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Tried & New: MontBell U.L. Super Spiral Down Hugger 0
0˚F // $519 (regular length) // 2 lbs. 5 oz. // montbell.us MontBell U.L. SuperSpiral Down Hugger 0 0˚F | $519 (regular length) 2 lbs. 5 oz. | montbell.us A good cold-weather sleeping bag should...
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Tried & New: Black Diamond Glidelite Mohair Mix STS Skins
blackdiamondequipment.com – $165 If you’re the engine of your bc rig, then your skins are the driveshaft: they’re not sexy—at all—and they’re hidden under the prettier bits, but you ain’t going...
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Tried & New: Black Diamond Razor Carbon Pole
Black Diamond Equipment Razor Carbon Pole$120 | blackdiamondequipment.comWeight: 1 lb. 5 oz. As a ski magazine editor, I’m fortunate enough to upgrade my quiver, boots, apparel and accessories almost...
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Tried & New: Suunto Vector
I might have been drunk when I found this beat-up, scratched Suunto Vector pinched between two rocks in Vermont’s Brewster River. From a distance, its black housing looked faintly like a tin of chewing...
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Not For Sale: Arc’teryx/Gore-Tex Pro Demo Jacket
The late bass player Donald “Duck” Dunn had a great line in Blues Brothers: “If the shit fits, wear it.” Never an image guy and, frankly, a tough fit for jackets, I can abide. Enter this sample...
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Softer Touch: Outdoor Research Ferrosi Hoody
$125 | outdoorresearch.com With fewer frills than a fancy pair of ski socks, my favorite jacket, a bare-bones softshell from Outdoor Research, could hardly be considered a shell when placed next to...
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Down Cloud: Mammut Biwak Jacket
$500 | mammut.ch I got this jacket about six years ago before a mountaineering trip in Alaska—a cold, four-week NOLS course in the Talkeetna Mountains. It was my puffiest, warmest layer, and I wore it...
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Troller’s Stamp of Approval: Kinco Lined Grained Pigskin with Cuff (#1927)
$12-15 | kinco.com I’ve been running Kincos since I started patrolling in 1998. They last about a year of ski patrolling and working construction. They’re not waterproof on their own, of course, but I...
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Palm Pilot: Black Diamond Pilot Glove
$60 | blackdiamondequipment.com I learned early that cheap, polyester-knit liner gloves don’t cut it in the skintrack—they get soggy easily and don’t stop the wind, and Velcro shreds the glove’s...
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Ace of Base(layers): Arc’teryx Phase SV Zip Neck
$85 | arcteryx.com It’s borderline unsanitary how often I wear this layer. Literally every day that I’ve skinned over the last several seasons, the Phase SV has been my go-to top. It’s surprising that...
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