Good ski mountaineering helmet

By Andrew McLean Ranked #277 - Helmets May 7, 2009

I got this helmet for ski mountaneering, but ended up loving it for just about any type of skiing. For ski mountaineering, I wanted something that was lightweight and low profile with no bills, or anything that could catch a sling or rope if it was being placed over your head. I also didn't need a full-on hardshell type of helmet as I'm not expecting to get clocked by any rocks or slam head-first into a lift tower. All that said, this is a foam based helmet, which will give you some protection, but not the full-on beefcake pantyhose protection of a hardshell helmet, which has issues of their own, namely they don't fit very well and ride too high for my personal liking, and if I don't like them, I don't wear them, which kind of makes a super safe helmet irrelevant for me.

What I wasn't expecting out of the Edge helmet is that it would be so comfortable. All heads are different, but the liner and adjustment straps/system seem to perfect suck this helmet onto my noggin.

One negative about this helmet is that they little dial adjustment dealie on the back is not very good. It seemed to stick, so I cranked it a bit harder and it came off in my hand. I was able to plug it back in, but you have to baby it a bit.

I've been using this with a VIO helmet cam and love the stability of helmet.

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