ORS Direct Launches Super Sale Discount Clearance Department
ORS Direct and its family of niche outdoor gear retail sites, including ORS Racks Direct, ORS Snowshoes Direct and ORS Cross Country Skis Direct, now feature deeply discounted, clearance and overstock items in a broad range of categories — nordic and backcountry-telemark skis, snowshoes, bike racks, clothing, accessories and more. ...

Local's Gear Guide: Men's telemark skis
DAN GIBBS, SUMMIT COUNTY COMMISSIONER; WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER Dan stepped into the public limelight when he won a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives in 2006, served in the State Senate, and is now one of three Summit County Commissioners.

Local's Gear Guide: Slaying the slopes on women's telemark gear
Jody Thompson, Summit Medical Center nurse Give her a bike, she'll head downhill. Give her some crampons, she'll climb to the top of the world. Give her some skis, she'll rip across the mountain.

Boulder County residents starting backcountry skills academy for kids
Until now, there haven't been any formal opportunities on the Front Range -- or really almost anywhere in the United States -- for kids to get introduced to the art of moving through the backcountry on skis, earning their turns and discovering nature's winter wonders.

Whatever it takes
Active Outdoors Making the best of a weird winter Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map):  020312timjones pic My sweetheart Marilyn and I were Alpine skiing at Burke Mountain in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom the other day and saw three different skiers using Alpine Touring gear to skin up the sides of the slopes instead of riding the lifts. AT gear (similar to Telemark gear) uses lighter ...