Sep 11 2013
Does any other sport get as obsessed with anticipation as skiing does? Golfers don’t, but then what’s so exciting about golf? For most it is, as the comic strop Lulu used to portray, “a good walk spoiled.” There are action videos about sailing, kiting, kayaking, or mountain biking but I don’t know of anyone …
Sep 09 2013
“This is a watershed event in Snowlands Network’s efforts to cause the Forest Service to address the impacts of snowmobile recreation,” said Marcus Libkind, Snowlands Network’s Chairman and founder. Snowlands Network and Winter Wildlands Alliance announced today they have settled litigation with the United States Forest Service on terms that require the U.S. Forest …
Sep 08 2013
When I first began spreading the news about earning your turns in the backcountry it was via a crude newsletter that was Xeroxed and sent to about 50 people under the title “le Chronicle du Couloir.” A lot has changed since then, but not my interest in promoting this activity. I’m not the first, …
Sep 05 2013
One of the more instructive sites on the interwebz, backcountryskiingcanada.com is sprouting wings of paper as they expand their publishing repetoire to include a skier’s guidebook for Whistler. I can’t tell you doodly-squat about the caliber of the writing since I only have access to a fuzzy view of the book, but the layout …
Sep 03 2013
First impressions can be deceiving, but not in this case. When you first look at the tech binding from Plum you can’t help but recognize this is more than a two-pin tech binding, it’s a work of craftsmanship. Nowhere is this more evident than when taking in the look of the Yak, Plum’s widebody tech …
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