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The name says it all. The Mad Max glove from Black Diamond is burly, arrogant and walks the walk. While this glove can handle whips and chains, it is best utilized dishing out that kind of treatment day in day out. Check out the comfiest and blurliest glove out there.

Dave Treadway, Jack Hannan and John Johnson, aka the Pemberton Big Mountain Hunting club, check in with a trip report from Mt. Sampson.

This week I had the privilege to check out a new heli-assisted ski touring program from Selkirk Tangiers in Revelstoke, BC. The idea is that a helicopter takes you in and out of a zone where you are left to ski tour all day with a guide. There's a few reasons why it's worth considering this as an option for a good day touring.

From the makers of Wig Time 5, UltraWig Productions brings you 2 films this year! (2 films in one package for a total of 75 min!)Produced and directed by Guillaume Charron, White Trash is a sick snowboarding film shot in 16mm and Digital with some of the best riders around Canada and US!

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the launch of a life-saving webseries from the Rocky Mountain Sherpas. "AvySnacks" - Delectable little morsels of avalanche education. Look for a new episode every week. Bite-sized learning (or just a refreshing of what you think you already know) Get snacky...

You may or may not have heard of Billy Poole. I know I had, but I didn't really know what his story was. I bumped into Billy in Las Lenas over the summer and put a red headed face to the name. A rowdy big mountain skier with an insatiable appetite for long boot-packs, he had just returned from skiing the epic Adrenalina Couloir after leaving at 4am direct from the bar. After flying a helicopter out of a huge avalanche last winter in BC, Billy is lucky to be here. So come meet Billy Poole.

This summer, Swedish extreme skier Fredrik Ericsson will embark on his dream of becoming the first person to ski the world’s three highest mountains: Mount Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga. Arguably, the toughest challenge of the three will be his expedition to the world’s second highest mountain, K2, which begins in June 2009.