Gear Test Week Update - Day 5

2012 GEAR TEST
WEDNESDAY – DAY 1  |  THURSDAY - DAY 2  |  FRIDAY - DAY 3   |  SATURDAY: DAY 4   |  SUNDAY: DAY 5

Whew. Gear Test Week is over. It’s 10 p.m. on Sunday night, and the remains of the team are boxing up gear. Seeing the mounds of skis in the conference room, it seems unbelievable that we managed to get through it all. But thanks to the taskmasters on the BCM staff and the 50 testers, we motored through every piece of 2013 gear.

Henry Yu, The Invisible Woman, Mike Rosenberg. Photo: Simon Peterson

The week kicked off with powder conditions and, under sunny skies, the snow stayed soft all week long. Now, the staff has nearly 1,400 individual test sheets to sort and analyze to determine the winners of the 2013 Editors’ Choice Awards.

‘Til next year: Jamie Krakowiak and Cat Ambrose hug it out. [Photo] Simon Peterson

It seems like yesterday when we woke at 4 a.m. for our morning news slot on Salt Lake City’s CBS affiliate. The last five days have been a blur of skis, boots, beermingos, binding readjustments, stripped screws and a lot of good friends. As each tester makes their way home, we want to thank them all for making this last week possible. Thanks to Powder Mountain and the Ogden Convention Bureau for hosting us. And thanks to Ron and the staff at the Red Moose Lodge for giving us the run of the place.

Be sure to check out the 2013 Backcountry Gear Guide and the 2013 Outside Buyer’s Guide for results from the test.

Poser: Jason Layh [Photo] Simon Peterson

2012 GEAR TEST
WEDNESDAY – DAY 1  |  THURSDAY - DAY 2  |  FRIDAY - DAY 3   |  SATURDAY: DAY 4   |  SUNDAY: DAY 5