ProView – Mountain Hardwear Men’s Chockstone Hoody
The Chockstone Hoody is my kind of jacket. I want something that I can put on, leave on, not think about, and then at the end of the day say, “I didn’t think about that jacket all day because it…
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ProView – Mountain Hardwear Women’s High Exposure Gore-Tex C-Knit Bib
As an avid backcountry skier, you spend hundreds of hours in your gear over thousands of vertical kilometers while moving, standing still in cold conditions, and hopefully skiing deep, deep snow. All of those hours give you the opportunity to…
ProView – Mountain Hardwear Men’s High Exposure Gore-Tex C Knit Bib
A light and fast ski bib and pant hybrid beautifully complemented by the rest of Mountain Hardwear’s High Exposure kit. In this gear review, I was able to test the High Exposure Bibs along with the rest of the five-piece…
ProView – Outdoor Research Women’s Helium Rain Jacket
It was an abnormal stormy weekend, only 50 degrees Farenheit outside with partly dark clouds. I started at the trailhead of Brown Mountain in Klamath Falls, Oregon, making my way six miles towards Fish Lake. During the six hours of…
ProView – HIMALI Women’s Altocumulus Down Jacket 2.0 Review
When I first got the Women’s Altocumulous down jacket I marveled at how light it was. In fact, I was wondering how something so light could possibly be warm. Well it didn’t take long to realize that this is a…
ProView – Outdoor Research Men’s MicroGravity AscentShell Jacket
Outdoor Research claims their AscentShell Technology will keep you protected from all the elements while being breathable and dumping heat. In backcountry skiing heat management is crucial, you need to stay warm and protected from the outside elements, while not…
ProView – Outdoor Research Women’s MicroGravity AscentShell Jacket
The MicroGravity jacket is the perfect balance of lightweight durability and technical suave that will have you looking fresh and feeling dry. Any day spent nature is a good day, and learning this as a Pacific Northwest native, I know…
ProView – Outdoor Research Women’s Vigor Hybrid Hooded Jacket
I first started using the Vigor Hybrid Hooded jacket as a base layer while skiing and loved that it has thumb loops so it’s easy to slip it under my jacket and even under mittens to eliminate any sort of…
ProView – Outdoor Research Women’s Ferrosi Grid Hooded Jacket
To test Outdoor Research’s Ferossi Grid Hooded Jacket I took it canyoneering, resort skiing, backcountry skiing and wore it around town. This jacket shined the most during chilly November canyoneering in Moab. We had temperatures ranging from 20 to 50…
ProView – HIMALI Men’s Ascent Hoodie Review
The Himali Ascent Stretch Hoodie has become one of my all-time favorite pieces of outdoor gear to date! I rarely rate something 5 stars since most things can be improved upon. However, Himali hit the nail directly on the head…