October 2011 archive

Review: Clip-Skins (look Ma’, no glue!)

It is now year two for Clip Skins, the climbing skin that you can attach to your ski without glue. No glue to go bad over time, or get contaminated if you drop them in the dirt, or the need for Herculean strength to pull them apart after storing glue-to-glue, or the hassle of trying …

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Bryan Allegretto: Tahoe’s Weather Guru

Last February I had the pleasure of interviewing the creator and author of the increasingly popular blog Tahoe Weather Discussion. In that interview, founder Bryan Allegretto shared his unique take on weather forecasting, his predictions for the winter’s snow totals and his idea for an interactive forum focused specifically on Tahoe winter weather. Allegretto has …

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Review: 7tm Power Tour (2010-11)

Considering what it was developed for, backcountry skiing, the 7tm is hard to beat for its feature rich set of options.

Autumn finally arrives in Tahoe

Fall is finally visible in Tahoe, which means winter is around the corner. It’s been in the air since Labor Day, with a sneak attack of winter in early October. All these things bode well for a good winter, but it is still too early to tell. Even so, it is fun to read and …

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Modifying NTN for better touring

Update (13nov11): Finally managed to get this revision out on snow. See the very end for the results.. First, I would like to thank Jay (tainted meat) and Andrew (Andrew L) and Mike (MD2020) for donating NTN parts for this experiment. It saved me from destroying my own working bindings as the prototypes were made …

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Telemark Skier Magazine’s Loyalty Tour

For the second year in a row the Telemark Skier Crew is taking the show on the road to promote a free heel life. As editor of Telemark Skier magazine, Josh Madsen will be traveling around the US this fall to showcase his latest video, Loyalty to help spur interest in telemark skiing. Not being …

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TR: Mt. Shasta – October 12, 2011

Headed up north once again.  I had to see what the last storm did to the mountain. I had been watching the snow piling up on Shasta, on the computer, and then watched as it melted away. I couldn’t take it anymore. Drove up Tuesday and camped at the Brewer Creek TH. The road was …

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