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Gorgeous skin in the mountains!Don’t Stress The Dryness - High Altitude Skin Help!Skincare tips for combating mountain and high altitude effects on your skin to keep you looking fine!This struggle is for real! High altitude skin care is an ever growing concern among many women who travel to ski resorts or live in high mountain towns. Even the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow featured high altitude beauty …

With summer officially behind us and the cool season starting to take over all we can think about at Alpinistas is getting ready for our most favorite time of the year and the super fun activities that it brings. Snowboarding! Splitboarding! Winter Mountaineering! (And backcountry skiing for you shred sisters out there!)Nobody enjoys missing out on those early season powder days due to spaghetti …

As one of the fastest growing segments of the winter recreation industry, splitboarding is on fire!What is splitboarding anyway?A splitboard is basically a snowboard that has been cut in half lengthwise to efficiently use as skis to travel over snow into the backcountry. The "skis" have something called skins underneath which offer friction to allow you to climb uphill without sliding backwards o …

We’ve all done it; we’ve all scrolled past photos showing people on top of mountains, under waterfalls or looking up at towering trees overhead and wondered to ourselves, can I do that? Could you strap on a pair of boots and see these sights that are worth #exploring to? Well, we’re here to tell you that you can! But maybe not right away. If you’re new to hiking and want to hit the trails, there a …