Theme: Tips / By Juan Altitude / Tags: Canada Goose, coat, Cold, down, Fit, jacket, parka, Size, warm, winter
Size & Fit
"Which size should I get for my Canada Goose parka?" We often get asked what size Canada Goose is the right one. It's a great question and it depends on a few factors. Beyond your personal preference, there's your body size. We have made a sizing chart for your here. Those indicate measurements for your body. They don't take into account fit. Speaking of which, Canada Goose makes its jackets with three fit types: Slim, Regular and Relaxed. Below, you'll find a description of each style and a chart with the jackets organized by fit.
Canada Goose sizing: help choosing the proper jacket for you
Theme: The Backstore / By Juan Altitude / Tags: Montagne, Photo
Nos sens sont capables de nous mentir. Malgré ça, j'ai bien aimé cette photo d'une grotte de glacier. Ça l'air si tranquille, mais si majestueux.
En savoir plus sur cette merveilleuse chaîne de montagne
Theme: The Backstore / By Juan Altitude / Tags: Photo, photography, Pics
Things do not always appear as they really are. I really enjoyed these glacier cave shots, displaying the vastness of mountain ranges.
Find out more about this chain of mountains
Theme: The Backstore, Travel / By Mark Altitude / Tags: alta, powder, Ski, Snow, Utah
Is there really such a thing as a ‘business trip?’ Or should there be such a thing, I should say. Sure we went to Salt Lake City to see the Outdoor Retail Show, but maybe we could partake in some other activities while there as well. Hmm, what do you think? We googled ‘things to do in the Salt Lake area’ for hours, but all we could come up with was skiing at some little hill called Alta. This mountain averages about 500 inches of snow a year so, on a whim, we decided to give it a try (For fact hunters Mont-Tremblant receives 150). That’s enough snow to cover my thickly-spread sarcasm 10 times over.
Like all good journeys this one begins in recycled air and stale peanuts.
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Theme: Events / By Altitude blog / blogue / Tags: Arcteryx, Bogs, Burton, cheap, discount, Gregory, Icebreaker, liquidation, Mammut, Merrell, Mountain Hardwear, Osprey, Patagonia, rebate, Sale, The North Face
Theme: Events / By Altitude blog / blogue / Tags: Arcteryx, Bogs, Burton, Icebreaker, Mammut, Merrell, Mountain Hardwear, Patagonia, Rabais, Solde, The North Face, Vente
Theme: Events / By Juan Altitude / Tags: chics-chocs, gaspésie, québec, Ski, Tantal
Tantal est une nouvelle compagnie de ski québecoise qui se spécialise dans les skis haute-performance conçus pour les conditions du Nord-Est de l'Amérique du Nord. En collaboration avec Altitude-sports.com, l'équipe de Tantal s'est aventurée dans les mythiques Chics-Chocs afin de continuer de tester leurs ski hors-pairs. Voici leur récit et leurs photos. Inutile d'ajouter que c'était un suplice de Tantale... comblé.
Ski aux Chics-Chocs: Tantal s'y aventure
Theme: The Backstore / By Juan Altitude / Tags: highline, Slackline, Video
Theme: The Backstore / By Juan Altitude / Tags: highline, Slackline, Video
Theme: Tips / By Guests / Invités / Tags: backcountry, Charlevoix, gaspésie, groulx, monts, québec, sentiers des murailles, Ski, ski d'aventure, traversée, valin
Lorsque vous désirez véritablement sortir des sentiers battus en terme de ski au Québec, vous n'avez pas le choix de vous aventurer en dehors des centres de ski. C'est pour ça qu'on vous a préparé une petite liste d'endroits où vous pouvez vivre de bons moments de ski d'aventure. Sans plus tarder, voici les sélections de Louis, gérant à la Boutique Altitudes-sports.com au 4140 St-Denis.
