Dakine Impreza Glove
The Dakine Impreza is a spring-weight glove with a seemingly obvious but rare design feature. If you need a spring glove, add this to your short list.
2014-2015 Epic Planks Crop Duster
If you're already dreaming of deep winter pow, then you ought to consider adding the Epic Planks Crop Duster to your quiver. It's an easy, intuitive ski that is going to make a lot of people very happy in soft snow.
2013-2014 Lib Tech Travis Rice Pro Split
The stiffness, camber profile, and stability of the Lib Tech Travis Rice Pro Split prove that "hard-charging splitboard" is not an oxymoron.
Icebreaker Ski Lite Over The Calf Women’s Sock
The Icebreaker Ski Lite Over The Calf Women's Sock has subtle design differences in just the right places to make it a great midweight ski sock, just pay attention to our notes about sizing.
Cams 101: Glossary
From Active Placement to Usable Range, all you wanted to know about cams, defined.
Cams 101: Buying Cams
There’s a lot of information and nuance out there when it comes to cams. Here are some things to consider when standing in front of a wall of cams at your local shop.
Icebreaker Blast Long Sleeve Zip Jacket
For biking, running, skiing, touring, or all of the above, the Icebreaker Blast jacket is a great first line of defense from the elements.
Metolius Offset TCU Cams
If you haven't considered offset cams, we'll explain why you should. The Metolius Offset TCUs are a great addition to your rack, allowing you to protect sections of rock that would otherwise be unprotectable.
2012-2013 Voile Light Rail Splitboard Binding
If the words "avalanche ripcord" don't get your attention with the Voile Light Rail splitboard binding, then "low cost," "high quality," and "bombproof" should.
Liquidlogic Stomper 80
The Liquidlogic Stomper 80 strikes a great balance of volume and maneuverability, but above all is fun. Creekers, take note.
UPDATE: MTN Approach System
In place of a splitboard, the MTN Approach System uses collapsible skis for the ascent. After more winter testing, here's an update from reviewer Jed Doane.
Evolv Astroman
Not every shoe should try to do every thing. The Evolv Astroman is a high-top-style designed with long trad routes in mind, a goal it certainly achieves.
2015-2016 Salomon Q-105
The Salomon Quest 105 is a very good Do-Everything ski with that distinctive Salomon "feel." We'll explain. And geek out about mount points. And make comparisons to the Rocker2 108...
CAST SI&I Alpine Touring System
The SI&I Touring System from CAST looks to answer one question: Why choose between the performance of a tech binding and an alpine binding when you can have both?
Trip Report: Alta, Late April
While some of you were breaking out your bikes and running shoes, some of us were out skiing pow. Alta's open for one final 3-day weekend, and the conditions are fantastic. Get up here.
2012-2013 StepChild FTW
StepChild Snowboards says that they have "More Heart Than Brains," but their FTW is evidence that they have a good bit of both. It's a playful board that holds up well all over the mountain.
2014-2015 Atomic Elysian
At 95mm underfoot, the Atomic Elysian is a predictable and versatile ski that shines on groomers, moguls, and trees.
Jackson Kayak Rock Star
The Jackson Kayak Rock Star absolutely shines as a dedicated park-and-play boat, but expect a learning curve if you're going to be running rivers in it, too.
Far From Home Trailer
In addition to writing snowboard reviews for BLISTER, contributing editor Zeppelin Zeerip is helping to make a documentary about a very impressive snowboarder, and an even more impressive person.
2015-2016 Salomon Q-96 Lumen
We recently reviewed the new 178cm Salomon Stella (104mm underfoot), now for the similar but narrower Lumen (96mm underfoot). So what do you give up and what do you gain by going skinnier?