Norrøna selling unlabeled ventile at a third of its normal market price sounds too good to be true, but I'll trust your and others high opinions of this piece of kit on the practical side rather than theoretical. Not currently looking for a new anorak bit I'll look closer at Norrøna cotton gear on ...

I was pretty bummed when I got my Traverse 78's from REI last month and discovered they didn't have the EZ Skin attachment :cry: I spoke to an employee at Great Glen Trails in NH about it (they are a Fischer dealer) and she said that with the Ukraine factory fire (I am sure the war isn't helping mu...

I suspect the Norrona's cotton fabric is very similar if not the same as Ventile. I ski in a pair of Arcteryx ski-touring pants that were actually made in Canada, the last year they made them there- very durable and comfortable, might last forever. Norrøna selling unlabeled ventile at a third of it...

@randoskier I'm not convinced that polycotton is cheaper than cotton to produce. I've used it quite extensively since being in the military (army fatigues were polycotton and subjected to a lot of abuse) and I find it more durable and quicker drying than pure cotton. Of course, any synthetics will ...

If you stand in the main railway station of any major city here on a Saturday morning during the ski-touring season (ca. mid-February to mid-May) you’ll see scores of people milling about carrying rucksacks, touring skis and…..wearing touring boots. They’ll have had the boots on when they left home...

Sometimes, scales are good... specially at the end of the season, where you would find north exposed mountain side after a south exposed... Man, with klister, that's a pain. I took the Rossi for a ride today in a nice corn snow condition and... it was good. These things can even turn! Not as easy a...

That looked like a fantastic trip rando, and great pictures. It's nice to go back to places where your friends with the locals. Al there is good movie debuting tonight on Net Flix about the Sami people- it is based on a novel written by a Swedish Sami woman about some of the tribulations they endur...

So- I have put my Skaget boots through an intensive touring season- and have had an unusually extended spring skiing season- due to early spring weather and spring snow- therefore, have used the Skaget for some significant hiking. (Hiking ins ski boots is something that I try to avoid- but, it beco...

Wonder if Fischer will bring back the EZ Skin fittings on the Traverse OTX 78 next year? I hope so! Anyone heard anything?

That looked like a fantastic trip rando, and great pictures. It's nice to go back to places where your friends with the locals. Al there is good movie debuting tonight on Net Flix about the Sami people- it is based on a novel written by a Swedish Sami woman about some of the tribulations they endur...