Salewa

Florian Ramsauer reports for PowderGuide on his participation in the Salewa Climb to Ski Camp, an unquestionably unconventional ski touring, freeriding and ski mountaineering camp. Together with professional athletes from the organizer and alpine outfitter Salewa and local mountain guides, the group spent four days roaming the outstanding terrain around the Dolomite village of San Martino di Castrozza in fresh snow and perfect weather.

How can you further develop a backpack without getting lost in pointless details? With the lightweight "RANDONNEE 30" ski touring backpack, Salewa has opted for the pragmatic, tried and tested approach. The compact backpack has an attractive appearance without a lot of frills.

My first impression of the Capsico was along the lines of "what is that"? I now wear these shoes every day, but less for leisure and strolling and much more as a house and access shoe.

We were at OutDoor in Friedrichshafen for you again this year and kept an eye out for the latest trends. Here you will find a brief overview of the trends and new products from the hardgoods, clothing and accessories sectors.

As every year, we are reporting on the new products from our PG partners at Ispo 2014. In the first part, we looked at detailed ski mountaineering pants, light and heavy down clothing, various PinTech bindings and backpacks and ski clothing for ski touring. In the second part, we present a selection of next year's new products from Dynafit, Flylow, Icebreaker, Salomon, Salewa and Uvex. Enjoy reading and look forward to next winter...!

If, despite all caution, it does happen, a shovel and probe are part of your life insurance, along with an avalanche transceiver and personal know-how. No wonder, then, that the demands on robustness and user-friendliness are high. Can the new developments from SALEWA meet these requirements?

Preventing a burial must be the top priority for every freerider and ski tourer. Prophylaxis naturally starts with tour planning and appropriate behavior. In recent years, technical developments have brought additional progress in protecting against complete burial or reducing the depth of burial in the event of an avalanche. The leading provider of avalanche airbag systems, which has been operating since 1985, is ABS. SALEWA has been an "ABS Inside Partner" since 2012 and offers selected backpacks with an integrated ABS system.

The Veda jacket and Vasaki pants are the latest men's models in Salewa's freeski mountaineering line. As a hardshell, they form the first barrier against the elements such as wind, moisture and other unpleasantness that you encounter in the mountains. The membrane used is Powertex, which is not only waterproof and breathable, but also very stretchy. Both the jacket and trousers have a super-thin layer of fleece on the inside. This is not a real lining, the fleece is attached directly to the 3-layer material and is really very thin (approx. 1 mm). Nevertheless, this makes the jacket and trousers slightly warmer than pure shell clothing. I have been using the jacket and trousers combination for just under a month for skiing and touring.