Cheap gear with a little pow on top...

Yesterday was a pretty nice day if I must say so myself. We woke up to a much anticipated snow storm, with 5" of fresh snow blanketed on the hole. We got ready and headed out to the mountain to meet some friends and make some turns. This was our first day of the season with fresh snow and lifts to the top, so we were definitely digging it.


The sun began to set on a nice day of skiing, and then it was time for the big employee sale. All the employees lined up behind Bridger Center to get the best deals of the season.


Jackson Hole Sports, the flagship retail store at JHMR, gave employees 30% off EVERYTHING in the entire store, with many other deals on gear... some stuff even up to 70% off!! Of course we had to take advantage of the sale and pick up some new gear...check it out!

I got some smart wool socks, avalanche shovel, avalanche probe, and martmot work gloves for when I'm working on the lift.

Laura got 2 marmot base layers, avalanche shovel, dakine pack, marmot mittens, and smart wool socks.

We went ahead and invested in our powder setups, Laura got the LIB Tech Skate Banana...and I got the K2 Pontoons (check out their ridiculous sidecut!).

The pontoons have reverse camber, meaning they are convex instead of concave like normal skis. If you had a picture like this of average skis, there would be space between the skis in the middle instead of on the tip and tail...this is supposed to make a world of a difference for flotation in deep powder...very cool!

Hope you liked our new gear! I start work at the lift this Thursday, so wish me luck!