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https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/09/IMG_3780-720x480.jpg 720w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="6380a6" style="--dominant-color: #6380a6;" data-attachment-id="458347" data-permalink="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/skiing/best-backcountry-ski-boots/attachment/img_3780" data-orig-file="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2024/09/IMG_3780.jpg" data-orig-size="2000,1500" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.4","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 13 mini","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1713091623","copyright":"","focal_length":"1.54","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.000714285714286","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IMG_3780" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Our pick for best backcountry ski boot, the Scarpa Maestrale, topping out on a recent high country adventure; (photo/Spencer Herford)</p> " 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No use without permission.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Powder,Day,At,Silver,Mountain,In,Kellogg,,Idaho","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Powder,Day,At,Silver,Mountain,In,Kellogg,,Idaho" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>A skier at Silver Mountain in Kellogg, Idaho, one of the resorts available with the Indy Pass, which launched new branding last week; (photo/Shutterstock)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2023/11/silver-mountain-ski-resort-300x198.jpg" data-large-file="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2023/11/silver-mountain-ski-resort-700x462.jpg" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="archive-item"> <article id="post-64934" class="post-64934 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-skiing category-winter tag-best-of reviews-round-up handle-external-links "> <div class="archive-inner"> <div class="archive-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title c-card__title"><a href="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/skiing/best-womens-ski-bibs-snowboard" rel="bookmark">The Best Women’s Ski Bibs of 2025</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="c-card__meta"> <p>We hit the slopes to find the best women’s ski bibs. Whether you snowboard or ski at the resort or in the backcountry, we’ve got…</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-by"> <span class="author vcard">Written by <a data-author-id="27" class="author url fn" title="Posts by Morgan Tilton" href="https://gearjunkie.com/author/mtilton">Morgan Tilton</a> and <a data-author-id="271" class="author url fn" title="Posts by Kylie Mohr" href="https://gearjunkie.com/author/kmohr">Kylie Mohr</a></span> </span> <span class="posted-on"> <time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-25T15:00:14-05:00">February 25, 2025</time> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="archive-image"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/skiing/best-womens-ski-bibs-snowboard" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="300" height="200" src="data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 0 0"></svg>" data-src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-300x200.jpg" class="lazyload attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The Best Women’s Ski Bibs of 2025" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-300x200.jpg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-700x467.jpg 700w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-768x512.jpg 768w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1380x920.jpg 1380w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-690x460.jpg 690w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-660x440.jpg 660w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-600x400.jpg 600w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-720x480.jpg 720w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-360x240.jpg 360w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-240x160.jpg 240w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-120x80.jpg 120w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1240x827.jpg 1240w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-620x413.jpg 620w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-588x392.jpg 588w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-294x196.jpg 294w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-382x255.jpg 382w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-191x127.jpg 191w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-293x195.jpg 293w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-586x390.jpg 586w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-400x266.jpg 400w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-200x133.jpg 200w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1220x814.jpg 1220w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-610x407.jpg 610w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1676x1118.jpg 1676w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-838x559.jpg 838w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-900x600.jpg 900w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-450x300.jpg 450w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1940x1294.jpg 1940w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1880x1254.jpg 1880w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-150x100.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="142496" data-permalink="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/snowboarding/first-look-jones-snowboards-womens-mountain-surf-bibs-review/attachment/_dsc4746" data-orig-file="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746.jpg" data-orig-size="2699,1800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"ILCE-7RM3","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1647981405","copyright":"","focal_length":"40","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0008","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="_DSC4746" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Morgan Tilton testing the Jones Women’s Mountain Surf Bibs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort; (photo/Eric Phillips)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-700x467.jpg" /><noscript><img width="300" height="200" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-300x200.jpg" class="lazyload attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The Best Women’s Ski Bibs of 2025" decoding="async" srcset="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-300x200.jpg 300w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-700x467.jpg 700w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-768x512.jpg 768w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1380x920.jpg 1380w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-690x460.jpg 