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Skiing and Climbing Sites

Avalanche Forecast Know before you go . . .

NOAA The weather report for anywhere you might be going

Unisys Computer weather models for everyman; this is the 10 day pressure/precip model for North America

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

Mike Gauthier'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

skisickness.blogspot.com Seattle's own Gangsta of Glisse, in yo' face daily

MtnPhil.com Phil Fortier's excellent site, classic trip reports and videos

Kam Leang's Site The best source of BC ski info in Midlothian, Virginia

bloatedskiing Kevin Curd's new ski blog

alpineslider.com Mortgage banker Sam Avaiusini gets out a lot for a guy with a day job

freshiez.net Paul Belitz runs his new site from the comfort of San Diego

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

Cloudveil The original, and still arguably the best, soft shell garments

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

Pawprince.com Ex-Alpental local Andrew McLean's site

TetonAT.com US Team rando racer Steve Romeo gets the goods

nerandorace.com Jonathan Shefftz's site details the scene in New England, useful Dynafit info too

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

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

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

Scarpa Leader in randonnée and telemark footwear

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

Phil Ingle's Site Badass ski mountaineering in the Chamonix Valley

Telemark Tips The most active backcountry ski forum in North America

Backcountrymagazine.com Popular backcountry ski/snowboard forum now merged with Couloir

Pro Mountain Sports A great University District store for climbing & camping needs

jeffthefish.com My friend and Hurricane Katrina transplantee Jason Brunet's site

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

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

Steepandcheap.com Backcountry.com's online bargain basement, now with an RSS feed

O'Brien Cycles Custom training devices for backcountry fitness

www.trommsdorf.org Michael and Corinne's site, good Luca pix, too!

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

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

Currency Exchange Calculator Is that gear from Europe a good deal or not?

Snow and Avalanche Glossary Online glossary of snow and avalanche terminology in French, German, Italian & English