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Skiing and Climbing Sites

Hipster ski/skate/snowboard outlet in Wallingford; the best deals in town (any town) here on the outlet site

Avalanche Forecast Know before you go . . .

NOAA The weather report for anywhere you might be going

Pass Report Up-to-date weather and road conditions from the DOT, plus webcams in season

Turns-All-Year.com People with BC skiing on the brain 12 months a year gather on this forum

Climbing Ranger's Rainier page Great source for up-to-the-minute climbing and road conditions

Wildsnow.com Lou Dawson's excellent BC skiing site; templates for home mounting most AT binders!

Black Diamond An industry leader in climbing and backcountry ski equipment

The Summit at Snoqualmie Info and passes for the world famous Alpental ski area

Life-Link A trusted provider of backcountry shovels, probes and packs

Marmot Mountain Works The only store I shop at in Bellevue

Alpenglow Lowell Skoog's definitive history of NW ski touring/mountaineering

SkiMountaineer.com Amar Andalkar's site, great ski and weather info, plus lots of webcams

Ski Lab Custom skis from Kam and Allyson, a true Mom & Pop operation

bloatedskiing Kevin Curd's ski blog

The Snow Troopers Tim Tietjen's got the latest in PNW ski news and videos

Campmor Good and occasionally great "hot deals" on packs, polypro, tents, etc.

Arc'Teryx One of our favorite Canadian charities; quality too good to ignore

Mountain Hardwear More of the best in outerwear, underwear, and tents

Westcomb These guys do some wonderful things with eVent and NeoShell . . .

Outdoor Research Seattle-based manufacturer of high quality clothing, gloves and accessories

Jytte Hats The best real wool hats in the business, from friends in Sun Valley

Taiga Works Bomber and reasonable outerwear and gear from Vancouver, BC

Cascade Classics The late Ben Manfredi's site lives on

Cascade Crusades Jason and Josh Hummel carry on the tradition

Alpine State of Mind Incredible photos from a NW telemark pioneer

straightchuter.com Ex-Alpental local Andrew McLean's site; fact, fun and opinion

Greg Hill's site 2,000,000 vertical feet? Are you serious?

Dynafit The Austrian site for Dynafit bindings, boots, skis and accessories

Ski Trab Italian skis and skins made with fast touring in mind

Pomoca Performance climbing skins preferred by many racers; they are also the OEM suppliers of Dynafit and K2 skins

Colltex Swiss manufacturer of climbing skins offers a vast array of products

Scarpa Leader in randonnée and telemark footwear

Plum Beautifully CNC'd tech bindings from France; say "Ploom"

Second Ascent Where the bros go, these guys are hard core users of what they sell . . .

Pro Guiding Service Martin Volken's North Bend-based guiding service, he has a shop too

Northwest Mountaineering Journal Online magazine covering skiing and climbing in the Northwest

cascadeclimbers.com Youthful exuberance and good info on routes and access

John Scurlock's Aerial Photos Incredible aerial shots of North Cascades peaks in winter

The Mountaineers Seattle-based club for hiking, climbing and skiing

skibuilders.com Homemade skis from Kam, Kelvin & Kam

tognar.com Great source of tuning and mounting tools & supplies

Slidewright Another great source of tuning and mounting tools & supplies

Mountain Gear Good selection and occasional great specials

Telemarkski.com Excellent selection of Tele and Rando gear

Randogear.com Online source of Randonnée gear

Bent Gate Mountaineering Good people and service; wide selection of ski and climbing gear

O'Brien Cycles Custom training devices for backcountry fitness

Pistehors.com A view from the other side of the pond, first looks at new gear (in English)

Sport-Conrad German e-tailer of ski and bike gear with reasonable shipping to the US

Bächli-Bergsport Swiss purveyor of climbing and skiing gear

Verticalworld/Sport Amplatz Good Italian source of esoteric rando race gear

Cham3S Online and retail ski touring and climbing gear from Chamonix

Sk'Alp Purveyors of a unique fixed ski crampon and a wide selection of other ski gear

www.xtele.com Japanese telemark site; member js contacted me out of the blue via TTips

snoweye.com Cool. 2,665 webcams from ski resorts all over the world

snow-forecast.com Snow and resort info for most of the world's ski areas

skimountaineering.org A great site for following the rando race scene in Europe

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