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Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonApril 09, 2018bow peakgrand daddy, couloir, bow, mosquito creek, icefields parkway, guide, route, route description, map, approach1 Comment

The Grand Daddy Couloir is Ridiculous

Only pooped myself a tiny bit.

Trip Reports, SkiingPhil TomlinsonApril 09, 2018bow peakgrand daddy, couloir, bow, mosquito creek, icefields parkway, guide, route, route description, map, approach1 Comment

The Grand Daddy Couloir is Ridiculous

Skiing, Trip ReportsPhil TomlinsonJanuary 08, 2018Wells Gray Provincial Parknew year's, helicopter, bc parks, discovery hut, wells gray provincial park, huts, map, guideComment

New Year's GNAR at the Discovery Hut

Another New Year's hut trip. Food, friends, and a shit-load of skiing.

Skiing, Trip ReportsPhil TomlinsonJanuary 08, 2018Wells Gray Provincial Parknew year's, helicopter, bc parks, discovery hut, wells gray provincial park, huts, map, guideComment

New Year's GNAR at the Discovery Hut

Trip Reports, RockPhil TomlinsonAugust 23, 2017ten sleep brewing companyten sleep, wyoming, dolomite, guide, access, camping, ten sleep brewing company, bighorn climber's coalitionComment

Go to Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Right. Now.

Pack the car and tell your boss you're sick, because life's too short to go one minute longer without going to Ten Sleep.

Trip Reports, RockPhil TomlinsonAugust 23, 2017ten sleep brewing companyten sleep, wyoming, dolomite, guide, access, camping, ten sleep brewing company, bighorn climber's coalitionComment

Go to Ten Sleep, Wyoming. Right. Now.

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonJanuary 25, 2017ski, skiing, bindings, binding inserts, touring bindings, guide, advice1 Comment

Binding Inserts - What's the Point and How do I Install Them?

More skis = More better.

Binding inserts let you have a bunch of different skis with the cost of only a single set of bindings.

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonJanuary 25, 2017ski, skiing, bindings, binding inserts, touring bindings, guide, advice1 Comment

Binding Inserts - What's the Point and How do I Install Them?

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonNovember 03, 2016advice, guide, skiing, ski, probes1 Comment

Probing Probes - Length and Materials Explored

Probes – it’s a collapsible stick, how can Phil possibly complicate this or have a poorly edited 2008-word one-sided discussion about it?

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonNovember 03, 2016advice, guide, skiing, ski, probes1 Comment

Probing Probes - Length and Materials Explored

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonNovember 02, 2016advice, guide, poles, ski, skiingComment

Two Segment Poles are Stupid

Seems like three quarters of the people you see on the skin track are using two segment poles. But why? If you think about it, they sort of suck.

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonNovember 02, 2016advice, guide, poles, ski, skiingComment

Two Segment Poles are Stupid

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonNovember 02, 2016bindings, touring bindings, advice, guide, ski, skiing1 Comment

The Wacky World of Touring Bindings

Much like how buying skis used to be simple but is now hilariously complex, the same goes for bindings.

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonNovember 02, 2016bindings, touring bindings, advice, guide, ski, skiing1 Comment

The Wacky World of Touring Bindings

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonOctober 31, 2016skis, advice, guide2 Comments

Sizing Skis - Buzzword Math

I feel like buying skis used to be simple.Now? Now it’s complicated.

ThoughtsPhil TomlinsonOctober 31, 2016skis, advice, guide2 Comments

Sizing Skis - Buzzword Math