ski touring Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/ski-touring/ One more mountain line Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:39:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thesnowalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Snowalker-logo-mountain-bw-2-1-32x32.jpg ski touring Archives - The Snowalker https://www.thesnowalker.com/tag/ski-touring/ 32 32 90835253 Review: Handjob Gloves For Skiing https://www.thesnowalker.com/2023/03/27/review-handjob-gloves-for-skiing/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2023/03/27/review-handjob-gloves-for-skiing/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:55:45 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=2834 On choosing ski gloves There are basically two schools of thoughts when it comes to choosing your ski gloves: one emphasising a technical Goretex glove with a removable liner and the other preferring a simple work glove. For as long as I remember I have been part of the first […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2023/03/27/review-handjob-gloves-for-skiing/feed/ 0 2834 ZAG Chamonix  – the pioneering ski brand´s long way to success https://www.thesnowalker.com/2023/02/06/zag-chamonix-the-pioneering-ski-brands-long-way-to-success/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2023/02/06/zag-chamonix-the-pioneering-ski-brands-long-way-to-success/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:44:42 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=2782 In 2001, a snowboard shaper in France was working on a ski design, which was year´s ahead of it´s time. The ski evolved into an influential brand, which is now, 20 years later, trying to follow the successful path laid by one if it´s disciples from Chamonix.   Words and […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2023/02/06/zag-chamonix-the-pioneering-ski-brands-long-way-to-success/feed/ 0 2782 B.A.M. Pindung – the story of the Bavarian freeride binding https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/11/18/b-a-m-pindung-the-story-of-the-bavarian-freeride-binding/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/11/18/b-a-m-pindung-the-story-of-the-bavarian-freeride-binding/#respond Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:39:26 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1836 We´re sitting on sofas made out of pallets in a wooden ex-warehouse building in Oberaching, a small town with 13 inhabitants, some 15 km south of Munich, the capital of Bavaria. On my left is a workbench, but instead of a state-of-the-art espresso machine, standing behind is a row of […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/11/18/b-a-m-pindung-the-story-of-the-bavarian-freeride-binding/feed/ 0 1836 Good times & deep lines at the Mimmi Freek´End in Pyhä, Lapland https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/10/27/good-times-deep-lines-at-the-mimmi-freekend-in-pyha-lapland/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/10/27/good-times-deep-lines-at-the-mimmi-freekend-in-pyha-lapland/#respond Sun, 27 Oct 2019 12:41:31 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1729 From above, our group of skiers and snowboarders looks like a slowly moving pearl string necklace, as we navigate our way through snow-covered thin spruce trees to the Karhunjuomalampi wilderness hut, following the ski track laid by our guide Katja Heikkinen. The surrounding Pyhä National Park has received a foot-deep […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/10/27/good-times-deep-lines-at-the-mimmi-freekend-in-pyha-lapland/feed/ 0 1729 Past, Present and Tamok with Jarkko Henttonen https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/05/17/past-present-and-tamok-with-jarkko-henttonen/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/05/17/past-present-and-tamok-with-jarkko-henttonen/#respond Fri, 17 May 2019 16:46:12 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1400 Professional snowboarder, ski magazine owner, freeride contest organizer, FWT judge, snow safety author and lecturer, husky musher, mountain guide, ski area developer – the common denominator in Jarkko Henttonen´s CV is his passion for the mountains. I sat down with him to talk through his career and current resort project, […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/05/17/past-present-and-tamok-with-jarkko-henttonen/feed/ 0 1400 Review: Salomon S/Lab Shift MNC binding https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/02/12/review-salomon-s-lab-shift-mnc-binding/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/02/12/review-salomon-s-lab-shift-mnc-binding/#respond Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:25:36 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=1087 Photo: Amer Sports/Salomon The S/Lab Shift MNC hybrid binding has been one of the most talked about ski equipment releases of the 2018/19 season. There has been so much interest toward the binding that Salomon pro skier Cody Townsend had to tell people just before the turn of the year […]

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]]> https://www.thesnowalker.com/2019/02/12/review-salomon-s-lab-shift-mnc-binding/feed/ 0 1087 Ski boot review: Lange XT Freetour 130 LV https://www.thesnowalker.com/2016/12/23/ski-boot-review-lange-xt-freetour-130-lv/ https://www.thesnowalker.com/2016/12/23/ski-boot-review-lange-xt-freetour-130-lv/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2016 19:38:45 +0000 http://www.thesnowalker.com/?p=312 The growing popularity of the ski touring category has probably been one of the biggest trends in the ski industry during the past few years. In the past ski touring products were strongly divided between the side country market, with beefy skis, stiff boots and frame bindings, and the pure […]

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