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Boot Fitting Tips As Hiking Season Heats Up

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An Expert Provides Advice On Right Fit for Hiking Boots. As hiking season gets in full swing you may be considering new boots for your upcoming adventures. In the thirteen years I’ve been helping people choose hiking footwear, I’ve gathered four…
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The Right Hiking Boot For The Senior You

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Balancing The Scales: Hiking Footwear—Comfort vs. Support. At the shop where I work, questions customers often ask include: “I’ve been wearing the same boots for over twenty-five years, is there anything new?” “How comfortable…
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The Ski Diva: How To Put Your Skis To Bed

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If You Take Care Now, You Save Time And Hassles Next Season.  Here's How.   It's that time.  Despite the teasing snow in Vermont and New Hampshire this week, the season is fini, over, done.  And our friend and colleague, The Ski Diva,…
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Test Animal In The Annual Ski Boot Lab

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How the Magazines Get Their Boot Evaluations. Since the mid-80's a group of serious skiers has convened at Mt Bachelor, in Bend, Oregon, to evaluate the boots store buyers have purchased for the coming season. This year the show, which is organized…
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Blistering Review of Farm to Feet Socks

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How Do You Like Your Socks?  Farm Fresh, Says Tamsin. Do you have those mornings when your lower back is a bit stiff from yesterday's skiing, and you try to pull on your ski socks standing up and almost fall over? I have. A pair of ski socks just…
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DeBooter: DeLovely Way For Easy (And Painless) Boot Removal

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A Smart Ski Boot Jack That Really Works. They are the collective sounds of people removing their ski boots: the moans of agony and the sighs of joy heard in lots and lodges around the globe. I'm simply relieved to get the damn things off, but…
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Helpful Handy Hand Warmer Hints

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From Newborn Mittens to YOUR Mittens. Editor Note: Sue Z. is a senior skier and craftsperson who hangs out at Alta.  She wrote a recent gift idea that showed how to transform worn out ski socks into a cool scarf.   Like many older skiers, I rely…
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Product Review: NuDown Parkas and Vests Use Pumped Air to Stay Warm

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Reduces Layering. Improves On-Hill Comfort. For the past several weeks, I've been skiing in a NuDown parka designed to keep you comfortable regardless of outside temperature and without dressing in multiple layers. It utilizes a hand-operated air pump…
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From Socks to Scarves in Sixty Minutes

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A Terrific DIY Gift Idea! Ski season is winding down, and some of us may be returning to other activities. Suzy Z.* will be doing needlework. Suzy, a seniorsskiing.com subscriber, had this terrific idea for sock-scarves while shopping last fall…
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Product Review: Socks That Rock From Injinji

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New Performance Toe Socks Are Super Comfortable and Supportive. It’s March, and close to the end of the season for a lot of folks. If you think your gear is starting to look a little tattered, now is the time to contemplate a new way of thinking…
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Lightweight Ski Gear Does Double Duty At Resort, Backcountry

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Backcountry Skiing May Be An Alternative For Seniors. It’s getting crowded on the slopes. Lift lines can be agonizingly long, the runs denuded of soft powder. You’re looking over a shoulder trying to avoid getting clobbered by someone else. Is…
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Muck Boots: The Toyota 4-Runner Of Footwear

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Rugged, Waterproof Snow Boots E-Z On/Off. My wife and I just returned from a pleasant hike in the snow, among cliffs and monoliths; sagebrush and Ponderosa pine. She wore sturdy hiking boots and gaiters. I wore the Muck Boot Arctic Commuter, a high-rise…
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Product Review: Are Seniors Ready For High Tech Goggles and Sunglasses?

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Better Than $20 Off-The-Rack Sunglasses? Inspired by Red Bull Racing, the four time Formula One Auto Racing Champions, Red Bull Racing is introducing new eyewear that uses high-tech, cutting edge technology in sunglasses and goggles. Formula One…
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Product Review: Goodbye, Water Bottle. Hello Hydrapak.

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Dehydration Comes Easy When Skiing: Collapsible Water Bottle Is An Answer. Staying hydrated on the slopes is important, but rigid plastic water bottles are a pain to carry in a parka. Hydrapak makes soft and pliable water bottles that fit comfortably…
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Comparing Five XC Ski Bindings for “Ease of Use”

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SeniorsSkiing Correspondent and Cross Country Expert Rates The Big Five Bindings. You’ve paid for your trail pass and are ready to head out on the trails at your favorite xc ski touring center. How easy is it to put your skis? In this review, I discuss…
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Five Senior-Favored Products

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I found them at the Outdoor Retailers Winter Market. It's the largest show of its kind in the U.S., and it's where manufacturers strut their stuff and retailers place orders for next year. The show is the launch pad for innovative products as well…
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Product Review: Shake It With TomTom Bandit

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Action Camera Comes With Instant Editing. It’s good to have a rival—Macy’s has Gimbel's, the Red Sox have the Yankees, Holmes has his match in Moriarty. Everyone gets much sharper with a decent competitor. And so it is with action cameras. The…
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Stocking Stuffer: Hassle Reduction By Shipping Gear

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Don't Schlep, Ship. My pal Jerry took his wife and two college-age girls on a ski trip from Boston to Vail a few winters ago. The trip involved a stopover in Chicago which, when his plane from Boston landed, was being covered in a blinding snowstorm.…
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