Lire les sélections de ski d'aventure, alias backcountry, au Québec
Theme: The Backstore / By Mark Altitude / Tags: Gregory, Mammut, Outdoor Research, outdoor retailer, Patagonia
Altitude-sports.com tries year after year to provide you, the customer, with high-end, well-priced clothing and equipment for the outdoors. This isn’t easily done. There are hundreds of companies, each providing sometimes thousands of products, and a million tastes. How do we whittle it down to the products you see on this website? There are a few ways we go about deciding what to sample from each company, but truly the best way is to jump in a plane and head to the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City. It's like being a kid in a candy store.
Check out some sneak peaks at this year's colours!
Theme: Tips / By Jean-Yves Altitude / Tags: alpine skiing, alpine touring (at), backcountry cross country skiing, classic cross country, skate skiing, Ski, skiing, telemark skiing
“Are you a downhill skier or a cross-country skier?”
I cringe at that question. It’s not that I don’t like cross-country skiing or skiing down hills, it’s just that in its oversimplicity, this question dismisses a broad range of exciting and worthwhile ski activities. There is more to the ski world than just cross-country and downhill. In fact today, hybridism has blurred the inter-genre spectrum and created so many new possibilities that it is a shame to limit ourselves only to the two most widespread style.
For the casual skier who wants to try something new, this can be confusing. It seems that the lines have all been blurred. Take the skis themselves. There once used to be virtually only two types of skis. Thin straight ones and thick straight ones. Both really long. Walk into to a ski shop today and you might find a near-perfect continuum of sizes and shapes running the entire geometric gamut with no distinctions delimiting where one ski style ends and another begins.
All this can make stepping out of the comfort zone of the familiar ski disciplines can be difficult if you are not familiar with the various styles and corresponding equipment. To help we classified the various styles of skiing into individual categories and discuss in this article their respective gear. If you want to diversify and try a new style but don’t know how, take this as a starting point. If you haven’t considered trying some new ski styles, think about it now. Trust me, it’s worth it.
Find out about different styles of skiing
Theme: Tips / By Mark Altitude / Tags: aventure, backcountry, hors piste, québec, Ski, snowboard
L’hiver est arrivé. Ça ne peut qu’impliquer deux choses. Vous vous cachez à l’intérieur en sirotant du chocolat chaud en maudissant Scott Gomez OU vous vous laissez séduire par les fraîches avances de l’hiver pour exploiter tout ce que la saison a à offrir. Nous vous suggérons la deuxième option. Vous pouvez le faire d’une multitude de manières (raquette, ski de fond, hockey, camping (!)), malgré que la plupart des Québécois privilégieront le ski alpin. Dévaler les pentes à un des sympathiques centres de ski du Québec est sans aucun doute une excellente manière d’agrémenter vos fins de semaine. Mais que faites-vous si ça fait plus de 15 ans que vous les dévalez ces pentes? Vous avez attaqué les pistes de presque tous les sympathiques centres que le Québec a à offrir. Comme dans un mariage qui s’épuise, vous connaissez ses courbes comme le dos de la main. Vous continuez juste parce que? Attention monsieur. Libérez-vous de ces pensées linéaires. Sortez de votre zone de confort et essayez quelque chose de neuf. Il se peut fort bien qu’il soit temps pour vous de connaître le sport dynamique du ski hors-piste, le vrai hors-piste, pas le sous-bois, le ski d’aventure.
Ski d'aventure: En savoir plus
Theme: Tips / By Mark Altitude / Tags: backcountry, outdoor, sidecountry, skiing, Snowboarding
Winter is coming. For you. That means one of two things: you can hide inside drinking cocoa and whine about the Montreal Canadians OR give-in to Winter’s chilly embrace and partake in all its bounty. I suggest the latter. You can do this in many ways (snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, camping(!)), although most Quebecers tend to go downhill skiing. Carving up the slopes at one of the many pleasant Quebec resorts is without question a great way to spend your weekends. But what if you have been carving for the past 15 years, have skied at almost every one of those pleasant resorts in our fine Province, and know the trails like the back of your hand? Do you continue simply because? Whoa there partner, unshackle yourself from such linear thinking. It is time to get out of your comfort zone and try something new. Perhaps the dynamic sport of backcountry skiing- where adventure and skiing join forces- needs to be considered.
