Thursday brought sun to Powder Mountain for the third day of Gear Test Week. Wind overnight recirculated the snow to provide free powder refills to all who ventured out. Sunscreen-adorned testers explored more of what this mountain has to offer—from the legendary “Powder Country” to the flanks of James Peak. The new snow filled in the […]
Powder Mountain Report: Gear Test Week Day 2
Whiteout conditions transitioned to bluebird skis on Tuesday, day 2 of Gear Test Week. Powder Mountain was blanketed with a fresh coating of white overnight and testers were rearing to hit the slopes at the start of the day. Fat skis were the name of the game with all of the powder that is this […]
2017 Gear Test Profile: Caitlin Mitchell and Her Pretty Turn
As the Backcountry Gear Test rolls on, we’re taking a moment to profile those who make the whole shebang work: our testers. First up is Tester newbie Caitlin Mitchell, a Jackson resident, ripping skier and self-proclaimed expert at folding things. We caught up with Mitchell to talk ski background (including a pivotal fall to the face) and to glean some insights into her time at the test thus far.
The Re-Gram: Gear Test Week Day 1 social media highlights
With eight inches of snow accumulating over the course of the first day and 11 inches in the recent 48 hour period, the 2017 Gear Test Week at Powder Mountain, Utah started out with a bang. Gear tests are more fun and more productive when the conditions are good, and day 1 saw testers […]
Gear Test Week Arrives at Powder Mountain
POWDER MOUNTAIN, UTAH The 2017 Backcountry Magazine Gear Test Week kicked off yesterday, with over 200 pair of skis arriving to be tested over the next week. More than 50 testers flocked to Powder Mountain to give Backcountry Magazine their blood, sweat and toenails in pursuit of finding the best of next year’s skis and boots. And when the testers […]
Seventh-annual Splitfest comes to Mt. Baker
BAKER, WASHINGTON This weekend, the seventh-annual Mt. Baker Splitfest will host splitboarding clinics, demos and a raffle and silent auction with proceeds going to the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC).
Traffic Control: The Wasatch Backcountry Alliance hosts a free shuttle day for Little Cottonwood Canyon
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH This week the Wasatch Backcountry Alliance announced that on March 12, 2016 they are going to being offering one day of free shuttle service to Little Cottonwood Canyon. Through this event, the Wasatch Backcountry Alliance hopes to gather information about winter recreational transportation issues in the Salt Lake City area.
Director of Wallowa Avalanche Center Dies in Oregon Avalanche
Confirmed in a statement published yesterday by the Wallowa Avalanche Center, Kip Rand, the center’s director, died Tuesday in an Oregon avalanche. Rand, who assumed the role of Wallowa Avalanche Center Director last November, was skiing Chief Joseph Mountain, west of Joseph, Ore., when the avalanche occurred. According to The Observer, Rand, 29, was skiing […]
Spring comes early: Aspen skiers make use of warm weather and descend Mt. Daly
At the end of February, there was a warming trend in the Rockies that, along with a stretch of no snow, provided uncharacteristic opportunities for skiers to get out and attempt certain lines that generally aren’t approachable until later in the spring.
Renoun Skis feels the Bern
Renoun Skis, a Burlington, Vermont-based ski manufacturer founded in 2011 by Cyrus Schenck, is making waves in the ski industry through their use of a non-Newtonian polymer in their skis’ cores that’s designed to increase dampening qualities. But this deep-space-sounding material is not the only thing setting Renoun apart.
