Backcountry Magazine is ecstatic to announce the 2013 Editors' Choice Awards. These are next year's best backcountry skis, boots and bindings and we, the editors at Backcountry Magazine should know. Last spring, our team of 50 testers evaluated some 500 products at Powder Mountain, Ut. over more than 1,800 runs. We've boiled the beta for the last four months and narrowed the field—the top 70 skis, 40 boots, and 18 bindings are featured in the 2013 Gear Guide and among them are the Editors' Choice standouts. Highlighted here are the best of the best, but for more skis, boots, and bindings (and more about these products), pick up the 2013 Gear Guide, on newsstands August 28.
At this year’s gear tests, we evaluated over 400 products. When the dust settled there were 31 standouts, and they’ve been awarded Editors’ Choice. Find out what products took home the honors, here.
Colorado to California, Massachusetts to Montana; more than 40 men and women testers from ten states converged on the slopes of Powder Mountain, Utah for Backcountry's biggest-and-best ski, boot, and binding test ever.
Colorado to California, Massachusetts to Montana; more than 40 men and women testers from ten states converged on the slopes of Powder Mountain, Utah for Backcountry's biggest-and-best ski test ever.
Colorado to California, Massachusetts to Montana; more than 40 men and women testers from ten states converged on the slopes of Powder Mountain, Utah for Backcountry's biggest-and-best boot test ever.
Colorado to California, Massachusetts to Montana; more than 40 men and women testers from ten states converged on the slopes of Powder Mountain, Utah for Backcountry's biggest-and-best binding test ever.
Colorado to California, Massachusetts to Montana; more than 40 men and women testers from ten states converged on the slopes of Powder Mountain, Utah for Backcountry's biggest-and-best board test ever.
