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TEXT: MITCHELL SCOTT
SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING OUT-OF-BOUNDS REQUIRES SPECIFIC GEAR ORIENTED TO THE BACKCOUNTRY. YOU'LL NEED A QUIVER RANGING FROM COLLAPSIBLE POLES TO AVALANCHE BEACONS-AND, PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY. THE KNOW-HOW TO USE IT. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, BACKCOUNTRY GEAR HAS EVOLVED FROM A SLIM SELECTION OF THE BASICS TO A MYRIAD OF HIGH PERFORMANCE, TASK-SPECIFIC PRODUCTS. TODAY. YOU COULD LOSE YOUR- SELF IN AN AVALANCHE OF GOOD-QUALITY GEAR. TO HELP YOU BUILD YOUR QUIVER. WE'VE COMPILED A "BEST OF" LIST-THE STRONGEST. LIGHTEST. MOST INNOVATIVE, MOST DURABLE PIECES OF GEAR CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THE GEAR WAS STRINGENTLY TESTED IN THE COLD, SNOW-RAVAGED PEAKS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.
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