Dynafit's Rugged Touring Binding

Dynafit's new rugged touring binding.

A midfat touring ski with guts.

Not too heavy, not too light, the Stio Origins Jacket is perfect for being active outside, or for simply walking around town on a brisk day.

Booker’s Bourbon is intense, but treat it responsibly and you’ll find it’s one of the better sipping whiskeys available.

A lightweight touring boot with plenty of burl.

The ultimate slarvry powder ski

As a primary backcountry set up, many of my friends ski the 185 cm Armada JJ mounted with Dynafit bindings. It’s a good, light setup for touring because of the JJ’s progressive shape, and tech bindings are a no-brainer for touring. Seeing all these pairs of JJs in the back of my pickup piqued my interest, but I didn’t want to have the same ski as all my friends. I wanted something bigger and better—the 190 cm Armada Magic J.

The first thing I noticed when I picked up Swix's Sonic R1 adjustable touring poles was their weight, or total lack of it. Thanks to a carbon fiber shaft construction adopted from Swix's cross-country technology, these poles tip the scales at a svelte 212 grams per pole.

Snowboard bindings have come a long way from pieces of plastic and EVA foam hastily slapped together. With bindings being better than ever it was hard to pick our favorites, but these five rode on a level above the rest.