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Ski Pants: Do I Need to Spend $450 to Get a Good Pair?
Good ski pants typically cost anywhere from $100 to $450. To find out if the more expensive models are worth the investment, we tested several types in that price range. After three months, here’s what...
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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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Ski Pants: Do I Need to Spend $450 to Get a Good Pair?
Good ski pants typically cost anywhere from $100 to $450. To find out if the more expensive models are worth the investment, we tested several types in that price range. After three months, here’s what...
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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...
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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...
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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Shinesty American Flag Ski Bibs
These ski bibs, with their loud, '80s style, are perfect for closing-day parties at the ski hill. But they also pack some key technical specs, like a waterproof/breathable membrane, a DWR coating, and...
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Outside’s Ski Test
Photo Gallery: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Outside’s Ski Test Each March, Outside and Backcountry team up to test next season’s backcountry skis, boots, and bindings, the best of which end up in each...
View ArticleThis Is Home: Crash Edit
When Faction published This Is Home, the footage was sweet and satisfying. But that doesn't mean everything at the shoot was perfect. Here's a crash edit from all the hours of footage they took.
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The Osprey Snowkit Is the Ultimate Winter Gear Bag
Whether you’re flying or driving, there’s nothing worse than showing up to ski without all your tools. Ask ski journalist Iain MacMillian, whose checked baggage got lost on a trip we recently took to...
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