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There are many places to get Hagan Ultra World Cup, Pure 8/10 and Core 12 Evo, Pin Up 8/10, and Core FR15 Evo bindings mounted. 

The Core 12 Evo is an update of the Core 12 Pro with an evolution of the brake retraction into a new, easy to operate, automatic brake system. One significant benefit is that users can’t forget to release the brake before their descent. The ATK equivalent of the Core 12 Evo is the Raider Evo.

The Pure 10 is the same as the Crest 10 and the Pure 8 is the same as the Crest 8.

The Pin Up 10 and 8 are updates of the Pure 10 and 8 with the new automatic brake retraction system like the Core 12 Evo and dual magnetic heel risers. We will continue to offer the Pure bindings as a lower cost alternative to the Pin Ups.

The Grom 5 is our new version of the Candy 5.

Trying to decide between the Boost 12, Core 12 Pro and Pure 8/10 and not sure of the differences?

Here's a little help.

Let's start with the Boost 12 versus the Core 12 Pro...

Read on for more and to see which is best for you.

I get asked a lot: What gear do you recommend for kids? 

Here is my answer - 

There are differences in both the heel and toe. Read on for more and to see which is best for you.

2020/8/19 Update: Just received word that three of our new products received awards from  Backcountry Magazine.

Hagan backcountry skis win a ton of awards. Which is especially impressive given we don't submit our skis to many reviews. Here's a sampling: BOOST 99 – Backline Magazine Test Winner (First Place), Backcountry Magazine Editors Choice award. BOOST 94 – Montagnes Magazine "Very Clear First Place" CORE 89 – World Ski Test "First Place"

Ski Area Ski Touring in Colorado? What ski resorts allow it?

Most Colorado ski mountains allow it, with resort managers writing rules to regulate it. Some charge a modest fee, some don’t. Some allow it only before and after lift operating hours. Almost always, uphilling is restricted to designated routes. See the rules at each of the Colorado Ski Areas here.

Replacing the U Springs on your Hagan Ultra bindings is relatively easy and should be done when they show a significant amount of wear. See the videos below for instructions on how to replace the U Springs. 

A HIGH PRECISION RACING MACHINE.

The Ultra 65 is a proven 100% race ski with super edge grip for consistent carving. HAGAN's proprietary micro-ABS sidewalls mean superior durability, dampening and vibration filtering for superior downhill performance. No other race ski has it. Even at the highest speed and ultimate edge angles this incredibly light ski dices its way securely through the snow. The edge grip is brutally good, the entire ski dynamic and full of spark.

I don't read French (my German is fair), but I know how to use web translators. According to the inter web, this is what the French Montagnes Magazine said about the Hagan Boost 94: (excerpts, click the link below to read the entire review in French)

• The Big Surprise of this Season
• excellent stability even at high speeds
• A model that is not unlike the behaviour of the Salomon Explore 95 but with greater rigidity.
• This ski becomes our favourite of this 2020 range
• slips very clearly in the first place of these tests.
• enormous carbon-filled shovel erases all the roughness of the terrain 
• unparalleled driving comfort in deep or trafficked snow
• turns are easy to make

Read more below.

Tips for getting the best performance from Hagan hybrid climbing skins:

Tip 3. If it is quite cold and you have snow crystals on the skins, wipe them across your thigh a time or two to brush off the snow/ice. Because they aren't traditional glue, that quite effectively removes the snow (without sticking to your pants.)

With these tips, you will really enjoy the handling advantages and not needing to store them with plastic foils - ever!

Skintrack recently posted a brief review of the Hagan Ultra 82. 

And... "good impressions 🙂"
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"It shines in variable conditions, hard pack, crust and wind affected snowpack - basically, any time when conditions get less than ideal."

Mike Whelan is doing a great video series on skiing all the snowy state high points from Maine to California. Wyoming's Gannett Peak is the 23rd, and hardest peak summited so far in his Skiing States project, an original goal started in 1998.

Spring is the best time for ski touring – corn snow, sunshine and warm temps.

Spring does require a little extra skin care to avoid the dreaded "glomping." Here are some skin care tips:

Skinning should be banned. 

Here's why...

Last spring Blister Gear Reviews put some miles on the Hagan Core 12 binding. Some of their thoughts:

• I felt more confident skiing hard downhill on it than on any other binding in this test.
• The only binding in this test with independently adjustable vertical and lateral release values in the heel.
• The heel risers of this binding are easily the best in the group.
• Its overall performance makes it my favorite binding of the group.

Announcing our new Hagan Ambassador Program. We know there are a lot of Hagan fans out there, and we greatly appreciate you. We do almost no marketing. It isn't our nature.

If you would like to help spread the word on Hagan and encourage ski tourers to try Hagan gear, please write and tell us a bit about yourself.

Tom Diegel wrote a humorous, perhaps persuasive, article for those contemplating ski mountaineering racing — or appalled at the thought — on his blog: Is Skimo as silly as it seems? 

Here is an excerpt:  You have probably seen them:  the skinny guys wearing the neon yellow boots with almost no buckles, carrying too-long poles and tiny packs, on kid-sized skis with toy bindings…..and going past you remarkably fast up skin tracks.  “Ah”  you think, as you step aside to let them swish past.   “Skimo guy.  Dork!"  

But perhaps there’s an inkling roaming in the back of your mind, that you almost dare not acknowledge:  Is it possible to actually ski on that gear?  

In a word... Yes!

Glue climbing skins are a hassle: the glue gets contaminated, they are difficult to separate, re-gluing is expensive and messy. Vacuum skins solve all that. But earlier attempts had issues. They failed to stick to your skis. That's not good.

Hagan solved that. Introducing our brand new, exclusive dual zone adhesive (vacuum) climbing skins. Read on to see why you want them, and once you get them, you will never go back to that messy glue.

Alpine Touring, Ski Touring, Randonee, Backcountry Skiing, Ski Mountaineering, Skimo. What should we call this sport we love so much?