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SETTING SAIL WITH ANGEL COLLINSON
GiveAngel Collinson turned the freeskiing world upside down when, at 31 years old and the height of her career, she retired from professional skiing, swapping big mountains for the ocean. Angel speaks about the similarities and differences between big mountains and big water, what it takes to master one’s craft (and whether it’s worth it) and when—or if—she’ll ski again. Listen Now »
After a year away, we returned to Utah’s Powder Mountain, where we’ve been testing for 15 years, bringing along 45 testers with diverse backgrounds. Even more diverse is the terrain at Pow Mow: skintrack-accessed sidecountry bowls, perfect aspen glades off the Sunrise poma, steep chutes under the Paradise lift. It’s here that we test a huge amount of gear and testers give us an even larger pile of feedback. With this well-oiled system, we find [Read More…]
We’ve compiled a database of U.S. resorts with a little about each individual policy—where and when skinning is allowed, whether or not it’s free during operating hours and the link directly to the resort’s guidelines.
2023 Editors’ Choice: Sport Touring Skis, Boots and Bindings
The biggest category, sport touring has grown to incorporate ski mountaineering, racing-inspired boots that … [Read More...]
2023 Editors’ Choice: Splitboards, Boots and Bindings
At our first snowboard test in 2005, the array of splits we saw this year would have been unimaginable. … [Read More...]
