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Keep Your Name Off the List

How to live a long, happy life in the mountains. Read more...

Yet Another Grizzly Shitb

Truth and lies, life and death, bears and beetles, Read more...

Mountain Downloads

Aha moments, accidental entrepreneurs, and the ind Read more...

Fourth Down and 19,600 Fe

The Football Field on Denali is as it sounds, a lo Read more...

To Love is to Suffer

And other epic tales from your next summer odyssey. Read more...

Death or Boredom

The art and science of gauging risk. Read more...

The New Canadian Haute Route

Heli-assisted backcountry skiing in the BC Interior. Read more...

Emotional Baggage Check

A collection of essays and artwork inspired by the mountains. Read more...

Mountain Odes

Sit back, breathe deep, and reflect. Read more...

I'm sitting on the shoulders of wildlife biologist and author Douglas H. Chadwick, wiring a disembodied deer leg to a tree. Moments ago, Chadwick drove a half-inch thick lag bolt through leg bone into the trunk of this white pine. Read more...

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// SWAMI SAYS

Swami won't take offense if you mount tele/touring skis with AT bindings, but the easy flex makes tele-turning most joyful.

Time for Swami to trade in his String Cheese Incident rucksack and acquire a modern pack with adjustable straps, back vents, and such.

When seeking frontside skis, look for damp skis with ungodly edge penetration.

For all-mountain skis you seeketh a balance of powder flotation and hard-snow guts.

Big Mountain ski buyers: Meditate on tip rocker if you crave the pow. Ex racers go traditional.

Using AT boots? Swami sees 90 to 100 millimeter crossover skis in your future Facebook postings.

Swami sayeth: Choose a mountain bike with a blend of climbing and descending performance for the exigencies of the mountain trail near you.

What's with all the skiers passing us in the powder, you snowboarders ask? Rocker lets you float without effort. It's pay-to-play Zen.