690w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-660x440.jpg 660w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-600x400.jpg 600w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-720x480.jpg 720w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-360x240.jpg 360w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-240x160.jpg 240w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-120x80.jpg 120w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1240x827.jpg 1240w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-620x413.jpg 620w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-588x392.jpg 588w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-294x196.jpg 294w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-382x255.jpg 382w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-191x127.jpg 191w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-293x195.jpg 293w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-586x390.jpg 586w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-400x266.jpg 400w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-200x133.jpg 200w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1220x814.jpg 1220w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-610x407.jpg 610w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1676x1118.jpg 1676w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-838x559.jpg 838w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-900x600.jpg 900w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-450x300.jpg 450w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1940x1294.jpg 1940w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-1880x1254.jpg 1880w, https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-150x100.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="142496" data-permalink="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/snowboarding/first-look-jones-snowboards-womens-mountain-surf-bibs-review/attachment/_dsc4746" data-orig-file="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746.jpg" data-orig-size="2699,1800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"11","credit":"","camera":"ILCE-7RM3","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1647981405","copyright":"","focal_length":"40","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.0008","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="_DSC4746" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Morgan Tilton testing the Jones Women’s Mountain Surf Bibs at Crested Butte Mountain Resort; (photo/Eric Phillips)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2022/05/DSC4746-700x467.jpg" /></noscript> </a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="archive-item"> <article id="post-528294" class="post-528294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-skiing category-winter tag-mikaela-shiffrin handle-external-links "> <div class="archive-inner"> <div class="archive-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title c-card__title"><a href="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/shiffrin-historic-100-world-cup-wins" rel="bookmark">Shiffrin’s Historic Victory: The G.O.A.T. Reaches 100 World Cup Wins</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="c-card__meta"> <p>Shiffrin clinched her 100th World Cup Alpine Skiing victory this past weekend — now she’s using the historic moment to help spread her passion for…</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-by"> <span class="author vcard">Written by <a data-author-id="170" class="author url fn" title="Posts by Will Brendza" href="https://gearjunkie.com/author/will_brendza">Will Brendza</a></span> </span> <span class="posted-on"> <time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-02-24T15:57:19-05:00">February 24, 2025</time> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="archive-image"> <a class="post-thumbnail" href="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/shiffrin-historic-100-world-cup-wins" aria-hidden="true"> <img width="800" height="533" src="data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 0 0"></svg>" data-src="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-800x533.jpg" class="lazyload attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail not-transparent wp-post-image" alt="Shiffrin’s Historic Victory: The G.O.A.T. Reaches 100 World Cup Wins" decoding="async" data-srcset="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-800x533.jpg 800w, https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-300x200.jpg 300w, https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-700x467.jpg 700w, https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-768x512.jpg 768w, https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-720x480.jpg 720w, https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42.jpg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" data-has-transparency="false" data-dominant-color="c6ccd3" style="--dominant-color: #c6ccd3;" data-attachment-id="528361" data-permalink="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/shiffrin-historic-100-world-cup-wins/attachment/adobe-express-file-42" data-orig-file="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42.jpg" data-orig-size="2000,1334" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="mikaela shiffrin 100 wins" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>(Photo/Stifel U.S. Ski Team)</p> " data-medium-file="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-700x467.jpg" /><noscript><img width="800" height="533" src="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/images.gearjunkie.com/uploads/2025/02/Adobe-Express-file-42-800x533.jpg" class="lazyload attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail not-transparent wp-post-image" alt="Shiffrin’s Historic Victory: The G.O.A.T. 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class="post-522424 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-skiing category-snowboarding tag-reviews reviews-product handle-external-links "> <div class="archive-inner"> <div class="archive-content"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title c-card__title"><a href="https://gearjunkie.com/winter/skiing/the-north-face-womens-summit-series-verbier-gore-tex-ski-bibs-review" rel="bookmark">Free of Forever Chemicals: The North Face Women’s Summit Series Verbier GORE-TEX Ski Bibs</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="c-card__meta"> <p>Functional and weatherproof, the women’s Verbier GORE-TEX ski and snowboard bibs launched in step with The North Face’s elimination of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ across the…</p> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-by"> <span class="author vcard">Written by <a data-author-id="27" class="author url fn" title="Posts by Morgan Tilton" href="https://gearjunkie.com/author/mtilton">Morgan 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