Gear talk
When someone walks into the level, from modest Champlain Area Mountaineer outfitters in Keene Valley looking to start backcountry skiing, equipment guru Drew Haas has an initial question: Where do you want to go and what do you want to see?
Someone who wants to clamber up Mount Marcy and daringly whip down the slides will need different gear than a person who’s interested in the more modest
