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How to choose an Alpine Touring Binding - Cripple Creek Backcountry

How to choose an Alpine Touring Binding

Tech bindings have come a long way in the past decade thanks to an influx of R&D dollars from big...
Ski Top Sheet Damage and Repair - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ski Top Sheet Damage and Repair

Our resident ski and board tech Angus talks about the types of damage that can occur on your board or...
Backcountry Skiing Pre-Season Checklist - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Backcountry Skiing Pre-Season Checklist

Is your gear ready for the season? A few simple checks can go a long way towards ensuring your first...

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Tips & Tricks: Attaching Your Skins with Ease - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Tips & Tricks: Attaching Your Skins with Ease

This is a place that climbing skins can take you...
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Sizing and Choosing the Right Climbing Skin for Alpine Touring - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Sizing and Choosing the Right Climbing Skin for Alpine Touring

Telemark, alpine touring, or splitboarding we all need climbing skins to...
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Choosing the Right Ski Touring Backpack - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Choosing the Right Ski Touring Backpack

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How to Dress for Ski-Touring - Cripple Creek Backcountry

How to Dress for Ski-Touring

A Guide on How to Dress for Backcountry Skiing Whether...
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4 Reasons to go Backcountry Skiing - Cripple Creek Backcountry

4 Reasons to go Backcountry Skiing

With high speed lifts and mega ski-passes the norm, here...
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Does it go? Skiing the Quandary Couloir - Mount Quandary - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Does it go? Skiing the Quandary Couloir - Mount Quandary

"...the couloir both tightened and rolled just below us and...
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Resort Uphill Skiing: Tips for Safe Skinning - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Resort Uphill Skiing: Tips for Safe Skinning

Skinning in bounds might not be as dangerous as Avalanche...
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Making Turns on pico de Orizaba, Mexico - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Making Turns on pico de Orizaba, Mexico

Last Fall, Cripple Creek Ambassador Aidan Goldie set out to...
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Summer Training Tips for Stronger Skiing - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Summer Training Tips for Stronger Skiing

Article by Joe Howdyshell from Summit Endurance Academy “Skiers are...
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The Cross Couloir: Lessons Learned from an Attempted Bike to Ski Mission - Cripple Creek Backcountry

The Cross Couloir: Lessons Learned from an Attempted Bike to Ski Mission

The idea of a bike to ski mission is oh...
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Best Day Ever on Buffalo - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Best Day Ever on Buffalo

Anybody who has had the pleasure of sipping a cold...
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Go Light, Stay Fresh, Ski More - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Go Light, Stay Fresh, Ski More

We've done it backcountry skiers! From the hippy pow meadow...
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