Backcountry skiing: thoughs and more
Theme: Travel / By Remi Altitude / Tags: Cyclotourisme, Europe, France, Nîmes, soleil, vélo, Voyage et aventure
Oui, comme le dit le titre, cet Automne, j'ai continué ma petite balade à vélo en me dirigeant vers la Côte d'Azur. Je vous avais laissé à Genève, où s'est terminé mon court séjour en Suisse. J'ai ensuite rejoint Lyon, pour y retrouver ma soeur. Genève-Lyon, étape jusqu'à présent la plus longue de mon voyage: 169 km. Une belle randonnée, assez sportive! Le lendemain, je me suis donc reposé dans cette belle ville qu'est Lyon. Pour ça, j'ai emprunté le Vélov', Bixi local, pour grimper à la basilique de Fourvières, sur une des collines de la ville. Bon d'accord, il y a plus reposant, mais la vue valait le détour!
Vélo en Europe: Rémi descend sur la côte!
Theme: The Backstore, What’s New? / By Juan Altitude / Tags: 4140 St-Denis, boutique, camping, équipement, matériel, matos, montreal, Plein air, produits
Theme: Events / By Juan Altitude / Tags: NBC Signature, Red Bull Supernatural, Snowboarding, Video
Theme: Product Reviews / By Juan Altitude / Tags: Coffret prestige, JanSport, JanSport Fort Hayes, MSR, MSR Quick 2 System, The North Face, The North Face Twin Peaks
Le temps des fêtes vient de passer. Les pantalons commencent à se desserrer tranquillement et les choses sont de retour à la normale au travail. Tout est beau.Attendez. Nous sommes en février et j’ai l’impression qu’il y a quelque chose à l’horizon qui me guette. Un piège se prépare, une cacheterie me veut du mal. Ah oui, la maudite St-Valentin. Elle ne m’aura pas cette année. Je vous admets d’emblé que je ne suis pas le gars le plus romantique au monde, mais j’essaie quand même. Les femmes n’aiment plus les fleurs et le chocolat ces jours-ci. La meilleure chose est sans aucun doute du matériel de plein-air (du moins selon moi). Êtes-vous en train de lire ce texte quelques jours avant le Jour-J? Quelques heures? Soyez tranquille, mettez vous à l’aise. Pour vous assurer d’un succès, vous n’avez qu’à commander ce qui suit.
Pour connaître les secrets de l'amour de Mark
Theme: Events / By Mark Altitude / Tags: camping, Coffrets Prestige, JanSport, JanSport Fort Hayes, MSR, MSR Quick 2 System, outdoor, suggestions, The North Face, The North Face Twin Peaks, Valentine's Day
The holidays have just blown by, the arteries are de-clogging, and things are starting to get settled at work. All is well, but wait. It’s February- I feel like something is on the horizon hiding, sneaking, waiting to trap me. Damn you Valentine’s Day, you won’t get me this year. I will admit I am not the most romantic guy on earth, but I do try. Women don’t like flowers and chocolates anymore, so the next best thing is most definitely outdoor gear (in my mind at least). Are you reading this a few days before D-Day? Don’t panic, just take my advice and order up these bad boys
Mark's Valentine's Day High 5: Learn his secrets
Theme: Events, The Backstore / By Juan Altitude / Tags: Arcteryx, Bogs, Burton, cheap, discount, Gregory, Icebreaker, liquidation, Mammut, Merrell, Mountain Hardwear, Osprey, Patagonia, rebate, Sale, The North Face
