Gear Review: Picture Aeron Ski Jacket
Picture Organic Clothing’s Aeron ski jacket is a waterproof, full-stretch, breathable shell that allows you to adapt to changing weather conditions.
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Gear Review: Wildhorn Pipeline Goggles
Wildhorn Outfitters’ Pipeline Snow Goggles have a sleek, modern design with a huge field of view and 100% UV protection.
Ski Gear: Gordini Cache Gauntlet Mitt
Gear Room: Gordini’s Gauntlet Mitt with Primaloft insulation maximizes warmth on cold days, for skiing/riding or other cold-weather recreation.
Tips for Keeping Kids Warm Outside
Expert advice from Mt. Spokane Ski School Director and ski instructor Katrin Pardue–what to wear (and not wear) to stay warm, what to eat, and how to prepare kids for cold weather recreation.
6 Tips for Budget-Friendly Skiing
Living in the Inland Northwest, we are fortunate that skiing and snowboarding are still affordable family activities. Our local resorts offer plenty of deals, and your family doesn’t need to look like you just stepped out of a Patagonia catalog to keep dry and have a day of fun sliding in the snow together. While …
Gearing Up on a Budget
If you’re like my family, once you learned that regional ski swaps were canceled because of COVID-19, you felt a twinge of panic. How to find a set of bigger used skis and boots for a growing kid? What to do with old gear that you were hoping to sell at the swap? Thankfully, three local small businesses that specialize in used gear have a mountain of snow sports gear available. These shops are like mini de …
Maloja KlausM Jacket
I got to test a similar Maloja Gore-Tex jacket made for mountain biking this summer, but by the time I was set to write the review, it was already sold out. The KlausM featured here is a beefier, shoulder-season and winter version of the one that kept me dry on a multi-day trip deep into …
Gear Room: Cody Townsend’s Le Send Ski Touring Sock
Australian gear company Le Bent turned to pro skier Cody Townsend to help design the first sock specifically for ski touring. Years of suffering through long ski tours with cold, wet feet and painful blisters gave Townsend the motivation to address all the issues faced by backcountry riders from climbing to descending. The sock includes …
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Gear Room: Sweet Protection Interstellar Goggles
For me, a sign of a well-designed piece of gear is how little cursing is involved with first getting a gear item dialed and functioning. When I frantically ripped open the box containing my new Sweet Protection goggles an hour before the lifts started running on a powder day this winter, I expected to do …
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Gear Room: Sweet Protection Helmet
I started wearing a helmet skiing over a decade ago, and good thing too. The very next season, casually picking my way down a shredded and deserted powder field, a young snowboarder crashed into me from behind. His board struck my helmet and the impact left my head aching for hours. It was long past …