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Gear Shed: Baselayer, Binding, Duffel, Glove, Helmet, Jacket + Ski Roundup

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As we approach the holiday we hope for tons of snow and offer some of the industry’s top gear and apparel to get you into it.

ATK Freeraider 15 EVO Binding

The Raider EVO range has been redesigned to showcase ATK’s innovations tailored for the Free Touring category. Capable of grasping every nuance of your skiing, the Freeraider 15 EVO Binding puts your style on full display. Now equipped with an automatic ski brake and adjustable toe piece, it delivers top-class stability and a more precise release. The easy entry system makes step-in easy with any tech boot available on the market—even with worn-out soles. www.escaperoute.ca

ATK Freeraider2 binding

Integrated Brake

Integrated Brake
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A standout feature is the all-new automatic ski brake integrated into the heel piece, replacing the conventional manual push-button mechanism. Activation is as simple as rotating the head of the heel piece, embodying a seamless marriage of innovation and convenience. Additionally, the groundbreaking toe piece introduces adjustable release values, ensuring a personalized skiing experience that adapts flawlessly to individual styles.
A standout feature is the all-new automatic ski brake integrated into the heel piece, replacing the conventional manual push-button mechanism. Activation is as simple as rotating the head of the heel piece, embodying a seamless marriage of innovation and convenience. Additionally, the groundbreaking toe piece introduces adjustable release values, ensuring a personalized skiing experience that adapts flawlessly to individual styles.
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Outdoor Vitals Highline Leggings

Your baselayer is just as crucial as your outer. With this fact in mind, Outdoor Vitals has designed their Highline Thermal Leggings with a lot of care and field-testing. After sampling a a variety of fabrics they landed on a Japanese ultralight poly with a proprietary inner loft that retains heat as well as a much thicker material. The leggings also offer stretch and shape retention without the use of spandex—which means less weight, faster dry times and more comfort next to skin. www.outdoorvitals.com

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Photos: Outdoor Vitals

Temperature Regulation

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We don’t like overheating and the material of the Highline Legging is designed to vent excess heat away from your skin and keep you warm and dry. Temperature regulation is optimized through venting in target areas, including a vented crotch gusset to ensure warmth in the right areas and eliminate overheating in others. This allows you to extend your time outside, or sleep more comfortably through the night. (Yes, these leggings are soft enough to use as sleepwear.) And best of all, the leggings weigh just over 113 grams, and pack down to nothing in your pack.
We don’t like overheating and the material of the Highline Legging is designed to vent excess heat away from your skin and keep you warm and dry. Temperature regulation is optimized through venting in target areas, including a vented crotch gusset to ensure warmth in the right areas and eliminate overheating in others. This allows you to extend your time outside, or sleep more comfortably through the night. (Yes, these leggings are soft enough to use as sleepwear.) And best of all, the leggings weigh just over 113 grams, and pack down to nothing in your pack.
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Patagonia Black Hole Duffels

The freshly redesigned Black Hole Duffels boast 100% recycled thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)—a laminate applied to the material and a crucial part of what makes it so durable and weather-resistant. But for every 1,000 yards of TPU produced, 75 lbs. go to waste as a result of the manufacturing process. In an industry first, Patagonia is now purchasing the TPU “waste” direct from the factories and recycling it into all Black Hole Duffels. Available in 40, 55, 70 and 100L sizes. www.patagonia.ca

Patagonia Black Hole Duffel snow bootpack
Photo: Patagonia

Repairability

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Additionally, all new Black Hole Duffels are now designed with even greater repairability in mind. Patagonia’s Reno repair center is now stocked with Black Hole replacement components such as the base, side panels and top panel. Instead of custom patching, a repair tech will be able to replace a damaged panel with a new one, resulting in a higher-quality repair. Fun fact: the replacement panels might not be color matching.
Additionally, all new Black Hole Duffels are now designed with even greater repairability in mind. Patagonia’s Reno repair center is now stocked with Black Hole replacement components such as the base, side panels and top panel. Instead of custom patching, a repair tech will be able to replace a damaged panel with a new one, resulting in a higher-quality repair. Fun fact: the replacement panels might not be color matching.
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Patagonia Cotton Down Jacket

To celebrate their 50th year, Patagonia is looking toward an alternative future. They took their most iconic pieces and remade them with natural fibers in the hope of transforming agriculture. This all-wear jacket insulated with recycled down celebrates Cotton in Conversion—from conventional to organic and regenerative—and Patagonia’s classic aesthetic. www.patagonia.ca

Patagonia Down Jacket women men
Photo: Patagonia

Sustainable Cotton

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In 1996, Patagonia made a commitment to exclusively use 100% virgin cotton grown with organic practices that eliminate the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and GMO seeds in their products. They also incorporate recycled cotton into their raw materials whenever possible, reducing CO₂e emissions by 82% per kilogram compared to using conventional virgin cotton fiber.
In 1996, Patagonia made a commitment to exclusively use 100% virgin cotton grown with organic practices that eliminate the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and GMO seeds in their products. They also incorporate recycled cotton into their raw materials whenever possible, reducing CO₂e emissions by 82% per kilogram compared to using conventional virgin cotton fiber.
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Patagonia Iron Forge Hemp Canvas Double Knee Pants

