September 2019 archive

Great Sand Dunes Partay

Weekends like that are the seeds of memories that linger.  With 20/20 hindsight and just a bit of faith in the reputations of those who came before this wouldn’t have been my first trip to the dunes. But I’m a skeptic. How fun could sand skiing really be? You can’t possibly go very fast. I …

Keep making backcountry turns

Review: G3 Escapist climbing skins

G3’s new Escapist climbing skins may be the climbing skins of choice from the 2020 season onward. There’s nothing revolutionary about these skins, just a solid mix of good components from the grip and glide of the plush, to the stickiness of the glue, but my fave ingredients are the tip and tail kits. Tip …

Keep making backcountry turns