Gear Preview — Novara Bikes 2008

The impressive spread that is Novara’s 2008 bike lineup includes cyclocross rides, full-suspension mountain bikes for women and men, a foldable travel model, a “safari”…

Big Donation to B4BC

Cancer sucks, as the old saying goes. And any way we can fight it is a good thing, including programs like Boarding For Breast Cancer…

Adventure Lights

Adventure Lights of Beaconsfield, Quebec, makes lights for all type of flashing, signaling, attention-getting needs, including lights and L.E.D. models for law enforcement, search-and-rescue, the…

Snowkiting Crusade — 2XtM 2008

And they’re off! The 2XtM Expedition kicked off Monday of this week, three athletes snowkiting south from the Canadian border on a three-week-long journey in…

BPA in the News

BPA is in the news again. That’s short for bisphenol A, a controversial compound that mimics the hormone estrogen and is found in polycarbonate containers,…

Spyder’s $2,000 Ski Suit

What do 2,000 clams get you from Spyder in the realm of high-end ski outerwear? How about a shell jacket with RECCO avalanche-transceiver reflectors? Included.…

Gear Review — Glacier Gloves

It’s been 25 years since Glacier Glove of Reno, Nev., started selling its line of stretchy, spongy, hand-molding gloves that have the same water-tolerating qualities…

Scarpa Spirit 4 ski boots

And the final piece of my new alpine setup is. . . the Scarpa Spirit 4. These high-performance touring boots handle demanding downhill terrain with…

‘Rivering’

Of all my esoteric outdoors pursuits, skiing frozen rivers — a sport called “rivering” in Minnesota — might be my most unusual. It’s a hybrid…

Free Skiing This Weekend!

The annual Winter Trails day is being held this upcoming weekend, on Saturday, Jan. 12th. This is a program that offers free snowshoe and XC…

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