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Monday Slam Sesh

By: Adam Riser | March 28th, 2011
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If you’re like the rest of us here, then Monday mornings aren’t exactly your favorite times. All you want is for it to be Saturday again. You want to be out riding, climbing, hiking, or just about anything but sitting in an office. But you know what always cheers us up? Passing around a video of a good old-fashioned slam session.

So, we introduce the first installment of the Monday Slam Sesh. Today, we had a hard time decided between this segment of a particularly sketchy corner in a UK cross country bike race …

BUCS 2011 X.C Carnage! from Joe Bowman on Vimeo. (thanks NSMB)

… and this great security camera shot of a poor office worker losing the plot. Read More …

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Fat Skis: A Story of Lust

By: Adam Riser | December 17th, 2010
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Making out with the twins at the end of our first date.

It was my friend Kevin who first hooked us up. “Come on, you’re going to love them. You three will get along so well. They’ll change your life.”

“Yeah man, I hear ya, but they’re way too tall for me, and… how can I put this delicately? They’re really fat!”

Hey, they may have some extra girth at the waist, but they’re really curvy, and that makes a huge difference. Just take them out for an afternoon, have yourself a quickie, and you’ll understand.”

Kevin spent a little more time convincing me, and eventually I gave in. I agreed to take the Megawatts out for a date. I wasn’t sure if Kevin was right, but I’m a pretty open-minded guy and willing to try (almost) anything once.

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Pray for Snow: The Age-Old Ritual

By: Beth Lopez | October 27th, 2010
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Start praying now ...

Every autumn, snow worshippers around the nation—nay, around the world—unite and engage in a sacred ritual called the Pray for Snow party. Anthropologists note that this ritual often includes multiple kegs of frothy beverages and bonfires large enough to be seen from outer space. Here in Utah’s Wasatch, we supplicate the snow saints for a solid 500+-inch year (with 28 inches at Snowbird in the past 48 hours, we feel solid about our entreaties thus far). In New Jersey, they pray for enough money to buy a ticket to Utah. We traveled the nation to give you a little inspiration for your own Pray for Snow Party. Read More …

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Backcountry Does Halloween

By: Toni Isom | October 25th, 2010
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BC.com Does Halloween

October is an urgent month. Before the snow falls, you climb insatiably, trying to grope enough granite to quell your lust ‘til next season, and the first storms find you obsessively pursuing skiable stashes. Amidst these frantic forays, it’s easy to forget about coming up with a killer Halloween costume. Last year’s nudist-on-strike outfit was pretty clever, but that kind of slackage won’t fly twice.

So how do you come up with a cred-worthy costume without neglecting new snow or ditching out on the last desert camping trips? Easy—just use your gear. We came up with some costumes that’ll help get your idea-wheel reeling. WARNING: some of them appeal to the lowbrow crowd.

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Road Trip Etiquette

By: Adam Riser | October 21st, 2010
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Days left: 3 -- Fights: 0 -- Stoke: High

Pack a few climbers into a gear-crammed car and leave town, and one of two things are going to happen. You’ll either have a kickass road trip, or you’re going to be at each other’s throats over things like who paid for the last tank of gas or what music to listen to. We’ve all seen a car roll up to a crag and release its three fighting occupants. Everyone’s yelling and dropping F-bombs left and right. Trust me, you do not want to be one of those people.

Last summer my road-tripping skills were put to the test. I piled into a small Subaru with several hundred pounds of gear and two people who I barely knew. Three days and 2,100 miles later, we arrived in the Yukon, ready to fly into the Northwest Territories. No one so much as said a single bad word to each other (that wasn’t a joke, anyway). On the way back, we pulled out all the stops and covered the same ground in 30-hours flat. Again, no fights at all. How did we pull this off when some groups can’t seem to make it through a weekend without attacking each other? We followed the rules.

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Get Ripped for Riding

By: Toni Isom | October 4th, 2010
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You bust ass in the winter—skinning up, building booters, riding from first till last chair. But when summer rolls around, all that discipline goes down the drain. Even if you spend all summer mountain biking or trail running, beer, BBQs, and more beer generally destroy your mid-winter strength.

Want to get in shape for the upcoming season, but don’t want to waste time lifting weights? Here are some workouts that will get you ripped, but won’t kill your buzz. Read More …

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Top 5 Colleges if You Want to Ski (and get a decent education) Part II

By: Catherine Greenwald | October 1st, 2010
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To recap, a list of ‘Ski Schools’ was put up to a vote by Backcountry.com employees in an attempt to uncover the best places spend a lot of time on the slopes whilst obtaining an education. Yesterday, we looked at public schools; today, we’re turning to private schools.

The perfect mid-term stress-reliever? Yeah, that's it. (Photo by Adam Riser)

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Top 5 Colleges if You Want to Ski (and get a decent education): Part I – Public Universities

By: Catherine Greenwald | September 30th, 2010
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Eh, I'll write that paper later. (Photo by Chaz Boutsikaris)

It’s that time – high school seniors (and some freakishly organized juniors) are sifting through lists, rankings, advice from clueless adults, and peer buzz to zero in on the colleges they will apply to in the upcoming year. Many of them will be evaluate their potential college of choice using the criteria, “Can I ski/snowboard while I’m there?”

Many add, “… a lot?” to that question, which narrows the field considerably. We trolled the ‘Net looking for lists and suggestions for the best ski colleges and universities, but then put the names we came up with up for a vote to nearly fifty Backcountry.com employees, to attempt to come up with the definitive list. Read More …

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Backcountry Buzz – Get Your Drink On

By: Justin Mool | August 13th, 2010
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Backcountry Buzz - Get your drink on

By all means, go light. Trade the silverware for a titanium spork, and ditch the tent for a sil-nylon tarp. But you gotta draw the line somewhere. Sometimes after a long hike or climb you have to knock back a few drinks around the campfire. Since it’s tough to strap a keg to your backpack, we’ve come up with a quick gear guide with some alternatives to get your buzz on in the backcountry. Read More …

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Gaper-Proof Your Climbing

By: Adam Riser | July 14th, 2010
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Before: A gape-tastic climber breaking the hell out of rule #7

A friend of mine recently started climbing and fell in love with it right away. Now he can’t get enough. Good on ya mate! On about his second day of climbing he turned to another friend and said “alright dude, what do I need to know to keep from looking like a total gaper when I’m climbing?” My friend came up with a list of things not to do. Here are a few of the highlights…

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5 Commonsense Failures in the Backcountry

By: Genevieve Mount | June 29th, 2010
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Common sense can be surprisingly hard to follow in the backcountry. It’s easy to get overly stoked and forget gear, miscalculate the gear that you did bring, ignore the weather, and end up in a bad situation. Check out the following five illustrations and helpful tips. Read More …

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