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Part art form and part science, waxing a pair of skis often feels shrouded in mystery. Con...

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Whether you just signed up for your first avalanche course or are looking to take your sno...

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With the increasing number of backcountry skis available, selecting the best one for the t...

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In the thick of it. It is always hard to imagine skiing in the depths of summer...

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Please don’t snow!... yet. Come October, many skiers understandably get excited for win...

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It’s May and you know what that means, time to keep skiing! Here in the Wasatch, most folk...

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I-15 Ski Lines

4/12/2021

For most of us, we can’t always be in the mountains. Things like work, errands, and famili...

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Stop the Glop!

3/31/2021

The dreaded glop. Sometimes it’s a slow onset of sluggishness while other times your skinn...

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Now is not a good time to be wondering if your edges will grip. Come for the Po...

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At Skimo Co, our staff obsesses over gear. And while shiny news skis are great, what reall...

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Sampling the goods in Chamonix. Photo by Sean O'Brien Truth be told, it wa...

Eight-year-old Victor explores Mt. Rainier on skis, thanks to the Dynafit Youngstar Se...

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Uptrack Etiquette

1/19/2021

Dear first season ski tourers, welcome to the backcountry! Let us guess, you s...

People often associate lightweight ski mountaineering gear with superhuman athletes wearin...

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Ski touring involves many hazards - including, but not limited to - avalanches, tree wells...

If you have had your ear to the ground in the running world over the past two or three yea...

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"Let’s go to the Sierras and ski the Mendenhall Couloir and Bloody Couloir!” “Quick tr...

We’ve decided to let you in on a little secret. A secret known only to skimo racers, parap...

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Uphill Skiing

7/22/2013

You know an activity is catching on when the Wall Street Journal writes about it. Especial...

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Short Version: They are equivalent. Long Version: Keep reading. The person or person...

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