’s the holy grail for product designers: to create a glove that will keep you warm and dry in the nastiest conditions but still allow you to do things like zip up your jacket or tear into a Snickers...
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How Can I Make My Ski Gear Last?
Ski gear is expensive, but it’s also a long-term investment. I’ve found that the best stuff will last at least six seasons—if you take care of it properly. Here are eight tips to help you get the most...
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The 10 Greatest Gear Innovations of the Past Century
Small design shifts can have big consequences, shifting the direction of a sport and bringing a new wave of athletes to the game. Let us now pay homage to these 10 heavy hitters that changed the...
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5 Skate Ski Essentials
If you’ve ever wondered what cyclists and runners do to stay in shape during the winter, it involves skating across groomed trails. Cross-country skiing, and specifically skate skiing, now has more...
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Can I Get into Nordic Skiing for Less than $200?
To answer this question, I spoke with Olympic cross-country skiers Caitlin and Brian Gregg. The Nordic power couple has racked up an impressive list of achievements (including four national...
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What Advice Do You Have for Buying Used Gear?
Purchasing used gear makes learning a new, expensive sport like skiing much less cost prohibitive, but it’s easy to waste money on junk. To take some of the guesswork out of the process, I interviewed...
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No More Barbie Gear
The adventure sports world can be an enlightened place when it comes to gender. Athletes like alpinist Melissa Arnot and ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin are as celebrated as Dave Hahn and Bode Miller. But...
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9 Pieces of Essential Ski-Touring Gear
In-bounds touring—in which skiers ditch the lifts and slap on climbing skins, like the Fischer Profoils, to get up the mountain—is catching on everywhere. It helps that most resorts keep access free...
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The World’s Biggest Ski Swap Is in...Alabama
Photo Gallery: The World’s Biggest Ski Swap Is in...Alabama More than 99 percent of luggage gets claimed as soon as it’s unloaded from the plane. The remaining 1 percent is sold to the Unclaimed...
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A Look Inside the Country’s Raddest Gear Sheds
Photo Gallery: A Look Inside the Country’s Raddest Gear Sheds Some people throw their gear in a corner of the garage. Others have dedicated gear rooms that are so stacked and organized they look like...
View ArticleIgneous Skis Are Built Just for You
As a robotics engineer at Carnegie Melon, Mike Parris developed technology used on the Mars rover expeditions. He later took his mechanical expertise and applied it to building custom skis with friends...
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The Best Gloves of 2017
Your paws deserve the best. Photo: Outdoor Research Outdoor Research Capstone Heated Why spend five bills on electric gloves? To play longer when the mercury drops. A heating surface covers 70...
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It's Time to Retire Your Old, Unsafe Avalanche Beacon
If your avalanche beacon is over a decade old, it's time for an upgrade. You can even make money off of it, thanks to a new promotion from apparel and mountain-safety brand Ortovox: turn in your...
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