This Week in Backcountry

 
Fresh Gear: AT Bindings
The Atomic Tracker.

The latest in AT binding tech from this year’s Outdoor Retailer Trade Show in Salt Lake City.

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Fresh Gear: Telemark Bindings
The new NTN Freedom binding on tour.

Five new or redesigned telemark bindings were debuted at this year’s Outdoor Retailer Trade Show from most of the major binding players.

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Cuttin' Teeth: Exploring Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains
Mark Rosenberg Skiing in the Sawtooth Mountains

When we were in Sun Valley three years ago, the sun burned brightly for seven straight February days. But this isn’t Sun Valley anymore. We’re an hour north, and it’s been socked in and gray for the last three days—the complete opposite of the southern blue-sky paradise.

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Split Seasons: Splitboard and surf guide Eric Gustafson
Eric Gustafson surfing Emma’s Ridge above Alta. [Photo] Tyler Cohen

Eric Gustafson—Gus to his friends—is a surfer and snowboarder who splits his seasons of guiding and instructing between Utah and Cape Cod.

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Callangate: Glen Plake Skis a Peruvian Giant
Glen Plake skiing the Peruvian Giant, Callangate

In 2008, Glen Plake and Rémy Lécluse traveled to Peru's Cordillera Vilcanota where they posted a new route on 20,046-foot Callangate. "It was just frickin' beautiful. I'll never forget it," Plake said of the descent. Here's footage from the trip.

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