Winter accessories

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The Canyons Lift Tickets

The Canyons Ski Resort, located outside Park City, UT, Backcountry.coms playground for using the gear we sell, offers 3600 skiable acres of terrain ranging from beginner groomers to big bowls to a massive terrain park to stomach-churning steeps.

The North Face Heat Exchanger Balaclava

The North Face Heat Exchanger Balaclava uses QX-Tec technology to warm and moisten the air you breathe in, which decreases your perception of the cold and helps prevent the dreaded cold weather lung burn.

Mountain Hardwear Dome Perignon

The Mountain Hardwear Dome Perignon Winter Hat is a classic vintage of warm, fleecy hat.

Bridgedale Ski Midweight Sock

The Ski Midweight sock by Bridgedale offers a happy medium between a thick insulating sock and a thin performance-fit sock.

Smartwool Ski Sock - Medium Cushion

SmartWool uses intelligent sheep to make the Ski Medium Cushion Sock warm and soft.

Bridgedale Snowsport Sock

The Bridgedale Snowsport sock is perfect for comfort-oriented skiers and riders looking for the most warmth and softness in a sock.

Mountain Hardwear Micro Dome

The Mountain Hardwear Micro Dome is a tight fitting windproof fleece beanie designed to fit under a helmet or hood.

Bridgedale Ski Ultra Light Sock

The Bridgedale Ski Ultra Light Sock is the closest you can get to skiing without a sock. The advantage is a close boot fit that affords maximum feeling in your boot which translates to maximum control.

Bridgedale Womens Ski Sock

The Bridgedale Womens Ski Sock is a midweight sock with an extended thermal toe area and extra dense wool for warmth and cushioning under foot.

The North Face WindStopper Ear Gear

The North Face WindStopper Ear Gear is the ultimate headband. Perfect for intense aerobic activities like Nordic skiing, the Ear Gear will let you ventilate while keeping your ears nice and warm.

Smartwool Ski Light Cushion Sock

The Ski Light Cushion Sock is a great new ski sock from the intelligent sheep at SmartWool.

Dahlgren ThinSki Socks

For maximum boot fit, the terry cushioning has been removed, but the zone construction in the Dahlgren ThinSki Sock and high performance have been left intact.

DAKINE Tune Up Kit - Standard and Mini

DAKINEs Tune-Up Kit is a great solution for those who have always wished for an ultra portable tuning set. The Standard and Mini Tune-Up Kits come complete with everything youd need to perform basic work on your skis or snowboard.

Alta Lift Tickets

Alta is for skiers, and skiers love Alta, Utah. With more than 500 inches of annual snowfall, incredible terrain, and a brand new high-speed quad, whats not to love?

Smartwool Kids Ski Racer

The SmartWool Kids Ski Racer Sock uses the same intelligent features found in their ski socks for mom and dad.

Prana Handknit Hat - Mens

The Prana Handknit hat was needled just for you.

Horny Toad Allee Scarf - Womens

The Horny Toad Allee scarf complements your Allee Cap and Allee gloves.

Bakoda Edge Tool

The Bakoda Edge Tool lets you tune your board with precision and confidence.

Swix V-Line Hardwax

Swix V-Line Hardwax kick waxes have been a standard feature of every wax kit for years. These waxes have been around forever because they work.

Swix Hexagonal Glider Wax

Swix Hexagonal Glider Wax will make your bases happy and fast.

Swix Tour Pack 4

Waxing kit to go. The Swix Tourpack 4 packages three common waxesBlue Extra, Violet Special, and Redwith a cork and scraper in a convenient zippered pouch.

Swix CH Wax

CH stands for Hydrocarbon. CH Glide Wax has no fluorocarbon material in the blends. They are 100% high performance hydrocarbon paraffins.

Horny Toad Lava Lid - Womens

The Horny Toad Lava Lid is cute enough to wear casually, butll also keep your noggin warm through brisk fall belays.

Horny Toad Allee Cap - Womens

The Horny Toad Allee Cap wont lead you astray.

