When I lived in Japan I used YamaReco for almost all of my area reconnaissance prior to visiting to hike, fish, or ski. All these years later I still get a kick out of drooling over some of the trips reported there. I noticed that it's never been mentioned on this forum before, so I thought I'd shar...

I had a Fischer S-112 at one time, I preferred the original Falketind to the S-112. I think the Falketind Xplore is just superior, uphill, downhill, and cross country... I am curious to know more. I have the S-112 and I absolutely love it. It is 78mm under foot, though. Whereas the Falketind is 62m...

Early this season (read a few weeks ago :lol: ) I was thinking about getting a heavier setup for inbounds/bc. Last weekend I had headed deep into the Olympics with my Sbound 112,Xplore,Alfa Free setup ( sprayed about it last season) and got my a*# kicked on iced over snow converting to corn (and had...

@fisheater @scottyX Thank you for the sound advice. I appreciate it a lot

It’s pretty cool to see onX talking about this. There is so much low angle terrain out there - plenty to go around I’d say. This season I’ve had more close calls with out of control snowboarders by a wide margin than all my previous seasons on skis combined. One weekend exploring untracked glade run...

I have a Alfa/xPlore/Fischer setup that I love for xcd I am starting to shop for a tele setup that I can ski the resort with and sidecountry/easy access bc. Now when I say resort I'm mainly going out with my 8 year old on mostly blues. Not doing any crazy blacks/double blacks, icy trees, etc... I do...

I just stumbled upon this video this morning. I like the idea the narrator suggests of "happy little accidents" because I've had a few. One I had last weekend was when I was skiing at Steven's Pass. I was out on the green runs practicing tele turns on my xcd setup (fischer sbound 112 w/ xplore and a...

During our trek westward via the TransCanada Highway we stopped for several days in Banff. What an absolutely amazing place. I didn’t know something so beautiful could exist on this planet. You are quite fortunate to be able to explore it by ski and bike. Hopefully this winter I’ll be able to make i...

It happened entirely by coincidence. Much like my grout-fit ski outfit that I desperately need to replace

I moved from Connecticut to Washington this past summer. It was a sudden move, only had three weeks to pack up the house there. We did get to spend just shy of three weeks driving west via the TransCanada Highway, which has been a dream of mine for years. Good times. Currently we're getting pounded ...