Airthings View Smart Radon Detector Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Airthings came up with their View for one simple reason: Radon can seriously mess you up. Just check the EPA: it can cause lung cancer. Even if you never smoked (and think of all...
View ArticleGatorz Magnum Sunglasses Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Every now and then you get gear made for battle to take into your own personal test of will and strength; Gatorz Eyewear’s Magnum glasses are just such special adventure tools....
View ArticleSitka Ambient Jacket Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ At first glance it might seem surprising that of all the mountaineering/snowboarding/climbing gear I test, the lightest and warmest piece of gear is hunting brand Sitka’s Ambient...
View ArticleHellroaring Powder Guides Hut Offers Epic Backcoutnry Skiing and Riding
Mountain Weekly News ~ Somewhere along the border of Idaho and Montana and Idaho, where the Continental Divide pushes into its final state in the US, there’s a little mountain range called the...
View ArticleMystery Ranch Coulee 25L Backpack Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ When I started noticing backpacks with openings that reminded me of “Stranger Things” demigorgon mouths I was intrigued; when I saw Mystery Ranch had long been rocking it and...
View ArticleMagellan Ozark Bibs Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Since hunting can be one of the most grueling outdoor adventures, Magellan’s Men’s Ozark insulated bib is made to withstand the wildest weather. The lining makes it so that...
View ArticleMountain Hardwear Men’s Exposure/2 GORE-TEX Pro Jacket Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ The Mountain Hardwear Exposure/2 GORE-TEX Pro Light Jacket is an epic GORE-TEX Pro Jacket made for going light and fast into the rarest air of the mountains. The Exposure 2...
View ArticleFlylow Baker Bibs Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ If you ever had some twisted tryptophan-fueled dream where a swaggy pant marries an indomitable bib, Flylow’s Baker Bib would be the child of that union. As the legend goes,...
View ArticleRide A-8 Bindings Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Let’s start with some real talk: RIDE’s A-8 Bindings are the result of 30 years of making real gear for real shredders. This is a binding that’s adaptable to any condition,...
View ArticleLa Sportiva Wild Down Jacket Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ There are few outerwear bangers that hit as hard on all aspects as the La Sportiva Wild Down Jacket. Hardly a time have I worn it without getting compliments on the look. It...
View ArticlePit Command Commander Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ There’s something primal in fire, life-affirming, intense, powerful; it’s why Pit Command’s Commander is a necessary tool for not just your backyard bonfires but for your very...
View ArticleCasio Pro Trek PRG340 Watch Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Casio knows that adventure wrist machines like their PRO TREK PRG340 are gonna get the most abuse of almost any piece of gear on your body. That’s why they made this watch tough....
View ArticlePOC Fornix MIPS Helmet Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ When POC rolled out this year’s Fornix MIPS Helmet, they weren’t doing anything revolutionary. They didn’t have too; POC’s Fornix has long been one of the best helmets out there,...
View ArticleVOITED Soul Slipper Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ When VOITED created their Soul Slipper, it was all about love. Your feet are your truest allies. They take the most abuse over your long hikes and blistering runs. You buckle...
View ArticleLEKI Sherpa FX Carbon Poles Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ LEKI has been crafting quality goods since 1948 and poles since 1960 but arguably none have been more impressive than their cutting-edge Sherpa FX Carbon Touring Poles. Their...
View ArticleBurton GORE-TEX Mittens Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Burton’s GORE-TEX Mittens were made with one scientific equation in mind: wet hands equal cold hands. Cold hands are dangerous because you can’t feel your fingers and your...
View ArticleTop 10 Snowboard Tools
Mountain Weekly News ~ Is there anything worse than getting to the top of the lift and feeling your snowboard binding swivel? Maybe getting to the top of a tour and realizing the screw of his toe strap...
View ArticleBurton [ak] 3L GORE-TEX Stretch Hover Jacket Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ There are backcountry jackets and then there’s the Burton [ak] Hover GORE-TEX 3L Jacket. This is some next-level tech here, blended with cred (shred) like only Burton can deliver...
View ArticleTop 10 Splitboard Poles
Mountain Weekly News ~ We became snowboarders so we wouldn’t have to mess around with poles and stuff. Then we became splitboarders so we wouldn’t have to mess around with crowds and poles became even...
View ArticlePatagonia Black Hole Duffel Bag Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ When Patagonia came up with their Black Hole duffel, it was like they knew I was going to head back to my gypsy ways. When my house burnt down, I found myself living out of a...
View ArticleHIGHLANDER Backpacking Adventure Around Big Bear Lake
Mountain Weekly News ~ A few years ago I told a friend I’ve been trailrunning and had plans to crush the Teton Crest trail in a day and a half; he asked why I’d want to miss so much by doing it so...
View ArticleBajio Stiltsville Sunglasses Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ There are sunglasses for enjoying the outdoors and there are real outdoors sunglasses like the Bajio Stiltsvilles. Bajio was founded in New Smyrna by two adventurers who saw a...
View ArticleGerber Center Drive Rescue Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ The Gerber Center Drive Rescue makes most multitools feel like children’s toys. I’m talking bombproof weight I’m talking power behind all the tools this little tool has and it’s...
View ArticleA Father and Son Ski Trip to Land of Fire and Ice
Mountain Weekly News ~ A father gets only so long to help form his child into what they will be. Sure, the guidance, the presence, the advice, and the shared experiences never end. But by junior high,...
View ArticleSalomon Outpulse GTX Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ For the last few years, running has been my stabilizer, and Salomon must have been thinking about me when they rolled out their Outpulse. GORE-TEX Shoes. Because I don’t...
