Category: Gear Shed

Gear Shed

The Gear Shed is The High Route’s department for all things gear. From skis, boots, bindings, and the not skis section, this is where to find first-looks, deep-dive reviews, and 2000+ word pieces on the nitty gritty like the merits of flat mode or baton style poles.

First Look: Heritage Lab BC100

by Gavin Hess | Jan 24, 2025 | Gear Shed, Skis

Questing for an ideal—the perfect mid-winter, high-alpine ski—early on, Heritage Lab’s BC100 looks like it’s hitting the sweet spot.

Review: Rab’s Men’s Vapour-Rise Alpine Light Jacket

by Gavin Hess | Jan 14, 2025 | Gear Shed, Not Skis

Somewhat breathable, somewhat air permeable, somewhat warm—this helps define the windshirt + category which most often is best suited for higher output activities like skinning. We run Rab’s Vapour Rise Alpine Light through the windshirt gauntlet.

A Hardboot Boot Review for Splitboarding: We Have Options

by Alex Palombo | Jan 13, 2025 | Boots, Gear Shed

Let the the softboot-hardboot schism take its natural course. In the meantime, our Alaska-based harbooter is thinking about some hardboot options.

Powder Hunting with the Black Crows Dorsa 22

by Gavin Hess | Jan 10, 2025 | Gear Shed, Not Skis

Black Crows Powder Hunter collection offers a keen-looking and trimmed-down X-Pac fabric pack in the Dorsa 22.

Review: Black Diamond Deploy Down Hoody

by Alex Lee | Jan 6, 2025 | Gear Shed, Not Skis

In the realm of ether and just enough, Black Diamond’s Deploy Down Hoody provides a bump of warmth and could be a key piece in your layering system for cold-cold, and not-so-cold, days.