Category: Alpine Bindings

Alpine Bindings

First Look: Dynafit’s Beast 16

  The saying goes, “Light is right, but weight is great.” Even Dynafit is acknowledging that with the introduction of their next generation tech binding, the Beast 16. At almost a kilogram per foot (actually only 966 grams or 34 oz.) it is a beast of a binding, especially for a company firmly rooted with …

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1st Look: Ambition – Tyrolia’s lightest AT binding

  After touring with Tyrolia’s beefy AT binding, the Adrenaline I was impressed with how simple and easy the mode switch was to operate; on par with the original BAT binding, Fritschi-Diamir’s Freeride. No need to step out of the binding to switch modes, a nice feature between downhill pitches where you don’t need to …

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Review: Plum AT Bindings (v13/14)

First impressions can be deceiving, but not in this case. When you first look at the tech binding from Plum you can’t help but recognize this is more than a two-pin tech binding, it’s a work of craftsmanship. Nowhere is this more evident than when taking in the look of the Yak, Plum’s widebody tech …

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Passport Bindings for the ’14 Season

  Lured by the Backcountry? There are roughly three different styles of backcountry equipment you should consider if you’re hunting fresh powder: alpine, snowboard, or telemark. Of the three disciplines, alpine offers the easiest to understand, and adopt, set of options. The style of alpine binding that appeals easiest to budding BC skiers are what …

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Review: Adrenaline, Tyrolia’s passport binder

Last season Tyrolia announced their intention to join Marker with their version of yet another passport binding. When one floated through the Start Haus recently I took advantage of the opportunity and snuck ’em out for a tour. In downhill mode there is little to distinguish Tyrolia’s AT trainer binding from other brands. A passing …

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Fritschi Diamir’s NEW Zenith 12 Tech Binding

Fritschi Diamir is joining the tech revolution in the backcountry. At the recent Outdoor Retailer trade show Fritschi unveiled their new Zenith 12, a tech binding that has lateral release capability at the toe, and an easy mode switch without exiting the binding. Although there is no standard for calibrating the release values of lightweight, …

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OR Report: On Snow Demo notes

The Outdoor Retailer Show began yesterday up at Solitude ski resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. It’s always a blast checking out new skis, boots and bindings. The sun was blaring and the snow was tired, groomed, and firm so it was a good day to lock the heel and just cruise at speed to …

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