View ArticleNjoie BodyFlex Massage Cain Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ The people from Njoie must have known that I would be sore and broken this spring when they came out with the BodyFlex Trigger Point Massage Tool. This bar is a magical muscle...
View ArticleEtnies Jefferson MTW Shoes Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Why did Etnies jump into snow, dropping their fire Jefferson MTW Shoes? I’d say it’s for one simple reason: that just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look steezy....
View ArticleTop 10 Splitboard Skins for 2024
Mountain Weekly News ~ The climbing skin tech has come a long way since snow travelers strapped horse-skin onto their skis (I heard the Kazakhs still do it that way). It can be pretty daunting these...
View ArticleDanner Recurve Hunting Boots Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ There are few truly great institutions left in this beautiful country and Danner, with a century making rugged boots that seamlessly move from style to adventure, has fulfilled...
View ArticleGoSun SolarTable And Power Bank Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ The greatest power source anywhere in about a 3 billion mile radius is the Sun, and GoSun’s SolarTable 60 combined with its 266wh Solar Power Bank are the only tools you need to...
View ArticleVuarnet Legend 06 Sunglasses Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ “There’s just something about Vuarnets,” my friend, an epic skier and guide, said when trying on my Vuarnet Legend Sunglasses. We rapped about how other companies just seemed to...
View ArticleAleck Punks & Aleck Nunchucks Helmet Audio Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ When you’re in Party mode on the Aleck Punks and the Aleck Nunchucks, your day on the hill becomes something out of an epic fiesta-on-the-hill flick. As my son and I cruised...
View ArticleJones Talon Splitboard Poles Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Jeremy Jones has summited more epic peaks than you could summit in your wildest dreams, from Cali to the Tetons to AK to the Karakoram, so it makes sense that his company would...
View ArticleJones Shralpinist Jacket Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ The Jones Shralpinist Jacket strikes hard, strikes fast, and gives your body all the mercy (unlike the Cobra Kai). This is a jacket that stands out and blends in; that adapts to...
View ArticleNever Summer Proto Splitboard Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Never Summer has been making boards and experimenting with cambers for, like, forever, and thee Never Summer Proto Splitboard shows how all that research has landed them with a...
View ArticleKarakoram Nomad Splitboard Bindings Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ At this point, I didn’t think anything in splitboard gear could surprise me as much as the Karakoram Nomad Splitboard Binding did. But hey, it’s an infant sport where innovation...
View ArticleGrand Targhee Resort, Where the Locals Ski Deep Powder
Mountain Weekly News ~ ALTA, WY – In a northeast corner of Wyoming in a magical place known as Wydaho sits a glorious pow-filled resort called Grand Targhee. While the ‘Ghee may live in the shadow of...
View ArticleNidecker Kita Snowboard Boots Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ The Nidecker Kita Hybrid is a power-driving, ankle saving sleek and powerful boot. I’m talking locks in the foot, disperses every flex to your board, and helps you boot up the...
View Article686 GORE-TEX Stretch Dispatch Bibs Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ With the GORE-TEX Stretch Dispatch Bib, 686 has doubled down on decades of making shred gear by blending it with the most cutting-edge tech on the market. It’s like that kid...
View ArticleBajio Vega Sunglasses Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Bajio’s Vega sunglasses are your personal windshields to a wide, rowdy world. Let’s start with what Bajia is known for – the water. And yes, I’ve tested these on bright sunny...
View ArticleArbor Hemlock Bindings Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ If you like to shred everything aggressively, from park to groomers to backcountry, looking for every hit to spin off and cliff to huck, Arbor’s Hemlock Bindings are for you....
View ArticleCardo Packtalk Outdoor Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Staying connected on the mountain can always be a challenge. Somedays it seems like sheer luck brings you back together at the end of the day. Between spotty cell service, trying...
View ArticleBlack Diamond Traverse Ski Poles Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Black Diamond’s Traverse 3 poles are simplicity refined. The Traverse 3 is a 125cm touring pole in 3 sections, a magical hiking staff powerful enough to tour up any peak but...
View ArticleGoing Big in Japan: A Snowboarder Skier’s Guide to Your Great Japanese Ski...
Mountain Weekly News ~ There, just outside the window of my room in the snow bum lodge in Hakuba, Japan, stood some of the most magnificent peaks, snow-glazed ramps and spires rivalling the European...
View ArticleAirblaster Youth Ninja Suit Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Airblaster’s Ninja Suit is one of the coolest, most useful inventions for snowsports ever. Like ever. And it’s especially perfect if you got little shredders exploring the...
View ArticleNever Summer Proto Ultra Snowboard Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ If you snowboard, there’s a part of you that dreams about a world where it’s Never Summer, and if you dream of endless white pow year-round, with techy hits and deep drops and...
View ArticleHow to Get Into Splitboarding, A Guide from Teton Splitboarders
Mountain Weekly News ~ So you’re considering entering the exciting sport of splitboarding for fun and for health? What a wonderful decision. And what a horrible decision. I mean, it’s a lot more...
View ArticleLa Sportiva Men’s Bushido III Shoe Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ The samurai moves fast and strongly into battle, with honor and skill and fury, fueled by a code of warrior stoicism known as bushido; if alive today, no doubt he’d be training...
View ArticleGlerup’s Wool Slip On Leather Slippers Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Glerup’s makes Slip-ons that all men will love no matter whether they’re looking for a pair to wear on the backporch or at one of Hef’s legendary parties. Unlike other slippers,...
View ArticleKryptek Aegis Insulated Hunting Jacket Review
Mountain Weekly News ~ Kryptek’s camouflage covers the people who protect, the armed forces whose Aegis allow us the freedom to play in wild, untrammeled woods; it’s a given, then, that Kryptek Aegis...
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