Category: Gear

Review: Telemark Tech System (ver. 2.0)

If you’ve been waiting for TTS to grow up a bit, it has. The chubby cable posts and ill fitting heel posts are more slender, functional, and adaptable. Equally importantly the heel lever got the nose job it needed to snap onto the heel step of any compatible boot. Weight matters. Power matters. Why carry more than you need to?

Voile ceases production of CRB

Although sales of the CRB are small, that doesn’t mean Voile is turning a blind eye to interest in a releasable binding. Grissom went on to add that, “I do think a Switchback release binding would sell very well.”

Review: BCA’s Tracker 2

In short, Tracker 2 is more accurate more quickly.

Review: Ortovox S1

The Sophisticated One, thanks to a graticle display and some amazing software can not only tell you distance and direction for a single beacon, but can show the relative positions, distances and directions of up to three at a time, four on a good day

First Look: Salomon Guardian/Atomic Tracker

The key difference between the Guardian and it’s main competitor is the ability to switch it into touring mode without exiting the binding. Some will argue that this is a minor improvement…

First Look: H2OG’s Karen’cito, Kodiak & Tazlina

Understanding the flow of snow is what inspired Cummings to develop his own ski brand. Many of his clients come to fly with Dean in his heli guiding operation and he sees what they need. Fatter skis. No, even fatter ones.

Review: Fischer S-Bound 112

With a fatter ski you might think they create more drag, but actually, and especially when you’re breaking trail they make it easier because they aren’t constantly “submarining” in the snow. Plus they have better grip thanks to more waxless surface area.