Editors' Choice Snow Awards 2012
Fourteen innovations, killer values, and other winning designs guaranteed to make this winter your best yet.
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- [alpine touring boot] Scarpa Alien
- [ultralight powder ski] Black Diamond Carbon Megawatt
- [all-season shell] Westcomb Shift LT Hoody
- [comfy shell pants] La Sportiva Storm Fighter GTX
- [body-mapped long johns] Cabela’s E.C.W.C.S. Thermal Zone
- [versatile ski-touring pack] Sierra Designs Ymir 55
- [never-fog goggles] Smith I/O
- [vented , insulated shell] First Ascent BC MicroTherm 2.0
- [warm & light winter hiker] Vasque Snow Junkie UD
- [belly warmer] Bear Creek Country Kitchens Dry Soup Mixes
- [lightweight expedition tent] First Ascent Katabatic
- [innovative poles] Komperdell Carbon Expedition Vario 4
- [new wave down bargain] L.L. Bean Ultralite 850
- [new wave down hoody] Sierra Designs Tov