Gear
Treelines Northwest: Local clothing brand supports trail work
Stories and photos by Brad Andrew
Mountain bike trails don’t just fall from the sky and land in the forest for all to enjoy. Whether...
The Trailblazing Packable Tool
Locally made Trail Boss sells worldwide
By Oliver Lazenby
In February 2017, Bellingham resident Bill Hasenjaeger attended an outdoor expo where he walked into a talk...
The endangered telemark skier: the last of the breed pushes on in pursuit...
By Oliver Lazenby
During telemark skiing’s last growth spurt in the 1990s, many picked it up to ski the backcountry; telemark bindings were the most...
New owner, same heritage at the snowboard shop that grew with the Northwest
Update (January 8, 2018): Jeff Lemen is no longer affiliated with the Mt. Baker Snowboard Shop. Marcella and Bobbie Dobis own the Mt. Baker Snowboard...
Winter 2017 gear guide
By Pat Grubb
The ultimate "cheap for the deep" deal
John at Glacier Ski Shop is offering a great package – 122 mm wide Fischer Big...
Fall 2016 gear guide
By Pat Grubb
MSR Pocketrocket Stove Kit
When you’re traveling fast, you want to travel light. Th
is you can do with MSR’s PocketRocket stove kit. Total...
Recon Racks: a local fabricator’s quest to build a better bike...
Story by Oliver Lazenby
Bike rack anxiety goes like this: you’re bouncing up a dirt road to the trailhead. A rack full of bikes is...
Inside Arc’teryx: New avalanche air bag
Story and photos by Oliver Lazenby
On the second floor of the Arc’teryx design facility in North Vancouver, the first thing a visitor sees after...
Hot winter gear for 2016
By Marty Grabijas
If you attend enough trade shows it starts to look like “same stuff, different year.” Undoubtedly, the essence of why we play...
