11 Sep

Alpine Fastpacking Gear Guide for Serious Athletes

September 13, 2025
By timAdmin

Fastpacking in the high Alps demands a synthesis of endurance, efficiency, and technical expertise. For serious alpine athletes, every gram matters. Multi-day traverses across ridgelines, passes, and remote valleys require not only strength and conditioning, but also careful selection...

11 Sep

Explore, Products, Ride

Gravel is the New Vertical

September 11, 2025
By timAdmin

Col-hopping, drop-bar style: How gravel biking redefined alpine riding It starts as a whisper — the crunch of tyres over compact dirt, the whirr of a 1x drivetrain, the breath of a rider cresting a pass with no cars in...

02 Sep

Gear, Products, Tech & Tools

Tech Innovations in Alpine Gear: Enhancing Safety and Performance

September 2, 2025
By timAdmin

The high mountains have always demanded a certain humility. Out here, judgment and skill outweigh gadgets, and no device will stop an avalanche or chase away a storm. Yet the tools we carry are changing how we move through...

01 Sep

Products

Carrying Confidence: Backpacks and Avalanche Safety Gear 2025/26

September 1, 2025
By timAdmin

Packs & Safety Gear – 2025/26 Updates While skis and bindings grab attention, the true backbone of ski touring is the safety kit and the pack that carries it. For 2025/26, avalanche transceivers, shovels, probes, and packs continue to evolve...

27 Jun

Climbing & Alpine, Gear, Products

A Century in the High Places

August 27, 2025
By timAdmin
Brands, Millet

(photos: Millet) Annecy’s streets were quiet in 1921 when Marc and Hermance Millet opened their modest workshop. Initially, the products were humble — shopping bags for local markets. But nestled between the Rhône River and the encircling Alps, the couple...

23 Sep

Footwear, Gear, Magazine, Products, Trail

Snow Running

July 9, 2025
By timAdmin

As winter paints landscapes with a glistening coat of snow and frost, the passion for trail running doesn’t wane for those who crave the exhilaration of navigating rugged paths and beautiful scenery. Sensible shoes The key to an enjoyable winter trail...

23 Sep

Gear, Magazine, Packs & Apparel, Products, Roam, Tour, Trail

Look! No waist strap

July 15, 2025
By timAdmin
Instinct

Instinct Trail has a new large alpine backpack using a trail race vest inspired harness Designer Sean Van Court : “Yes, no waist belt. I wanted to manage securing the load and weight by wrapping the pack the most possible around...

23 Sep

Footwear, Gear, Magazine, Products, Ski, Ski & Winter, Tour

BOA FOR ALPINE SKIING

July 8, 2025
By timAdmin
Backcountry, Boa

The BOA system is a proprietary technology used in partnerships with various outdoor gear companies. It appears on snowboard boots, running shoes, cycling shoes, ski helmets, and now alpine ski boots. Initially, the tech was designed to replace awkward snowboard...