Marc Stal

The [ak] in Burton's premium outerwear collection stands for Alaska. Alaska is known to every powder junkie as the ultimate fix, but Alaska also stands for harsh weather with extreme cold and lots of snowfall. Burton has been using these associations for 20 years to market its backcountry-specific high-performance product line: Burton [ak].

On paper, the ARVA R24 promises everything you would expect from an avalanche backpack: Safety, light weight, carrying comfort and enough storage space for a day tour including a snack (Znüni = Schwyzerdütsch for a snack after breakfast and before lunch). Of course, it must also be possible to attach the snowboard or skis and there should also be room for an ice axe.

Marker advertises the 16:10+ Map ski goggles with a particularly wide field of vision and, as the name suggests, with MAP technology

A hackysack-capable outdoor smartphone with good battery performance and sensors that will awaken the hobby meteorologist in you!

Who doesn't know the longing for curves? This longing can be satisfied with the Korua Pencil splitboard in combination with the necessary amount of fresh snow. With its surf-inspired shape, the Korua Pencil is a quiver (second or third) splitboard that makes drawing curvy lines in deep snow a pleasure and also invites you to carve on the piste.

True to the motto "carbon instead of fitness", the S-One Carbon Splitboard saves energy both uphill and downhill. This may not make you better, but it means you can go longer!

Splitboarders are more likely to be on the red list of endangered species among ski tourers, although it is certainly more common to encounter a splitboarder or snowboarder with short skis or snowshoes than to spot a mountain eagle.