This is a great lightweight shovel for avalanche work/study. It easily packs yet digs a good pit. I like it a lot and am glad I purchased it. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to go into the backcountry completely prepared but not weighed down. The blue color makes it easy to find too!!

I LOVE this jacket!! So much in fact, that I purchased two of them!! One in red and the other in celery!! The red is for on the mountain, the celery is for in town or in the cabin!! It is so comfortable that I truly feel I could sleep in it.

This is a fun tool to use in avalanche awareness. I brought mine to use for a class and my teacher liked it so much, I purchased one for him too. Fun snow toys that will help save you from avalanches!

Great fun to use in avalanche study to see the types of snow crystals that are found in the various layers. I had no idea how many types of formations there are and am fascinated by them all. I enjoy looking at them and analyzing them just for the fun of it as well as during class study.

These are really great!! I use them in all seasons, put snow baskets on for winter. They give great support and stability but don't tire your wrists. On steep down climbs, these are great to put forward and carry the weight of me and my pack instead of my knees getting it all. And for climbing uphill, they are great for giving boosts, especially with a heavy pack on. I highly recommend these to everyone.

This is a great fun tool for backcountry. I climb and really need to know the snowpack of the area I am going into. This is a great tool for me to see how much it will take to avalanche an area. That way I can decide if this slope is good or not to traverse. It gives me options to be safe in the backcountry. I purchased my cord a couple of years ago and my mountaineering guide liked it so much, I purchased this one for him as a present.

My guide and I went to Mt. Shasta for an advanced avalanche awareness class in February. I have the snow study kit, which I purchased from you which includes a couple of the snow cards. My guide had this one, but I didn't. I liked it and so when I came home, I searched for it from your company. I love all of this backcountry gear. It is great fun to study the outdoors through fun gear. Not only am I learning about the earth and all of her magic and wildness, I can also be safe in doing so. That way, I can "live to climb another day" as my hero Ed Viesters says.

This little lightweight shovel is great! I used it in an advanced avalanche awareness class in February. It packed well in my daypack, assembled easily, dug the snow pit with vigor. The curved angle of the shovel blade makes shovel tests a little difficult. But if the slab is going to avalanche, it will regardless of your shovel angle. I really like the lightness of it for the backcountry. I will use it often!!

This is a fabulous sweater/jacket. I wore it driving up to Mt. Shasta in the bad weather in February. It was perfect for the cold winds. I wore it in town running around and going to my mountaineering class. I love it so much, the next time I camp, I'll wear it all the time. I'd even sleep in it as it is so comfortable! I got the Margarita color!! Great fun color!! I love Marmot gear and this lived up to its name.

These pants are the BEST!!! I love them! They are great for 14,000 footers as a base layer in winter. Plus, I've slept in these and they are great for easy turning around in your sleeping bag. You don't get caught and struggle. One time, the temp. fell to 16 degrees and very very cold. I was car camping and put on everything I had to keep warm. The DriClime on top of mid weight long johns did the trick. I was beginning to think I was in trouble, as I was shivering uncontrollably!! The DriClime's probably kept me from hypothermia!!

These socks are the BEST!!! I LOVE them! They are cushiony, soft, warm, comfortable, no rolling or bunching up. They are my new favorite socks!!

These are great socks!! I use them for light day hikes with 30 lb packs for practice. I love the Dahlgren socks so much, I purchased some for my hiking friends. They love them too. As a matter of fact, a friend bought me my first pair for my birthday and I've never looked back!!!

This is a great bowl, lightweight, holds a lot of food, easy to clean. I even use it when I stay at the motel on the way to a climb for cooking in the room!! It is always packed in my mountaineering gear bag!!!

This is a great shirt, have many in all colors! LOVE IT!! Great layering, great for hiking, great wicking, great comfort. I love North Face's shirts for women!!

These shorts are great!! They are SO comfortable. I have 2 pairs and I love them. I run errands in them, wear them to clean the house, wear them hiking on hot days. The fun colors make it even more fun to wear. I highly recommend them to everyone!!!

These are GREAT pants! I wear them to sleep in during snowy winter months on Mt. Shasta in Northern California. I also wear them to sleep in on Mt. Diablo in Northern California--there is no snow but it is very cold! They are easy to wear in the bag as you can roll around and not get stuck against the sides of the sleeping bag. I wear them also under my Gore-Tex bibs climbing Mt. Shasta. The wicking is great and I stay dry even when perspiring. I highly recommend these to anyone who wants to be snuggly warm and comfortable.

These backpacking socks are GREAT!!! Soft and cushiony and warm. They are wonderful inside my boots. No binding, no slipping, no blisters (of course I wore a liner). I highly recommend these socks to anyone who carries a heavy pack. I received a pair as a birthday present and promptly purchased many more for birthday presents to others. I even gave the person who gave them to me 2 pr for her birthday!!! She loves them too!!!

These are GREAT socks!!! Like the Backpacking Socks, soft, cushiony and warm. No blisters, no slippage, just great feet-hugging comfort. I purchased many of these for friends' birthdays and even the person who gave them to me for my birthday!!! I highly recommend these!!

I LOVE these North Face VaporWick Crew knit shirts. I've purchased several and want all the colors!!! I feel SO comfortable in these, the moisture evaporates quickly and there is NO discomfort. I wear these on the weekends and I wish I could wear them to work! I highly recommend these.

Fabulous! I love this tent! I've taken it to Mt. Shasta, Helen Lake, and Mt. Diablo many times--it is a great tent. A bit heavy for just one person to carry, but the protection and safety I feel makes it worth it. It is big enough to put my gear inside during bad weather. I've been in rain downpours and good winds. I've camped in snow though have not been in a real storm yet.