Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. It’s easy to forget that this moment–the release of not one, but now ...

Reviewing ski gear–especially telemark equipment–is an interesting undertaking. Not only is the sensation granted by spring, cable, boot, and ski undeniably impacted by each user’s subjectivity, each ...

Ever looking across the aisle at the alpine world, telemark equipment has long evolved toward stiffer, more resistive models. Not least of all the sport’s boots, whose modern plastic iterations are ...

Telemark skiers have been skiing in walk mode for years. For the uninitiated–especially those of the alpine touring persuasion used to footwear fine-tuned to striding–this may sound downright batty.

With innovative new equipment and a revitalized subculture, telemark has entered its modern era. But a divisiveness, ...

In any sport, beginners need the best gear but they usually start out with the worst. For me, taking up telemark skiing has been no different. I’ve wanted to try telemark skiing for years, and at the ...

SALIDA — It’s been a long time coming, but I finally got some sole. It was bound to happen at some point. After all, I took up telemark skiing nearly 20 years before any insecure alpiner got around to ...

Robert Tusso’s DIY boot and binding experiments have left an indelible mark on telemark skiing gear. This is the first installment profiling DIY innovators in telemark skiing. Spend much time ...

I think what you re after is the Scarpa Matrix, Tony. It s an AT boot that Scarpa has designed with enough flex to keep you pretty happy on the ascent and traverses. And after some complaints that it ...