The Ride Yukon is a great board, at least it was before Ride consolidated molds and moved Mfg to China. I know its tough to find a product made anywhere else; but when they shifted they consolidated to eliminate overhead costs (didn't change the retail price to follow) and thats when things turned for the toilet. The board used to be the "big brother" of the Timeless, and had better sizing (169cm). It used to have this great 3D milled core, to reduce swing weight, just like the Timeless. When they moved to China, they consolidated their molds, making the sizing the same for the Timeless/Yukon (both boards came in the same lengths after moving); that lasted 2 years. Now the Timeless is gone, so is the 3D profile, and so is the cap construction. I have owned several lengths from pre/post China and am no longer happy with the post. The new ones are still a wide board, still fast, and the side cut geometry is now just OK. My opinion is that it doesn't hold its own to the hype anymore, and for the same price? WTF?

These crampons are awesome for sketchy terrain or beginner splitboarders. They will fit all but the widest boards (13.7cm(ID)=27.4cm waist width board). Voile now has a wider version (14.5cm(ID)=29cm waist width board). Actually defining the above "waist width" of the board is incorrect because when you make your own homemade board, the toe clip is mounted just ahead of the balance point of the board half which is almost always not the center/waist width of the board.

They can be fixed to the slider plate when touring so they rise with your heel, or fixed to the ski so when you tour they are always in contact with the snow surface. As in my answer below, when touring and using the heel riser, only the first 1 or 2 sets of teeth are in contact with the snow. When you tour the first set of teeth do help you "dig in" and allow for more sliding then in fixed mode. When they are in a fixed setup, you have all the teeth in contact with the snow and the ultimate in stability (depending on how good you are at skinning of course). They have tapered teeth; shorter teeth in the front and longer in the back which help with the skinning process. They are burly, and take a beating season in and out. A great design and highly recommended. But in the end, if it’s really sketchy, you will want to boot pack or use crampons for your boots.

Want your board split? Contact Mountain and Terrain Technologies.

Another great shovel from Voile. This one comes in all flavors of scoops; T6, mini or standard size aluminum. The saw is a fine tooth blade, unlike the T6 avalache shovel which is a coarse rip saw. If you want the options of telescoping handle and different scoop types, get this one. Otherwise the T6 avalanche shovel saw blade is more universal and quicker to saw through wood.

Another great Voile product. The scoop is T6, their strongest material. The scoop is a little smaller then the Tele Pro (13.5x10 vs. 15x10) so it can be stowed easier. The handle is sufficiently long and sturdy. The saw makes a good addition for snow study and works well as a wood saw. Highly recommend this, a probe, and beacon to fill your back country quiver!

Another great Voile product and the only option available for your wide splitboard ski designed and shaped to fit on the board half. Skin hair is super tough and cleans up tree sap, etc well. The glue used to hold the skin to your base is very sticky, and can be tough to seperate. I purchased some rubber/beaded drawer liner material from the hardware store and cut it just over the width of the skin (after you have trimmed it). Cut 2 pieces and place on each skin. Or if you are a ultralight packer, use only one and place inbetween each skin. Make sure to make it a little wider then your skin so you don't have to be so exact in its placement.

For those that prefer a hard boot on the way down, this is the only way to go. Allows for more combinations of crampons to use on the uphill.

Another first from Salomon! Wide snowboard boots that don't take up much more space, awesome. Salomon boots are great out of the box, and continue to perform year after year. I have these boots for park/spring days since they are softer then the Synapse or Malmute.

What can I say? This is a great product, and the only one out there! Sure beats snowshoeing, and the skiers will love you for breaking trail. Want to get your board split? Check out my website, www.mnttechnologies.com There is also a review on Voiles website about me! I will install this kit to your splitboard allowing you to have the fully functioning rotating system.

What can I say? This is a great product, and the only one out there! Sure beats snowshoeing, and the skiers will love you for breaking trail. Want to get your board split? Check out my website, www.mnttechnologies.com There is also a review on Voile's website about me!

Spyder quality, as expected. Purchased this item for my European colleague, who is a Spyder only après skier. I don't particularly like Spyder products, but my colleague reports its a great addition to his entire Spyder ensemble. He will look and feel great skiing once, then drinking, then skiing one more time and drinking the rest of the day (all before noonish).

Top notch 3-layer Goretex XCR Stretch glove with fully taped seams; damn, that’s a lot! Turning the glove inside out shows the seam taping and it looks marvelous! Attention to detail is typical China made quality and everything looks bomb proof. Leather hands and back is supple and machine washable. The warmer fleece liner has primaloft backs, hot pocket, and tacky dots on the fingers to help with articulation. The thinner glove is nice too. Fits like a neoprene glove. We will see how well things hold up (leather, seam taping). Glove runs small compared to any other Burton glove due to the seam taping; so order 1 size larger.