Lorenzo Rieg is a scientist, skier, author, lives in Innsbruck and has been active with PowderGuide for well over 10 years. He loves travelling with skis and skins in the Alps or other mountain regions around the world.
Lorenzo Rieg
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gear reviews
Gear Review | Roeckl Sports Mieders GTX
Lorenzo Rieg • 02/08/2024Our partner Roeckl Sports has a whole range of interesting gloves in its programme, which are not only of high-quality workmanship, but are also often made from the most sustainable materials possible. We have tested how one of the top models, the Mieders GTX, performs in practice. -
gear reviews
Gear Review | Ortovox Avabag LiTRIC
Lorenzo Rieg • 01/06/2024The electronic LiTRIC airbag relies on supercapacitors to inflate the airbag, which enables a very lightweight electronic airbag system. Of course, the system also offers all the familiar advantages of an electronically operated airbag, such as being very easy to carry on the aircraft, problem-free test deployments and, last but not least, no need to dispose of and procure cartridges. -
gear reviews
Long-term Gear Review | Dynafit Tigard
Lorenzo Rieg • 12/19/2023As already mentioned in the short-term gear review at the end of last season, the Tigard is probably one of the ski touring boots with the best downhill performance on the market. And so it is certainly worth writing a full test report after a longer period of use! -
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Gear Review | Black Crows Draco Freebird
Lorenzo Rieg • 12/12/2023With the Draco, Black Crows is bringing out an unusual ski. Although it is part of the "Freebird" touring series, it is still a very solid ski with a twin tip that is more suited to big mountain lines and those odd tricks. -
interviews
Interview | Sebastian about the new PowderGuide Weather
Lorenzo Rieg • 11/28/2023With the new PowderGuide website, we are also presenting our community with a completely new weather service: the PG-ICON weather. Sebastian, who is probably best known to most readers from our "Videos of the week" section, is in charge of this. Sebastian holds a doctorate in meteorology and is currently researching tropical precipitation in high-resolution global climate models at the University of Trento. We are very happy to have Sebastian as a specialist in our team and are delighted to be able to introduce him and the new PG-ICON weather with an interview. -
gear reviews
Short-term Gear Review | Dynafit Tigard
Lorenzo Rieg • 03/16/2023The Tigard (a mixture of Tiger and Leopard, by the way) is the new top boot from Dynafit. At approx. 1.5kg, the Tigard is a relatively light touring boot. Thanks to the carbon-reinforced Grilamid, overlap construction and the massive Hoji-Lock locking mechanism, it still has a real flex of 130. -
gear reviews
Gear Review | ATK Raider 13 Evo
Lorenzo Rieg • 03/02/2023For some years now, ATK has had pin bindings with a high Z-value and very low weight in its programme, which are aimed at ambitious ski tourers. This season we were able to test the ATK Raider 13 Evo, which also offers an adjustable DIN setting on the toe piece. -
gear reviews
Gear Review | Scott Superguide LT 95
Lorenzo Rieg • 02/09/2023With the Scott Superguide LT 95, Scott is endeavouring to produce a ski that uses as few resources as possible. This is why not only the base and edges are made from at least partially recycled material, but also certified wood for the core and bio-based material for the topsheet. -
gear reviews
Gear Review | Scott Freeguide Touring
Lorenzo Rieg • 02/04/2023With the Freeguide Touring, Scott has a new ski touring boot in its programme. The shell of the Freeguide Touring is identical to the Freeguide Carbon, but is softer and slightly lighter due to the use of Pebax material, and the boot is also cheaper than the carbon version. -
gear reviews
Gear Review | Picture Folder Xpore Jacket & Bib
Lorenzo Rieg • 03/26/2022Since it was founded almost 15 years ago, the Picture brand, which goes by the full name of Picture Organic Clothing, has stood for sustainable winter sports clothing. On the one hand, sustainable, often bio-based materials are used wherever possible and harmful substances are avoided. On the other hand, Picture also uses innovative approaches such as a lifetime guarantee on the typical "wear parts" of clothing such as zips, buttons and seams. -
news
PartnerNews | Sustainability at Scott
Lorenzo Rieg • 03/22/2022Sustainability is an important and topical issue that we at PowderGuide also address time and again with our partners. Scott is quite active in this area and strives to produce its own products as sustainably as possible, but also pays attention to things like working conditions at suppliers and producers along its own supply chains. We spoke to Andre Goodman, Scott's sustainability manager, about this topic. -
gear reviews
Gear Review | La Sportiva Vanguard
Lorenzo Rieg • 03/12/2022With the Vanguard, La Sportiva is launching a long-awaited boot onto the market that utilises an innovative design. While the trend in ski touring boots is moving towards the "overlap" design familiar from alpine boots, La Sportiva has optimised the more classic "convertible" design with the Vanguard. We tested how the boot performs uphill and downhill.