Fritz Barthel almost killed himself skiing on Mont Blanc, and it gave him an idea that would change his life and backcountry skiing forever. Today, almost all backcountry skiers and ski tourers use ...

Skis get the glory but ski bindings can make or break your day on the slopes. The sorcery with ski bindings is that you shouldn’t think about them at all — that means they’re doing their job. But if ...

From leather straps and Kandahar Bindings, the way we clip into our skis has come a long way. Humans have been skiing for just about as long as we’ve lived in snowy places. For millennia, skiing was ...