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  • Photo: Adam Wirth

    Review: La Sportiva Stratos Hybrid

    Where a fine skimo boot fits into the boot quiver.

    By

    Gavin Hess

Latest

  • Review: Prior Spearhead Splitboard

    Prior’s Spearhead splitboard offered our reviewer some options that made him think outside the box and smile along the way.

    By

    Alex Palombo

  • Heritage labs BC100

    Review: Heritage Lab BC100

    Finding the magic in Marshal Olson’s BC100 creation.

    By

    Gavin Hess

  • An image from the Pongau rescue services showing the avalanche in the "Smugglers" zone (about 2,200 meters above sea level) in the open, alpine terrain.

    A Rough Toll in Austria

    Thanks to the good work of educators and forecasters.

    By

    Jason Albert

  • Review: Patagonia Nano-Air Ultralight Freeride Jacket

    Mastering active insulation.

    By

    Jason Albert

  • A rime-covered Matt Tufts—Argentina, 2023. Photo: Thor Retzlaff

    Making Art (Not Air) with Matthew Tufts

    Photojournalist Matthew Tufts on The High Route Podcast.

    By

    The High Route Editors

Features

  • Review: MTI Backcountry Preseason Training Plan

    Rebounding from injury with some strength.

    By

    Patrick Fink

  • Rappelling in the Tetons. Photo: Billy Haas.

    The Skinny Rope Data Crunch

    The beta and data on skinny ropes for ski mountaineering.

    By

    Gavin Hess

  • The mindset shifted: Brendan O’Neill in a large mountain theater. Photo: Adam Fabrikant

    Part 3: The Mindset Shift

    Part three of our three-part series on big mountain mindsets: Choosing partners, building habits, and remaining diligent.

    By

    Billy Haas

  • On the cover of Issue 2 of The High Route journal: Big scale, small skiers, on Mount Robson’s South Face. Cover photo: Blake Gordon

    What’s Inside: Issue 2 of The High Route Journal

    In this short-form media moment: we invite you into the long-form with The High Route journal Issue 2.

    By

    The High Route Editors

  • Entering the throne room on the approach to the Gasherbrums. Photo: Adam Fabrikant

    Part Two: The Mindset Shift

    Billy Haas on shifting the mindset when planning for and executing in the bigger mountains.

    By

    Billy Haas

Gear

  • Review: Prior Spearhead Splitboard

    Prior’s Spearhead splitboard offered our reviewer some options that made him think outside the box and smile along the way.

    By

    Alex Palombo

  • Heritage labs BC100

    Review: Heritage Lab BC100

    Finding the magic in Marshal Olson’s BC100 creation.

    By

    Gavin Hess

  • Review: Patagonia Nano-Air Ultralight Freeride Jacket

    Mastering active insulation.

    By

    Jason Albert

  • First Look: Moonlight Cruiser Carbon Superlight

    Call it niche: A sub 1200g 114mm underfoot powder ski.

    By

    Jason Albert

  • First Look: Voile TTS Transit Binding

    A tech toe and removable heel throw may lighten the Tele load.

    By

    Barry Wicks

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Podcast

  • A rime-covered Matt Tufts—Argentina, 2023. Photo: Thor Retzlaff

    Making Art (Not Air) with Matthew Tufts

    Photojournalist Matthew Tufts on The High Route Podcast.

  • Snow flutes and chutes, Spricenieks taking it all in—Yerupaja, Peru. Photo: Trevor Hunt

    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.

  • Ptor Spricenieks in La Grave. Photo: Colin Samuels

    Part 1: A Wrinkle in Time with Ptor Spricenieks

    A discussion with noted ski mountaineer and iconoclast, Ptor Spricenieks.

  • Nikolai Schirmer and his band of mates take an early-light stroll into the hills. Photo: Vegard Aasen

    Story Time with Nikolai Schirmer

    Exploring the narrative arc in Schirmer's film The Greatest Ski Tour of all Time.

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