Bakoda Wax Scraper

The Bakoda Wax Scraper is a vital piece of board tuning equipment. Sure, you can wax your board. But if you dont scrape it, you wont be going anywhere when you step off the lift in the morning.

Swix BP88 Base Prep Wax

The Swix BP88 Base Prep wax is the first layer you should apply to new skis or snowboards, or use it as economical travel wax.

Solitude Lift Tickets-1 Day

At the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, nothing stands between you and your Solitude. Known for non-existent lift lines, deep Wasatch storms, and an average of one person per acre, Solitude Mountain Resort is the most aptly named resort around.

Horny Toad Maybelle Hat - Womens

The Maybelle Hat from Horny Toad is a feminine beanie with kickass attitude.

Sessions Peppermint Beanie

The Peppermint Beanie continues Sessions tradition of skateboarding and punk rock.

Swix Base Cleaner Set

Get a clean smooth base, all with one handy little bag. The Swix Base Cleaner Set includes a can of spray-on base cleaner to loosen up all the collected gunk, and a 25m roll of Fiberlene to wipe it all away like it never existed.

Demon Snow Boy Scout 8 Piece Tune-Up Kit

The Demon Boy Scout 8 Piece Tune-up Kit lets you fix what you break.

Swix 5mm Plexiglass Scraper

The Swix 5mm Plexiglass Scraper is a must-have for home ski waxing jobs. After ironing in your wax, use the long edge of the scraper to remove any excess material.

Swix Synthetic Cork

The Swix Synthetic Cork is a long-lasting cork great for creating a super fast base. Cork in your wax and youre good to go.

Park City Mountain Resort Lift Tickets

Park City Mountain Resort, nestled right up to the beautiful town of Park City, UT, offers 3300 skiable acres of terrain ranging from the Olympic Eagle superpipe and GS courses to beginner groomers to big bowls of powder.

Swix Standard Vise

The Swix Standard Vise is workhorse vise thatll keep ahold of your skis while you wax and tune your bases.

Toko Wax Mouse 800 W

The Toko Wax Mouse 800w iron is small but perfectly formed for your skis or board. 800 watt performance makes any wax melt.

Arc'teryx Fresh Toque Beanie

The Arcteryx Fresh Toque Beanie adds a new look to a trusted headwear style.

Brighton Lift Tickets

Brighton Resort has long been the epicenter of Utah snow sports. As early as 1936, skiers have enjoyed uphill mobility and downhill fun at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon.

Toko Ergo Plus

The Toko Ergo Plus edge tool is an ergonomically designed tool for side edge tuning (88/89) and base edge tuning (hanging 0.5 and 1).

Bakoda Tuning Stand

The Bakoda Tuning Stand is easy to set up in your garage or on your porch. If youre going to tune and wax your board, you cant have it flopping all over the place.

Burton Pit Stop Kit

A convenient stash of the basics for quick adjustments and instant on-the-hill tunes.

Swix 3 Piece Vise

Keep those skis where they belong. The Swix 3-piece Vise can be attached to any table and will hold all but the fattest of skis securely in any orientation.

Swix White Nylon Coarse Brush

The Swix White Nylon Coarse Brush is an affordable all-purpose brush for soft and medium waxes. Use it as an only brush for recreational skiing, or as an initial brush for high-level racing.

Swix LF Wax

LF stands for Low Fluorocarbon. The Swix LF glide waxes are fluorinated hydrocarbon waxes with a low percentage of low melt-point fluoro additive.

Swix HF Wax

HF stands for High Fluorocarbon. The Swix HF glide waxes are fluorinated hydrocarbon blends with a high percentage of a low melt-point fluorocarbon additive.

Toko DMT Diamond File

The Toko DMT Diamond File puts that final perfect tune on your edges.

Prana Saturn Knit Beanie - Womens

The Prana Saturn knit beanie features rich multicolored accents, highlighting thick Saturn-like rings for an out of this world look.

Solitude Lift Tickets-2 Day

Toko Nordic Sportline Set

The Toko Nordic Sportline Set is a beginners waxing set-up, with a Sportline Klister universal, Sportline GripWax warm & cold, Plasto Cork and a universal spatula.

