Best New Summer Gear for 2025 
Check out our top New Gear Choices for the Summer Season
Update: Now is a good time to get some of the New Gear on sale.
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LATEST BACKCOUNTRY SKIING CANADA NEWS & POSTS
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October 7, 2025The PL1 Portable Rope Tow—Born in BC—Aims to Revolutionize How Backcountry Skiers Earn Their Turns The dream of lapping your favourite backcountry stash without the grunt is about...
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October 6, 2025Ski gear can be a costly investment, so when you travel to ski, ensure that you pack it properly. Here's our guide to packing your ski gear. As well a list of some of the top Ski...
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October 3, 2025YETI uses a highly durable, waterproof, and puncture-resistant ThickSkin™ material for the tote’s shell and an EVA-molded bottom for stability, so it’s built tough—just...
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October 3, 2025Turtle Fur has been making hats from a wide variety of materials for over 4 decades, we found a couple or natural fibre models that are really well suited to both winter and summer backcountry...
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October 2, 2025A quick note for those of you who enjoy backcountry skiing content from Europe: starting this season, Ski Rando Magazine is now available in English. It’s a long-running French magazine...
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September 30, 2025Get an early start to your Fall Ski Film fix with Calgary's Freshtival 2025. Since 2023, Fresh Skis has been bringing Calgary skiers together every fall to celebrate, connect and watch the...
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September 28, 2025A huge thank you all who completed our footwear survey. Your detailed feedback provides a clear roadmap for our new review series and reinforces that this is, and always has been, a...
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September 25, 2025YETI’s latest cooler isn’t a cooler at all but a small, convenient tote bag made specifically to carry a small picnic lunch or meal for that next outing or simply a day at the office....
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September 24, 2025Give Gear a Second Life: MEC’s Annual Gear Swap Returns Let’s be honest—most of us have outdoor gear collecting dust in the closet. MEC’s annual Gear Swap is back, giving...
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September 11, 2025A few years ago, YETI and Mystery Ranch (who make some of the best load-carrying packs on the market) worked together to design a new pack under the YETI brand. Shortly after, YETI acquired...
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September 9, 2025Having previously tested Meindl’s Literock Free Trail Shoes this past spring and being thoroughly impressed, it seemed only fitting to put Meindl’s new Comfort Fit Montafon through our...
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September 7, 2025The Arc’teryx Beta AR Jacket is a great example of the reputation for innovation Arc’teryx has in designing and manufacturing outdoor apparel. Now in its 25th year, the Beta AR Jacket...
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September 4, 2025It has been long in the making, but Arc'teryx released the much anticipated Micon LiTRIC™ Avalanche Airbag. This innovative pack combines cutting-edge technology with the...
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August 29, 2025Ibex claims that their upgraded GOAT Tee is the 'greatest tee we've ever made. We took the GOAT Tee on a 110 KM backcountry hiking tour to test this claim out. We even had some...
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August 29, 2025Halfway between Banff and Lake Louise along the Trans–Canada Highway sits the dramatic Castle Mountain. Halfway up the south face of Castle and overlooking the highway is...
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