While I totally agree that it is sometimes hard to find practical take aways in an academic study, I don’t think this is a good example. I think at the very least these studies show that you don’t...

https://avalanche.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/10_ISSW_ECT_SlopeAng.pdf

“From a practical perspective, our results suggest that, as long as the snow structure remains reasonably consistent in...

Wildernests are awesome! I picked one up earlier this summer and it has been great so far. A buddy has had one for years and loves it. Fit is perfect on my 1st gen Taco. Doesn’t look as nice on his...

Just got a new pair of Alpinists in the mail and I have the same issue at the OP. I've always had pretty much full skin coverage on my ski tails before and these seem way too short. I bought these...

Definitely not giving you shear strength, but I don't think that matters. Unless you are carrying around a shear frame you aren't getting shear strength in your pits either. Regardless, modern...

Bump for Baron's being delivered. Bindings were just as described and shipped immediately.

PM Sent on the Barons.

Jono, sorry for the confusion. I should have written "OR perhaps show a slight increase in force with increased slope angle?" instead of "and."

Looking at the Birkeland et al. (2010) data, two of...

No difference. My understanding is that "anti-crack" is simply engineering talk for collapse. Unless you're an engi-nerd there is no reason not to just talk about it as the "collapse model" of...

The anti-crack theory definitely takes some time to get your head around. In terms of interpreting ECT results, there are a couple paper's that will help.
...

I just graduated from Whitman in the spring. Four great years of skiing. This last winter I was skiing 3 days a week, availability of skiing isn't the problem, it's finding time to do it.
...