The durable foundation of Patagonia’s Workwear line, these heavy-duty, double-knee work pants (available for women and men) are made from 12.9-oz Iron Forge Hemp canvas, which is 25% more abrasion resistant than conventional cotton duck canvas and needs no break-in. The material blend hits the sweet spot for long, happy work days: 55% industrial hemp, 27% recycled polyester and 18% organic cotton canvas. And the pants are made in a Fair Trade Certified factory. www.patagonia.ca

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Patagonia Women’s Iron Forge Hemp Canvas Double Knee Pants. Photo: Patagonia

Get 'er Done Pant

Get 'er Done Pant
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The get ‘er done details are legion: the contoured waistband has seven belt loops for increased strength and carrying capacity; the front drop-in pockets have gussets for clip-on tools; the front pockets are deep enough to carry hand tools, and gussets keep an everyday-carry knife or a tape measure handy; the deep drop-in back pockets keep tools handy and create a double-fabric seat for added abrasion resistance; the doubled knees add durability in high-contact areas (bottom openings accommodate kneepads and allow easy cleanout); wide pant legs fit easily over boots or can be tucked in.
The get ‘er done details are legion: the contoured waistband has seven belt loops for increased strength and carrying capacity; the front drop-in pockets have gussets for clip-on tools; the front pockets are deep enough to carry hand tools, and gussets keep an everyday-carry knife or a tape measure handy; the deep drop-in back pockets keep tools handy and create a double-fabric seat for added abrasion resistance; the doubled knees add durability in high-contact areas (bottom openings accommodate kneepads and allow easy cleanout); wide pant legs fit easily over boots or can be tucked in.
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Royal Robbins Alpine Mountain Pro Pant

The lightweight Alpine Mountain Pros (for men or women) handle rugged terrain and extended trips in style. Made from a quick-dry 88% recycled polyester, their stretch and articulation provide freedom to stride and climb, and their durability withstands miles of scrambling and bushwhacking. Cuffs cinch to seal out trail debris, and the multi-flex waistband stays comfortable all day. www.sail.ca

Royal Robbins model cu m alpine mtn pro pant

All-Around Pant

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The durable, quick-dry four-way stretch fabric is made with recycled polyester, upcycling plastic bottles from landfills; multi-flex waistband utilizes low-profile elastic for improved fit without bulk; the front “Locking Snap” closure provides added security and flexibility; the C0 DWR treatment for water resistance is PFC-free; and the fabric is bluesign®-approved, which means materials and production methods minimize impact on people and planet.
The durable, quick-dry four-way stretch fabric is made with recycled polyester, upcycling plastic bottles from landfills; multi-flex waistband utilizes low-profile elastic for improved fit without bulk; the front “Locking Snap” closure provides added security and flexibility; the C0 DWR treatment for water resistance is PFC-free; and the fabric is bluesign®-approved, which means materials and production methods minimize impact on people and planet.
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Salomon QST 106 Alpine Ski

With a reworked design, the iconic and unisex QST 106 ski brings even more reliable versatility and playfulness to your ski day. With a 106mm waist and progressive freeride shape, this versatile ski does it all with style and finesse whether you’re carving the hard pack, cruising the groomers, or floating atop the pow. Confidence and agility in any condition, at any speed. www.salomon.com

Salomon QST 106 2024
Photo: Salomon

Smith Method Helmet

More than ready for cold groomers, sweaty uptracks and anything in between, the Method Helmet sets you up with the latest safety innovations, including Mips and Zonal KOROYD, for enhanced energy absorption in the event of a crash, and in-mould construction fusing the exterior shell and EPS foam for a one-piece design that’s lightweight and durable. While the Method has even more protective tech than its predecessors, Smith kept it light n’ breezy with eight vents and AirEvac tech. At just 400g (size medium) this helmet offers all the protection you need, and none of the weight you don’t. It is also Aleck audio systems compatible and designed for ultimate integration with Smith goggles for maximum comfort and venting. More about how Smith created the Method helmet here.

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Photo: SMith

Impact-Absorbing Tech

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Koroyd’s welded tubes crumple instantly and consistently on impact, absorbing maximum force in a controlled manner, minimizing energy transferred to your head. Traditional energy absorbers act like a spring, storing the energy from an impact and releasing it over a micro-moment of time. Due to this, more energy could be transferred to the head, increasing the risk of injury. When Koroyd is impacted, energy is better absorbed through sacrificial plastic deformation. The material acts as a true energy absorber rather than a spring, crumpling, absorbing, and protecting the wearer.
Koroyd’s welded tubes crumple instantly and consistently on impact, absorbing maximum force in a controlled manner, minimizing energy transferred to your head. Traditional energy absorbers act like a spring, storing the energy from an impact and releasing it over a micro-moment of time. Due to this, more energy could be transferred to the head, increasing the risk of injury. When Koroyd is impacted, energy is better absorbed through sacrificial plastic deformation. The material acts as a true energy absorber rather than a spring, crumpling, absorbing, and protecting the wearer.
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Swany SX-30 X-Calibur Glove

Grip better, grab easier with the Swany SX-30 X-Calibur Glove, available for men and women. Built with Dyna-Flex construction and a Triplex alpha® insulation system, this glove moulds to your hand for the most natural fit possible, but also delivers 30-50 per cent more warmth than a standard insulated glove. That it’s also fully waterproof and breathable means this is your new favourite glove. www.swanycanada.com 

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Women’s SX-30 X-Calibur. Photo: Swany

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