DolomiteSport has dropped off the radar a bit this last week due to a super busy schedule. A friend from the US, Brandyn Roark Gray, is here enjoying the Dolomites and Zillertal Region and we are of course shooting backcountry skiing each day. The usual list of comments are coming from her about this area, [...]
Posts under ‘Backcountry Skiing’
Dynafit Eruption and Aurora Down Jacket Review
Isn’t it mandatory these days for Product Reviews to reveal whether or not the reviewer was given products for free? If so, I hereby admit that yes, Dynafit recently sent me a huge box of goods – for a photo shoot. But “free” gear does not always make for “good” gear, so when something is [...]
Nina Silitch US Ski Mountaineering Team Member
I just wanted to say thanks to Dan Patitucci who invited me to write this post for Dolomite Sport. Like Dan & Janine, we too are expat mountain enthusiasts. My husband led me to the Alps 10 years ago and we are still here with a family of two young boys who also share the [...]
Ski Randonee and Ski Running Explained
Ski Mountaineering Introduction
Let’s just start by saying that I recognize that this is not a post for every kind of skier. For whatever reason, the subject of going backcountry skiing for more than just ripping turns or dropping into steep couloirs is more than some can handle. I know thanks to a few pieces [...]
Skiing California Sierra Nevada Fourteeners
Skiing the Eastern Sierra Nevada Fourteeners
by David Page with photos courtesy Christian Pondella
This article first appeared in EastSide Magazine
From a distance it looked perfect. Perfectly epic. But from the summit, with skis on, looking down at an enormous chockstone wedged into the trap door of a fifty-five degree couloir, nine thousand vertical feet above the trucks, a sliver’s [...]
Sierra Nevada Ski Conditions
A start in the pre-dawn darkness was necessary this morning so we could ski Red Mountain. We headed out with best friend John Dittli who had to be down early. As is usually the case, it was tough to rise but in the end very worth the effort.
Conditions: Perfect powder – certainly some of the [...]
Backcountry Skiing Punta Bardini
Sunrise made it look like the freight train of storms that rolled over the top of the Eastern Sierra Nevada this week had passed. A clear, blue sky showed its sunny face, so together with some new friends from Mammoth, we charged to Punta Bardini for a little backcountry skiing.
This little tree shot sits literally [...]
Luxury Dolomites Mountain Guiding
Guiding Italian Style by Alberto De Giuli
Some of us Italian Mountain Guides have it pretty good working in the Dolomites.
Most of our work days guiding clients in the Dolomites are spent skiing amazing backcountry powder, wandering through the wilderness or climbing steep ice. All of this is normal for our work, but it’s not only [...]
Understanding Backcountry Ski Touring Gear
Backcountry Ski Options by Howie Schwartz
As a professional ski and mountain guide, I use and recommend Dynafit touring bindings. I also sometimes use and recommend Fritschi Diamir’s. I use and recommend Marker Barons with regular alpine boots. And yes, I even still use telemark gear on occasion.
Do I contradict myself by supporting such a broad [...]
Choosing Backcountry Ski Gear
In the last couple of years I have seen backcountry ski gear trends go in opposite directions in the US compared to Europe. Living in Europe, and skiing primarily big mountain terrain or long tours, I have embraced the idea of using lighter gear and shorter skis. In returning to the US for a time [...]
