Winter

Winter is almost here. Gear up this season with heated boots, a $700 down jacket, and a backpack with a built-in emergency avalanche airbag.

Pull the rip-cord to inflate the airbag on this backpack — and potentially save your life.

Variable light requires special eyewear. Julbo’s lens changes tint in seconds on the slopes.

Breathe while buried in snow. Black Diamond’s Agent AvaLung Pack is touted as an avalanche insurance policy.

Removable snowshoe bindings click into a deck that’s stowed away when the snow is not so deep.

Brooks-Range’s 240+ Carbon Pro avalanche probe is in that hope-you-never-need-it catagory of gear.

Last April, John Huston and Tyler Fish reached the North Pole by ski — the first Americans to pull off the unsupported feat. This column…

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…