Sherpa Adventure Gear is going high tech this year, with new outdoor jackets and baselayers featuring Primaloft Gold Insulation Down Blend and a Primaloft/Merino blend fabric. Will the combo of Primaloft with natural fibers and down be a winner? Check out the tech gear below to find out. Vayu PriMerino Base Layer The Vayu PriMerino…
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DPS spoons up some new skis at Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market
DPS Skis has totally changed the way we think of rocker with the release of the Spoon. New for the 2014/15 ski season, the Lotus family of DPS skis will feature the spoon shape, which will expand spoon technology to a whole variety of skis. Other new skis include an updated Wailer 112RP, Wailer 105,…
Oboz has your future shoes at Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market
Oboz has been among our favorite shoe companies these days, and at this year’s Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market, they rolled out some new kicks that have us wishing for summer so we can hit the trail in them! First up is the Oboz Helium. It’s quite the departure for Oboz, a company name that…
Voile announces new V6 skis and Revelator BC splitboards at Outdoor Retailer
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Salt Lake City-based Voile skis, the Chargers being among my favorite skis of all time. So it was with great relish that I got to manhandle the new V6 skis at the Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market. According to Voile, the V6 are a narrower version…
ECCO intros new boots at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market
Outdoor Retailer is great for checking out new gear from favorite brands, but I also enjoy discovering companies I’ve never even heard of, despite the fact that they’ve been around forever. ECCO is one such brand, and I’m happy to have visited their booth for the first time. ECCO is from Denmark, and they produce…
Salomon ups their backcountry offerings at Outdoor Retailer
Salomon has been dabbling in the backcountry ski world for a while now with boots and bindings, but it all seemed more appropriate for sidecountry skiing rather than long tours far from the ski resort. Well, I’m happy to report that after visiting the Salomon booth at the Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market, that’s all…
New Durand Boots the big story from KEEN at Outdoor Retailer
The big news from KEEN at this year’s Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market is the introduction of the Durand boot. OK, so KEEN comes out with new boots every year. What’s the big deal? Well, I’ll tell you: First, the Durand is the first, active-wear outdoor boot that KEEN is making in the good old…
Black Diamond wins Gear of the Year for JetForce Avalanche Airbag Pack at Outdoor Retailer
Utah’s own Black Diamond Equipment has gone and innovated again. It’s no secret that the company has been working on a new, game-changing avalanche airbag system, and so it was that the JetForce pack was on display at the Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market. And for proof that the pack is the mac daddy of…
Outdoor Retailer All Mountain Demo 2014
The Outdoor Retailer 2014 Winter Market returned to Salt Lake City, and as usual, it all began at the All Mountain Demo at Solitude Mountain Resort. While we didn’t have an opportunity to test out new skis and boots this time around, we did get to check out some new products on hand, and narrowed…
Alta trip report: snow finally returns to Utah
Boy has it been a slow start to the ski season. What began as a promising winter in October with a few big storms quickly led to a high-and-dry December where what little snowpack we had rotted away under immovable high-pressure systems. Well, that all changed in the first week of January as a series…