Backcountry Binding Tips
by Lish Riley
On our Alpine touring skis at Whitman College,
we have been using Fritschi freeride bindings, and
their design has stayed more or less the same over
the last 10 years. Although a lot of the binding is
plastic, they have held up really well, and we have
not incurred many damaged bindings. They are
relatively easy to adjust for boot length and DIN
settings. They are expensive.
G3 is a newer company, probably best known for
its very popular skins. We have G3 Ruby and Onyx
bindings on our G3 skis. This model was updated
last year with the G ́%