The Mountain Mastery 2012 – powered by Mammut, Gore-Tex® and PowderGuide has been running since mid-January. Over seven weeks, the teams had to reveal, justify and comment on their decisions and activities throughout the planning phase of a freeride trip, and endure feedback from PowderGuide and the Mammut Alpine School, until the teams "Professor Jagens & Mizzi Tant" and "boarderlife" were chosen as the winners of the main prize at the beginning of March.
They were able to go on a 3-day freeride trip in the area of their choice under the guidance of a mountain guide from the Mammut Alpine School and equipped with the appropriate Gore-Tex® clothing from Mammut in the Ötztal. Here you can read the conclusions of the winning teams from the final of the Mountain Mastery 2012.
Freeriding – especially in the high spheres of fat freeski mountaineering – is an injury-prone sport. It doesn't take long for something to happen: a sprained ankle, a twisted knee, a torn cruciate ligament. And then you find yourself on crutches. So that this doesn't have to be the end of your activities on the mountain, the author has developed a walking aid for freeski mountaineers together with the renowned but modern company Ortho-Works. We present the prototype here:
The winners of the Mountain Mastery 2012 - powdered by Mammut & Gore-Tex have decided. And so we will be out and about in the Tyrolean Ötztal from March 21 to 23. In addition to the teams boarderlife and Professor Jagens & Mizzi Tant: Knut, Baschi Bender as photographer and film director and the mountain guide Markus Brand.
Some creatures only really perk up when the light fades. But people can quickly get into trouble in the dark. An emergency headlamp can be a really welcome blessing, especially for serious activities on the mountain. One of the most helpful lights is the Petzl e+LITE.
It all started with Andy Razic's dream of leaving his signatures and tracks in the flanks and spines of Alaska's impressive mountains and drawing the dream lines of his life. He quickly found willing companions in Chris Skala, Didi Grafl and Knut Pohl, who wanted to bring this dream to life with him. The goal is to climb and descend Alaska's impressive mountains under his own steam.
All eyes are on the last Freeride World Tour Qualifier in Austria this season. The first edition of the 3-star event will take place on the Kitzsteinhorn from March 22 to 25. On two days, the riders will have 2 different faces to conquer: the Geißstein on Friday and the Lackerschneid on Saturday. It will be interesting to see who will come out on top in the first edition of the event.
Freeriding is a sport with a not inconsiderable risk of injury. Especially as some accidents simply cannot be foreseen. One small rock just below the surface of the snow and you're in trouble. If you're well prepared, there's a good chance that you'll be able to tell this unfortunate story for everyone's amusement at an evening in a mountain hut?
The Mammut Gore-Tex® Mountain Mastery 2012 is history! Over three increasingly detailed and practical levels, analogous to the 3x3 filter method, the participating teams fought their way through and literally gave their all. They had to, because the level and motivation of the participants was extremely high and catapulted the entries to unexpected heights of performance. The best teams had to measure themselves against these if they wanted to have a chance of winning one of the prizes worth a total of 15,000 euros.
Due to the first tense and then changeable avalanche situation, which was anything but easy to assess, our Mountain Mastery – powered by Mammut & Gore-Tex – teams had three weeks to walk and describe their tours for Level 3 "go out and ride" and to practice maneuver critique.
Climbing skins give real meaning to the word "free" in "freeriding". Gliding along on snow crystals only becomes truly free when you make the effort to climb up yourself and get away from the hustle and bustle of the crowds.
David Jäger – as user "plywood" is known to many in the German-speaking freeski community – has taken his passion for ski construction to the next level and offers his handmade slats for sale. PowderGuide has ridden them for you.
When Marker entered the market for ascent-oriented frame ski touring bindings in the 2010/2011 season with the Tour F10 and F12, we presented and tested the bindings for you. After more than a year of hard practical use, it's time to evaluate the performance of the F12 in an endurance test, and we also checked with the manufacturer Marker to find out what has changed in the Tour for the current 2012 generation.