National Outdoors -- Mountain Bike Shop

The Klever Kutter safe cutting tool by Safecutters, Inc. is a great tool to have in your pocket, or in your backpack, when you're out on your next adventure. The cutting tool consists of a hand length plastic handle with a small, well protected, razor blade a the end. It's very light and can cut material up to 1/8 inch thick. It's mainly used as a box cutter, but I found some other handy uses.

The Scarpa TX or Terminator X was designed for the Rottefella NTN telemark binding. Due to the new binding system, the boot does not have the traditional "duck bill" of a telemark boot. There is a flange beneath the front half of the boot that catches the binding. These boots are Dynafit compatible, so you can buy one pair of boots for your Randonee and Telemark set-ups. Believe me, they are definitely stiff enough for your AT skis.

Katadyn has simplified the process of filtering water by putting the filter right in the water bottle. You just dip the water bottle in a stream, fill it up, then put the lid and filter into the bottle and squeeze. The filter that comes with the bottle removes bacteria and cysts, like Giardia and Cryptosporidum, which is fine for most backcountry travel. You don’t want to use this to filter questionable water in third world countries. The instructions warn that this filter does not remove viruses, and a special virus purification cartridge is available.