Swix Waxing Iron Econ 110v

Makes heat, low cost, will travel. The Swix Economy Waxing Iron is economical and effective. Ergonomic design is combined with an easy-to-understand dial that adjusts for the optimum temperature to the type of wax youre using.

Swix Universal Klister 55G

Swix Universal Klister is great when the warm, wet snow of yesterday is becoming rock-solid jagged corn, or vice versa.

Arc'teryx Herbie Toque Beanie

The Arcteryx Herbie Toque Beanie is wooly wonder.

Toko Base Brush Combi Nylon/Copper

The Toko Base Brush Combi Nylon/Copper is the perfect all-around brush for prepping and finishing your bases.

Swix Base Binder - Green

Apply Swix Base Binder Green before applying your kick wax in below freezing conditions and your wax will stay where you put it.

Swix Bronze Medium Coarse Brush

The Swix Bronze Coarse Brush is an all-purpose brush for soft to hard waxes. Use it as your main brush for recreational ski tuning, or as second brush on fine structures for high-level racing.

Swix Bronze Coarse Brush

The Swix Bronze Coarse Brush will get your plank(s) gliding super fast. Use the Bronze Coarse Brush before you wax to get all the gunk and junk off your bases.

Swix Base Klister 55G

Swix Base Klister, with its high abrasion resistance and fear-inducing adhesiveness is the ultimate binding agent.

Swix Caploc Combi Vise

The Swix Caploc Combi Vise is a versatile, highly portable tuning tool for skis and snowboards.

Arc'teryx Easy Toque Beanie

The Arcteryx Easy Toque makes choosing what to wear on your head simple.

Swix Red Quick Klister

Swix Red Quick Klister may be the only thing standing between you and an afternoon of frustration.

Winter accessories

Toko Grip & Glide Wax

The Toko Grip & Glide Wax is a liquid wax spray that makes it easy to maintain your waxless Nordic skis.

Toko Nordic Ski Support

The Toko Nordic Ski Support attaches to your 3-part vice to make it a solid waxing platform for nordic skis.

Bridgedale Ski Lightweight Sock

Bridgedales Lightweight Ski Sock is a thin sock giving a close fit, underfoot warmth, and a small amount of padding on the shin.

Smith Brim Beanie

The Smith Brim Beanie is for the cool guy in all of us.

Toko Ergo Plus Edge Tool

The Toko Ergo Plus edge tool is an ergonomically designed tool for side edge tuning (88/89) and base edge tuning (hanging 0.5 and 1).

Toko Nordic Sportline Kick Wax Set

The Toko Nordic Sportline Set is a beginner’s waxing set-up, with a Sportline Klister universal, Sportline GripWax warm & cold, Plasto Cork and a universal spatula.

Smith Mountain Beanie

The Mountain Beanie from Smith is a cool way to stay warm.

Swix Waxpack 6

The Swix Waxpack 6 is a handy plastic box filled with waxing essentials. The kit includes an assortment of scrapers and a variety of 5 waxes, including the dreaded but useful klister.

Swix XC Profile 3 Piece Vise Set

Designed to attach to the Swix Waxing Table, the Swix XC Profile 3-Piece Vise Set gives your ski maximum support, making waxing far less painful.

Swix CH Glide Wax

CH stands for Hydrocarbon. CH Glide Wax has no fluorocarbon material in the blends. They are 100% high performance hydrocarbon paraffins.

Swix HF Glide Wax

HF stands for High Fluorocarbon. The Swix HF glide waxes are fluorinated hydrocarbon blends with a high percentage of a low melt-point fluorocarbon additive.

Swix V-Line Kick Wax

Swix V-Line Hardwax kick waxes have been a standard feature of every wax kit for years. These waxes have been around forever because they work.

Swix LF Glide Wax

LF stands for Low Fluorocarbon. The Swix LF glide waxes are fluorinated hydrocarbon waxes with a low percentage of low melt-point fluoro additive.

DAKINE Deluxe Tune Up Kit

DAKINEs Deluxe Tune-Up Kit, its slim, sleek zipping compression molded case and full array of tools, is designed to go anywhere and provide you the means do most any tune job.

