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Review: Patagonia Nano-Air Ultralight Freeride Jacket
Mastering active insulation.
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Making Art (Not Air) with Matthew Tufts
Photojournalist Matthew Tufts on The High Route Podcast.
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Keeping Skins in Play
Skins are on our minds as the price creeps upward for these seemingly disposable essentials.
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Effective Response
An Avalanche First Aid and Resuscitation workflow from Joe Stock.
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Review: La Sportiva Stratos Hybrid
Where a fine skimo boot fits into the boot quiver.
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First Look: Moonlight Cruiser Carbon Superlight
Call it niche: A sub 1200g 114mm underfoot powder ski.
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First Look: Voile TTS Transit Binding
A tech toe and removable heel throw may lighten the Tele load.
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First Look: Atomic Backland 86 UL
Skinny (sorta skinny) and light skis find their way into the Teton-focused quiver.
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Review: MTI Backcountry Preseason Training Plan
Rebounding from injury with some strength.
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The Foxy Turn
Here’s to a lovely 2026 and finding fine turns in unexpected places.
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Wee for SWE
As ever, we are optimists at heart. Here’s hoping for a high SWE 2026.
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First Look: Patagonia’s Nano-Air Ultralight Freeride Jacket
The Nano-Air Ulatralight series sets a new high bar for active insulation, and the NAUL Freeride is a fine complement to your touring and more extreme ambitions.
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Review: Plum’s Pekye
Plum’s split-specific toe piece advances the development of the niche split tech-toe market.
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First Look: Scarpa TX Comp Telemark Boots
Will Barry’s dream tele boot materialize in this new “Comp" version of the venerable Scarpa Tx line? Stay tuned.
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The Skinny Rope Data Crunch
The beta and data on skinny ropes for ski mountaineering.
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THR Curates: A Hundred Words For Wind
This newly released film, featuring Matt Tufts and Cody Cirillo, offers 100 reasons to dream.
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Part 2: A Wrinkle in Time with Ptor Spricenieks
The High Route Podcast—Part 2 of our discussion with noted ski mountaineer and iconoclast, Ptor Spricenieks.
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First Look: Patagonia’s PowSlayer Kit
A kit should look sweet and, most importantly, deliver supreme purpose-built functionality. After a first look, Patagonia’s Pow-Slayer kit looks like a keeper.
