National Outdoors -- Kids Clothing | Gear

The Karhu Jak Backcountry is a light weight version of the popular Jak. In order to save weight, without giving up performance, Karhu replaced the Titanal with carbon fiber, and the maple core with Greenlight, an environmentally friendly core. The Jak BC weights nearly a pound less than the regular Jak. The weight savings makes touring a breeze. Click here for my Jak review.

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The Black Diamond Predator backpack is a true rock and ice climber's pack, functionally designed to carry all the equipment needed for a safe ascent. Internal frame

Top-loading

Front crampon pouch

Stowable helmet safety net

Rope-carrying strap under lid

Thermoformed suspension

Y-rod stay with back panel access

Watershedding construction

Dual PickPocket ice axe holders

Removable molded waist belt

Twin Ice-Clipper slots

Three-way Delta Compression system

The K2 Work Stinx is one of the most popular tele skis. And for a good reason. It's a great all round ski that you can ski at the resorts and in the backcountry. The K2 rep told me a they sell to a lot of ski patrollers. She also explained that the ski has 2 different radius sidecuts in the front and in the back. The shorter front radius help initiate your turn and the longer radius helps hold the ski in the turn.

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