Nate H

Will these tail clips fit over older Black Diamond ski skin tails?

What does one have to do to get a re-glue?

Life in the Pacific Northwest means you may need ski crampons in any season, and these are great. 130mm fits most splitboard setups, the rest scale to your quiver accordingly. I like to add a couple thick plastic washers and aluminum hardware to customize the heel strike for riser use, but you can also buy pre-made heel links. There's nothing like starting that volcano ascent, breaking trail on day three of a traverse, or going high after it rains and refreezes to 8000' and hearing the "scheeerk, scheeerk" ...

Rumors of this helmet's rapid demise may be greatly exaggerated. I have had two of these in 7 years, and used them for alpine climbing, skimo racing (pre USSMA standards), daily touring, mountain rescue work, a patient helmet on SAR, and for hydrologic fieldwork. I conclude: 1. It's light and vents well at output. You slap it on over your cap, buff, beanie, or naked some and just go. While your friends carry their ski certified helmet, you just slide it on and forget it's there. While early helmet wearing ...

The ride was one of my first forays into light, ski mountaineering ice axes several years ago. Before, I was a classic, short piolet user (BD Raven Pro) for summer ski mountaineering, but this became a standard tool for putting in the winter booter when I moved from UT to WA in 2016. The pros: -Light, leave it in/on your pack, who cares if you don't need it, weight -You can voile strap it to a standard ski pole (poor man's whippet pole) for descent if touring out of a small pack or skiing something reall...