Jake Stern is a digital editor at Outside, reporting on the latest adventure and culture news. He lives, climbs, bikes, and skis in the Eastern Sierra. New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems ...

A local ski-boot fitter of 10 years has developed a device to make the irksome chore of fastening those tough top two ski-boot buckles easier. Bob Ets-Hokin’s “The Buckle-Up” is now available in area ...

Gone are the days of ripping around the mountain on narrow, 198-centmeter GS boards. While we’ve seen drastic changes in ski technology, shape and appearance in the last 15 years, boots have not ...

There was a point in my high school career, smack dab in the middle of the 2010s—the dog days of the Indie Sleaze Era—where a certain pair of boots became all the rage. Overnight, it seemed like ...

Each year, a pair of boots ranks high among the top autumnal trends. This is, in many ways, a given, but what’s not is what kind of boots are trending. For fall 2022, it’s a pair of buckle-y ...