That is reassuring, and kinda what my gut feel was. Cheers!

Bravo. Top notch TR here mate.

My stoke is getting really high.

Just booked a sail & ski out of Tromso, skiing six days in Lyngen in mid-April next year. Never been, and this thread has been already helpful. I wanted to ask a...

I'm not sure who I'm agreeing with or not, but many, many moons ago when I started b/c skiing I roughly bucketed it as "if I want powder more often, my energy will go there"...regardless of terrain...

Love this. Agree.

I also totally agree with Foggy's take on ability. Know what my b/c goal this season was? To get my inbounds ski legs stronger so I ski better in the b/c. I'd had been focusing...

I'm a little younger than you, but your jam is basically my jam. Add two kids into it, and my conservatism dialed even further back. Like you, inbounds I'm 100% total crank. The steepest, stupidest...

11" new overnight....tear it up man!

Sleds....but a snowcat too. A big, fancy green-painted one.

https://www.powder.com/region-colorado/taos-gets-fully-electric-snowcat

Man. TSV reallllly pumps up those EV cats on their social feeds. This is disappointing (but maybe not surprising) to hear. Just a shame that they were trying to do the right thing, spent a fortune...

We ended up only skiing SF on Monday. Would've loved to rail with ya had we been one day earlier....thanks for the invite regardless! Texas spring break being over plus it being a weekday was quite...

I just looked up an article about the new St Bernard's; I read something similar about they kept the hearth and some other stuff like you describe. That's cool. If even a part of it lives on, it's...

Sweet!!! Headed to Santa Fe this weekend....



Question about Taos. The construction at the base. Is that presumably...or hopefully, a remodel/repoening/expansion of the St Bernard? I miss the...

We started east facing. Dropped Sir Arnold Lunn first as it had been in the sun. Coverage was great, skied well. Picked up a couple more at the base and back up 1 & 2, and dropped Blitz under 2. It...

This chart is wildly interesting, thanks for posting this. I'm reminded how amazing of a mountain this place is even with totals/averages where they are. Almost...because of it? If it got UT snow, it...

I was there the weekend before the wind shutdown-blizzard, and although the snow was old coverage was still really solid and soft turns could easily found if you knew where to look and how to play...

This one has been harder than most to read about, understanding how many of you all knew him well...the proximity of this tragedy is too close for comfort even though I never had the pleasure of...

More excellent beta, thanks Lee.

The Backcountry article focused on Florina and her ascension in the family business. That could be the ticket, requesting her.

Yes seconded, thank you! This is very useful. And I'm gonna jam my Nalgene under the inflator now....

Also, I want to take a brief moment to make note that we are now at a point in ski gear...

That is a good observation of the Mammut fabric. You could open it up from the "back" facing zipper and the whole thing would hold its shape, empty. That was overly stout in retrospect haha. I sold...

Past packs:

Millet 30L something-or-other. Wore nicely, modestly sized. Non float.
Mammut RAS 40L. This thing packed wonderfully, loved the layout. Heavier (canister). But I lashed skis to it...

This was great advice. The article I read did mention the accident in 2003, but more research shows a more complex story, Wylie's book, etc. Also, his reputation for driving hard and such. His...

Love this thread.

Question, has anyone skied Durrand Glacier Hut and their small Haute-route hut system outside of Revy? I read about them in a recent Backcountry article and it has certain appeal...

So, this gets me thinking. Maybe...list your top Warren Miller classics here?

I'll start with the first one I ever saw. As a teenager my dad rented me White Winter Heat on VHS from the local video...

OMG

I "bought" Ski Ala Carte on Prime on a nostalgic whim. It's super fun, heyday stuff. Opens with A-Basin East Wall pow footage. Soon into the film, he films this very overweight skier and just...

Hike-to steeps appear open between Twin Trees all the way to St Bernie's on West Basin. How's any of that skiing, still bony or...?

Headed there late next month, stoke is very, very high.

Ohh, that's a pretty good trick to have ready....thanks.

Yes, unfortunately as thin as they'll go at the moment.

I have noticed the same, the best tend to be near the ski hill. Boot Doctors in Taos has a strong following, and it's right there tucked in the village. Ideally I'd be able to make time to head to...

I'm real curious about the Powerwrap; I've only ever used their models with tongues, and now realize that hasn't helped my situation. Also, to whomever mentioned above, I still do have instep issues...

Re: bootfitters - Yes, I've noticed that the "older" (egads), or shall we say more seasoned ones always seem to be best. My aforementioned experience with my newer A/T boots had an eager, we'll say...

I'm in metro Denver, so...presumably yes. My longtime bootfitter of 15 years passed, and I've had mediocre results starting over with others with the b/c boots I mentioned at the beginning of my...

This is all great info. As for the rest of my foot, I have a wide forefoot (E width), but def prefer it snug width-wise. No bunions, sixth toe, etc. I have had custom foot beds as long as I can...

Thanks for all this detail. I know next to nothing about Roxa and have read everything you sent. So just restating, this would be an alpine-specific boot. This appears to be a crossover (albeit...

Second vote for Nordica on this thread. Did a bit more research today, product literature is mentioning high volume too...this tracks. Thanks man.

LOL

I didn't quite wanna go there yet, as people feel very personal about their bootfitters. But yeah, I've heard of these guys. Your rec counts double, I'll check them out.

After extensive work to my new-ish b/c boots to the get the fit right and somewhat warm, I wanna start with the right fit on my next pair of alpine boots...which are coming up for purchase this fall....

Top shelf man, awesome.

Super cool man, got me jonesing for some cat action again.

Another vote for fiberglass! Thanks buddy.

LeeLau, you and everyone else above reminds me why I have loved this forum so much through the years. Incredibly cool of you. I'm unfortunately in Colorado, but you're the man either way. Hopefully...

Oh man, even more great advice. That sleeve looks pretty snazzy for sure; but now fiberglass is intriguing too.

Thanks for the link here to Soller Composites. Assuming carbon doesn't "shrink" at...

This is fantastic. Thanks for typing this out. Sounds most like what the doctor ordered. I love your idea of drilling tiny stress-relief holes at the ends of the crack; I don't know why I didn't...

You are right, they resemble most the Razor Carbon Pro. I'm wondering if the lower even has the same O.D. and would work. But for a yera at least the replacement part is either out of stock, or most...

This is fascinating, and pretty much what I had in mind as far as how it might wrap the splinter/crack. Thanks man, very groovy.

I have a beloved pair of BD collapsible carbon poles; approx 10 years old. I can't even remember what they were called, but they have the reddish alloy upper. Anyway. They were the cheese back when...

Seconded! This brings back some memories.

As it says in the subject, does anyone have a wild coincidence reason to straight-up-trade a pair of 120mm Dynafit ski crampons for my pair of 130s? Mine will work (my skis are 114mm underfoot), but...

I skied three consecutive years there about a decade ago, and did exactly this. Year one, we had five...and luckily the other three were solid. The next year we had 10...and had our same guide plus a...

The Blizzard Rustler 11 comes in at 2052g at 188cm. Having ridden a pair, they'll eat up any mank you throw at it.

For a thinner waisted offering, like someone hinted earlier the Volkl Mantra M5...

The Instagram algorithm/Skynet has started populating my feed with (YET ANOTHER) outerwear option called Stellar Equipment. I have to say...based on looks they look pretty solid but have absolutely...