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    Burton Family Tree Straight Chuter Snowboard Review
    Burton Family Tree Straight Chuter Snowboard Review
    2022-12-16
    By admin
    Burton brings us yet another shred stick designed for speed and control in big terrain. The Family Tree Straight Chuter Camber Snowboard is built...
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    By admin
    2022-12-16
    Atomic Backland Carbon Boot Review
    Atomic Backland Carbon Boot Review
    2022-12-15
    By admin
    Atomic’s 2022/23 touring boot line is separated into two categories: ‘Fast and Light’ and ‘All-Round’. The main...
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    832
    By admin
    2022-12-15
    Best Gifts Over $200 (Part 2): 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    Best Gifts Over $200 (Part 2): 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    2022-12-11
    By admin
    Welcome to our 7th Annual Backcountry Skiing Canada Holiday Gift Guide. We're going to start things off easy with the under $50 category,...
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    1156
    By admin
    2022-12-11
    Missed Black Friday? Backcountry Ski Sales in Canada Right Now.
    Missed Black Friday? Backcountry Ski Sales in Canada Right Now.
    2022-12-09
    By Jonathan Skinnider
    If you missed black Friday but need to replaced some tired ski touring gear, listen up! While in general it is pretty hard to find backcountry ski...
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    By Jonathan Skinnider
    2022-12-09
    Best Gifts Over $200: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    Best Gifts Over $200: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    2022-12-05
    By admin
    Welcome to our 7th Annual Backcountry Skiing Canada Holiday Gift Guide. We're going to start things off easy with the under $50 category,...
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    1684
    By admin
    2022-12-05
    Tips and tricks for climbing skins
    Tips and tricks for climbing skins
    2022-12-02
    By Kai Seifert
    One of the most important tools to backcountry skiers are your climbing skins. Without them we would still be snowshoeing... Here are some pros...
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    1079
    By Kai Seifert
    2022-12-02
    Best Gifts $100-$200: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    Best Gifts $100-$200: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    2022-11-28
    By admin
    Welcome to our 7th Annual Backcountry Skiing Canada Holiday Gift Guide. We're going to start things off easy with the under $50 category,...
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    1783
    By admin
    2022-11-28
    Ski Trab Neve Ski & Titan Vario 2 Binding Review
    Ski Trab Neve Ski & Titan Vario 2 Binding Review
    2022-11-25
    By admin
    The Neve Skis are new for the 2022/23 season and incorporate everything Ski Trab has learned in their 75 years of making skis in the Italian...
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    By admin
    2022-11-25
    Paradise Vice Tour 105 Skis
    Paradise Vice Tour 105 Skis
    2022-11-23
    By admin
    Paradise, a small ski company based out of Calgary Alberta, describes the 22/23 VICE Tour as “A carbon fibre, backcountry super weapon; the...
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    864
    By admin
    2022-11-23
    Best Gifts $50-$100: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    Best Gifts $50-$100: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    2022-11-21
    By admin
    Welcome to our 7th Annual Backcountry Skiing Canada Holiday Gift Guide. We're going to start things off easy with the under $50 category,...
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    By admin
    2022-11-21
    Flip Fuel Future! Finally you can use those half full canisters!
    Flip Fuel Future! Finally you can use those half full canisters!
    2022-11-21
    By Kai Seifert
    Like most adventurers who enjoy sleeping out under the stars you most likely have a collection of used gas canisters. And every time you pack for...
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    1556
    By Kai Seifert
    2022-11-21
    Blizzard Hustler 10 Ski Review
    Blizzard Hustler 10 Ski Review
    2022-11-19
    By admin
    You can think of the Hustler 10 Skis as a combination of Blizzard's lightweight Zero G skis and their more resort-based freeride Rustler skis....
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    1083
    By admin
    2022-11-19
    Best Gifts Under $50: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    Best Gifts Under $50: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
    2022-11-15
    By admin
    Welcome to our 7th Annual Backcountry Skiing Canada Holiday Gift Guide. We're going to start things off easy with the under $50 category,...
