Backcountry and big mountain ski gear reviews from Outdoor Prolink’s backcountry skiing guides, ski patrollers and other professional in the ski industry.
Four years ago, it was a bluebird day at Tuckerman’s Ravine. Picture perfect weather, spectacular conditions, a real once in a lifetime skiing opportunity. Halfway down the bowl, I looked at my husband and told him “I want to cut…
Airbag backpacks are becoming an increasingly standard part of peoples’ backcountry safety kit. It’s hard to argue with their effectiveness but it can be hard to bear the thought of carrying so much extra weight. Enter the BCA Float 27…
What would you tell someone who wants to start getting into the backcountry? As more and more snow enthusiasts flock to the mountains, people are seeing the advantages to skiing, riding, hiking, and snowmobiling out of bounds of major ski…
Avalanche education is essential for anyone traveling in the backcountry during winter, whether your method is skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, or snowmobiling. Getting into the backcountry can be as easy as exiting a gate or ducking a rope at a ski…
Have you ever dreamt of interstellar space travel? Well, look no further… While travel amongst the stars isn’t available yet, you can climb, ski, ride and travel in a beautiful and thoughtfully designed jacket from Outdoor Research. The Interstellar Jacket.…
To explain my appreciation for the design of Native Eyewear’s Backbowl Goggles, I have to explain a little bit of my history working in the ski industry. I began my “career” down under at New Zealand’s Cardrona Alpine Resort (also…
I have skin problems. To be more specific, I have skin-trimming problems and tail-clip-keeping problems. And sometimes I have skin glue problems, which often go hand-in-hand with skin sticking problems. It’s not like I don’t try to take care of…
Get Up to Get DOWN! For when those couloirs are finally filled in, you’ve shaken the summer rust off your ski legs, and you’re ready to really get after it, the Atlas Spindrift Snowshoes are there for you. When it’s…
I love puffy jackets. And so I was stoked to get the chance to review the Outdoor Research Floodlight Down Parka. This jacket is touted as being totally waterproof and windproof with 650 fill down. I put this jacket to…
Preseason skiing is never easy. Erratic visibility, weather, and lack of coverage, plague the motivated early-season skier. Fortunately, the Native Tenmile Goggle is there to help you make the best of the worst days. Each year, when the snow begins…