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...

Beer Your jokes are falling flat today. ;) I woulda went with "jock itch" The things that have sent me home early are wind, bad conditions, and poor visibility, especially when you have all three at the same time. The last few seasons it's been foot pain, but I think that's behind me now. I got a b...

I would recommend Finnish forest-skis, about 280cm.

I find fire-walking on hot coals helps forget the ankle pain.

Beer