Feb 14 2020
For new converts to the backcountry world let me implore you to consider Fritschi’s Tecton as your binding of choice for cranking turns in and out of bounds. It IS the binding you’re looking for, but it doesn’t look like it because, well, you’re not yet ready to believe it because it’s a tech binding …
Nov 19 2019
In case you missed it, Salomon nailed what budding backcountry skiers want. They’ve wanted the same thing since forever, something they’re familiar with; a full alpine binding with step in convenience, brakes, DIN calibrated release, PLUS the ability to do a lap back up with skins. Plate bindings have been available to do that since …
Jan 17 2018
Marker has built a reputation for building alpine bindings with superior performance. Typically that means downhill performance â as in a binding that delivers a solid connection between the boot and the ski, but also knows when to let go. Marker’s new Alpinist 2-pin tech bindings maintain the alpine connection, but this time the performance …
Aug 07 2017
When it comes to the Dynafit Radical 2.0 the current version is almost a no-brainer decision for anyone earning turns who wants to save weight without sacrificing frills like brakes and easy to flip climbing posts. The only feature you need consider is the toe that rotates a few degrees in downhill mode to add …
Oct 31 2016
Whether good or bad, first impressions last and last and last. In the long run, if you can last long enough, weak first impressions can be buried in the glory of redemption. It will take more time to prove but I think it’s time to acknowledge that Fritschi’s Vipec really rocks they way they …
Mar 22 2016
After a week in the trenches wrenching bindings at Backcountry Magazine’s annual Family Camp, also known as their annual Gear Party, er, Test at Powder Mountain, Utah I can tell you a few things about what Alpine Touring bindings were liked, and what were not. Bindings at the test included G3’s Ion, the Dynafit Radical …
Feb 11 2016
If you make a habit of skiing hard and landing big airs Look’s Pivot binding is back from retirement for a reason; no other binding offers as much elasticity in the heel to absorb landing forces as it does. Period. For backcountry huckers there’s a new adapter plate that fits in Pivot bindings for touring. …
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