Winter

With a price tag of $430, the Ride Machete is a great value and has similar characteristics of more expensive category leaders including. . .

Backcountry Access’ Float 30 acts like a life preserver, helping the skier/rider/snowmobiler stay near the top of the snow in an avalanche.

Scarpa’s new ski boots are the first boots in the world built with plant-based oil.

A sneak peek at the self-proclaimed “most expensive ski boot on the market.”

Get ready for winter. Contributor Steve Hitchcock writes on the MSR Denali Evo Ascent Snowshoes after three years of backcountry use.

The Source is a ski with a wood core originating from certified sustainable forests.

CamelBak’s ShredBak vest is a category-defying piece of apparel made with a polyester outer shell and a mesh “suspension vest” inside, which holds a 72-ounce…

My travel story in today’s New York Times covers Powder Mountain in Utah, an immense and old-school resort I skied in January. . .

Karhu’s XCD line touts a “marriage of downhill and cross-country qualities,” including metal edges, Nordic builds, and a sidecut and camber capable of touring as…

Want to turn heads while biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or running to the grocery store on a chilly day? Slip on a pair of Pearl…

A big weekend for snow in Crested Butte, Colo., where the Gear Junkie is currently holed up for a few days of pre-Christmas powder skiing…

Say it with me: “3,800 Euros for a pair of skis.” That’s about $5,913 as per this week’s currency exchange. But Heidiskis, a Montreux, Switzerland,…

This 344-page textbook is a guide to all things backcountry and skiing. It covers topics from avalanche safety and navigation to gear, ski-mountaineering, fitness information…

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…

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

Yesterday I drooled onscreen about the Black Diamond Kilowatt skis sitting here in my office ready to cut deep snow in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains next…