DAKINE Lakes Hat

The DAKINE Lakes Hat doesnt just look warm; it is warm.

Oakley Medusa Hat

The Oakley Medusa is a unique leather headdress with subversive style thats part hat, part helmet, and is constructed from hand stitched natural leather.

The North Face Bones Beanie

The North Face Bones Beanie hugs your head to keep you warm.

Bridgedale Ski Sock - Women's

The Bridgedale Womens Ski Sock is a midweight sock with an extended thermal toe area and extra dense wool for warmth and cushioning under foot.

Nixon New Popcorn Beanie

The Nixon New Popcorn beanie is unfortunately not terribly good to eat, even with butter and salt.

Nixon Open Weave Beanie - Women's

The Nixon Open Weave beanie is knitted with elegance.

DAKINE Dakine Ringer Beanie

The DAKINE Ringer Beanie has the smooth look have a hand-crocheted hat.

Nixon Earflap Visor Beanie

The Nixon Earflap Visor is warm enough to be worn solo, but also fits perfectly under your helmet.

Nixon Two Tone Popcorn Beanie

The Nixon Two Tone Popcorn beanie may not be as tasty as a caramel/buttered popcorn mix, but its much better at keeping your head warm.

Bridgedale CoolMax Liner

The Garmont CoolMax Liner sock takes its job as a moisture wicking layer seriously.

SmartWool Medium Skiing Sock - Women's

Put the Medium Ski Socks from SmartWool on your precious feet and dont let another day of skiing take its toll on your toes.

Arc'teryx D'Weave - Toques

The Arcteryx DWeave Toque is the stylee way to add a little warmth.

Arc'teryx Bird Head - Toque

The Arcteryx Bird Head Toque warms you up with wool.

Arc'teryx Nordnoggen - Toque

Put on an Arcteryx Nordnoggen Toque and enjoy the warmth of Austrian wool.

Arc'teryx Roam Dome - Toque

An Arcteryx Roam Dome Toque lets you enjoy the warmth and quality of Austrian wool.

Patagonia R1 Stretch Balaclava

When windchill threatens to bite off your ears, nothing beats the full-head shelter of Patagonias R1 Stretch Balaclava.

Patagonia Neck Gaiter

The Patagonia Neck Gaiter ensconces your neck in warmth and softness. Battle wicked cold with the goodness of fleece.

SmartWool Ski Sock - Light

Smartwools Light Ski Sock provides lightweight cushioning to take some of the bang out of boot bang.

SmartWool Ski Sock - Medium

Smartwools Medium Ski Sock provides medium shin-cushioning to take more of the bang out of boot bang.

SmartWool US Ski Team Sock

If a sock is good enough to become the Official Sock of the US Ski Team, its a pretty good bet its gonna be good enough for your dainty dogs. Smartwools US Ski Team Sock provides medium shin cushioning to take more of the bang out of boot bang.

SmartWool Light Skiing Sock - Women's

Get your feet into a pair of Womens Light Skiing Socks from SmartWool.

SmartWool Ski Racer Sock - Kids'

Protect your childs feet and keep them happy with the Smartwool Kids Ski Racer Socks.

SmartWool Snow Fall Sock - Kids'

Protect your childs feet and keep them happy with the Smartwool Kids Snow Fall Socks.

SmartWool Ultra Light Skiing Sock

The SmartWool Ultra Light Ski Sock is the solution for tight-fitting boots.

Training Tips

If you consume 100 calories a day more than you need, you will gain about 10 pounds in a year. A reasonable combination of diet and exercise can help control your weight. The key is to balance your caloric intake with the amount of exercise.

You can increase your maximum oxygen consumption by approximately 15% when you work out three times a week for at least 30 minutes at 70% of your maximum heart rate.

Low weight, high rep circuit training combines the best of both worlds: aerobic and anaerobic training. Keeping the rest time in between high repeats low excercises like bench press, leg presses, inclined sit-ups, and upright rows is the key to maximum benefits.

As a long distance runner, a gradual increase in distance each week will allow you to build a solid areobic base. Distance increase should be no more than 10% of the previous week's distance.