The Anarchist with Avalung from Black Diamond is a new backpack out this season and one of 2 offered by BD that incorporate an Avalang. True to BD’s design principles, it is built to be functional and durable, so read on to get a closer look at the features and functionality ...

Freeskiing - the new catch phrase for the progession of skiing big mountains. But what is it all about? With this years Freeski Comps well and truly underway and the sport gaining popularity, is not just about skiing powder, park or slalom gates. I caught up with Peter Velisek ...

Rogers Pass, 22nd February, was a lesson we were lucky to get away with. If we didn’t respect the power and potential of an avalanche before hand, we certainly do now. With the forecast, our own observations and experience, we did know better, but in the end, we dropped in and ...

The O1 Telemark Touring Binding from Black Diamond raises the bar to a new level for freeheelers. A free-pivot touring mode for more efficiency and energy at the top, compliments the beefiest binding BD have built for the downhill. This binding does change the ideas of what ...

When it hasn't snowed for 2 weeks, you have a few options; hit the park, bitch and whinge, or grab your backpack and go exploring. If everything just beyond the rope has been schralped, then you just have to go a little further. And that's exactly what we did during the last 2 ...

Forget British Columbia, just for a second, and what are you left with- Mt Baker . And that aint a bad option if you ask me. Sporting the most snow on the ground anywhere in the world, Mt Baker sometimes plays second fiddle to Whistler, but once you just tear yourself away from ...

It was an insane idea. We left Canmore in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and drove headlong into a storm. 2.30pm was not the ideal time to depart on a 1000km journey across Western Canada. With storm after storm pounding the Coast Range, where Whistler reigns supreme, we had to ...

Drawing the blinds at 6am reveals a stellar, blue bird day. The morning weather observations record some fresh snow overnight and cold temps. In the guides meeting, Nick Morris and the others discuss the snow stability forecast and set out a list of ski runs suitable for the ...