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• The Human Factor: Chapter One

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the first chapter of a five-part series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Lire la suite >

• The Human Factor: Chapter Two

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the second chapter of a five-part series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Lire la suite >

• The Human Factor: Chapter Three

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the third chapter of a five-part series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Lire la suite >

• The Human Factor: Chapter Four

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the fourth chapter of a five-part series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Lire la suite >

• The Human Factor: Chapter Five

  Despite hours of training and years of experience, it happens. Somewhere between digging pits and assessing terrain traps a lapse in good judgment occurs, and avalanches entrap even the most experienced skiers. And we are left asking, why? In the fifth and final chapter of a series exploring five separate slides, the editors of Powder elucidate The Human Factor. Lire la suite >

• Antte Lauhamaa: Discovering Norway’s Hidden Ski Paradise

  Black Diamond Ambassador Antte Lauhamaa went hunting for powder on Norway’s rugged coastline. What he found is an island he thinks will be a Norway’s new premier ski destination. Lire la suite >

• Jordan White: Skiing the 13ers of Colorado's Elk Mountains

  Black Diamond Ambassador Jordan White has climbed and skied every 14er in Colorado. Now he’s set his sights on the rugged 13ers in the Elk Mountains. Lire la suite >

• Jordan White: Finding the First Turns of Winter

  Black Diamond Ambassador Jordan White explains why the old phrase, “you don’t know ‘til you go,” is everything when it comes to early season ski touring. Lire la suite >

• Thomas Gaisbacher: Skiing and Guiding in the Wild Yukon

  When Sherpas Cinema wants to film the raddest skiers and snowboarders ripping in the remote Yukon, they hire Black Diamond Ambassador Thomas Gaisbacher as their head guide. For three weeks in April, a crew of shredders pillaged powder under the watchful eye of Gaisbacher, who kept everyone out of harm's way … oh, and he also squeezed in a few epic runs too. Lire la suite >

• BEHIND THE SHOT: 2012 Ski Digital Catalog Cover

  We caught up with photographer Jay Beyer and BD athlete Zack Giffin to get the story behind Jay's incredible photo of Zack hucking over a massive ice cave in Glacier Bay, Alaska last spring. Lire la suite >

• QC LAB: Remounting previously drilled skis

  Our QC Lab posts aim to answer some of climbing's most common gear-related questions. This month, KP and the crew tackle the issue of mounting a pair of skis that have been previously drilled. Lire la suite >

• Two Years of Skiing with Black Diamond Athlete Johnny Collinson

  Over the past two winters, Black Diamond athlete Johnny Collinson has skied his way through India, Bolivia, British Columbia and Alaska. With the help of Sherpas Cinema, he presents a compilation of the best moments from the last two seasons of powder, cliff hucks and big mountains. Lire la suite >

• Black Diamond ouvre deux nouveaux Ski Test Centers à Chamonix.

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• Black Diamond ouvre deux nouveaux Ski Test Centers à Chamonix.

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• A Question of Risk: Bruce Tremper

  In this installment of our video series on risk, Utah Avalanche Center Director, author of Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain and skier Bruce Tremper talks about risk from the perspective of someone who manages it everyday. Lire la suite >

• BD athlete Callum Pettit reports on filming trip to Bella Coola, British Columbia

  Last spring, Black Diamond athlete Callum Pettit headed north from his native Whistler to check out the skiing and film with Sherpas Cinema in Bella Coola, in British Columbia's Coast Mountains. Lire la suite >