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    1691
    By admin
    2022-11-15
    Every ski touring bag needs a helmet carrier!
    Every ski touring bag needs a helmet carrier!
    2022-11-13
    By Kai Seifert
    Nowadays, ski touring backpacks are full of features that are well thought out and designed to help us fiddle less and ski more. One of the most...
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    By Kai Seifert
    2022-11-13
    Ruroc RG1-DX  Disruptor Helmet Review
    Ruroc RG1-DX Disruptor Helmet Review
    2022-11-12
    By admin
    Looking for a different look on the slopes without compromising protection from your helmet? Then the Ruroc RG1-DX Disruptor Helmet might be...
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    1327
    By admin
    2022-11-12
    ACR Bivy Stick - Emergency locator beacon for the thrifty
    ACR Bivy Stick - Emergency locator beacon for the thrifty
    2022-11-05
    By Kai Seifert
    Satellite messaging devices have become the new norm of redundant safety for many backcountry travellers. Having a way to communicate to...
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    1992
    By Kai Seifert
    2022-11-05
    Rossignol’s New Recyclable Ski
    Rossignol’s New Recyclable Ski
    2022-10-31
    By admin
    Rossignol announced plans to share the formula for its recyclable ski with industry stakeholders in the mountain & winter sport segment. The...
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    By admin
    2022-10-31
    How To Buy Alpine Touring Bindings - VIDEO
    How To Buy Alpine Touring Bindings - VIDEO
    2022-10-29
    By admin
    There are a lot of things to consider when trying to decide which pair of Alpine Touring (AT) Bindings are right for you and which ones you should...
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    803
    By admin
    2022-10-29
    Opinion: Don’t Buy a 50/50 Binding
    Opinion: Don’t Buy a 50/50 Binding
    2022-10-28
    By Jonathan Skinnider
    Since the introduction of downhill focused ski touring bindings like the Salomon Shift and Marker Kingpin, the number of people looking to get a...
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    1973
    By Jonathan Skinnider
    2022-10-28
    5 New Innovative Backcountry Tools You Have to See
    5 New Innovative Backcountry Tools You Have to See
    2022-10-22
    By Mike
    Backcountry skiing is an exciting and rewarding way to explore the great outdoors, but it also comes with inherent risk. Skiers and boarders take...
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    By Mike
    2022-10-22
    The North Face launches first circular designed products
    The North Face launches first circular designed products
    2022-10-20
    By Chris George
    The North Face launches the first circular designed products, supported with circular ecosystem. Keeping products in circulation has been a...
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    3238
    By Chris George
    2022-10-20
    Plum Stopper Light Brakes
    Plum Stopper Light Brakes
    2022-10-12
    By admin
    Last winter we awarded the Plum OAZO Bindings our prestigious Gear of the Year Award (read that review here) and in the spring of that same year,...
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    920
    By admin
    2022-10-12
    Summer Gear Roundup - Our Top picks
    Summer Gear Roundup - Our Top picks
    2022-09-28
    By admin
    Over the summer we here at Backcountry Skiing Canada received a bunch of products and a select few totally impressed us—so we just have to...
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    1990
    By admin
    2022-09-28
    Faction Skis is now B Corp Certified
    Faction Skis is now B Corp Certified
    2022-09-15
    By admin
    Big news out of Faction Skis as they have just achieved B Corp Certification. What does this mean you ask, good question. A company that is B Corp...
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    827
    By admin
    2022-09-15
    WNDR Alpine Reason 120 Review
    WNDR Alpine Reason 120 Review
    2022-09-11
    By Arctos Guides
    If you're looking for a responsive powder ski that is built to last, check out WNDR Alpine's Reason 120.   As an ACMG ski guide...
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    1773
    By Arctos Guides
    2022-09-11
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