September Hours:   Saturday  10-6 We’re centrally located in Ogden.  5-10 minutes from most hotels, and only 25 mins from Snowbasin. Ski & Snowboard Rentals & Demos Rental Skis & Snowboards, complete rental packages, high-end demo skis, amazing prices. Stop here before going to Snowbasin or Powder Mountain and save time & money! Snowbasin:   $85   (save $14, skip the pass-printing lines, go straight to the lifts) Powder Mountain:     Adult (22+)  –Temp. Youth (7-21)  $38  (reg $41) Experience the difference of quality workmanship!  Bring your gear back to life!  Click for prices and information. 2016 Best-of-the-Best Ski Gear Alpine Sports Tester’s Choices! Click for brands & information World-class Boot balancing, shaping, and canting.  Performance and Comfort boot fitting. Punches, Insoles, Liners, etc. Things you can’t live without, like helmet music, portable speakers, tuning & waxing tools, ski bags, etc.

Binding & Repair Shop Bindings installed and adjusted by certified technicians. Base and edge repairs in our full-service shop. What makes us special, and a little of our history. Ski Resorts:  Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, etc. Weather & Snow ConditionsDynafit is best known in the U.S. for its backcountry ski gear. But the company has amazing summer gear, too, including apparel, outerwear, and shoes. We met with Dynafit prior to the Outdoor Retailer trade show last week to test some of its spring 2015 gear. The preview event included trail running and climbing near Ogden, Utah. The most stand-out piece was the React jacket, which is the lightest of its kind on the market, Dynafit touts. It weighs just 78 grams. Made of ultra-thin polyamide with a DWR finish, the water-resistant jacket kept me dry during a 10-minute period of heavy rain in the mountains. The React comes in great colors, is ultralight, and the jacket wads up into a size less than a baseball.

Why would you not have this in your pack at all times? $160 when it comes out next year. In Ogden, while climbing a via ferrata above town, we tested the to-be-released Traverse Pant ($149). I appreciated the breathability while climbing and sweating hard. Some of the pockets function as vents, which felt great, and the zip pockets were accessible even with a climbing harness on. The pants are made of Dynafit’s durastretch fabric, 80% polyamide (light rip-stop nylon) and 20% elastane (spandex), a thin and durable fabric that stretches when on the move. But the reason we want to put them in our quiver long-term is that the bottoms are the thinnest and lightest material we have seen in a durable, functional climbing pant. Finally, Dynafit’s shoes are getting better and better, and the lacing system equipped X7 Feline ($149) are a top example. They weigh about 11 ounces and have a robust, durable build made for rigorous mountain trail running. They are medium in width, but sizing runs a bit on the small side on the shoes we wore.

This could change when the shoes are full to market in 2015. Although they are not super lightweight, the Felines are a solid option for runners looking for a durable shoe that will protect from the harsh terrain found when running in the mountains. We saw the Feline shoes as a welcome break from the minimalist trend on test day. Our feet felt fresh even after an hour of pounding on a rocky and technical mountain trail.Earth911 is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to .. String Lights For Patio TargetEarth911 also teams up with other affiliate marketing partners to help keep our lights on and the waste-fighting ideas flowing. American Bully Puppies For Sale In Indiana

If you purchase an item through one of the affiliate links in this post we will receive a small commission. You jog in them. Maybe even meet your friend for lunch in them. They add an extra bounce to your step and urge you to take the stairs instead of the elevator. When the last thing you want to do is wake up for that morning run, they are there for you. They have a special place in your closet and your heart. They are your sneakers. But what happens once you’ve loved them to death?Toy Yorkie Puppies Sale Louisiana Depending on the brand, your favorite running buddies are mostly made up of natural and synthetic rubbers and synthetic foam, which is primarily composed of polyurethane and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). The upper portion is usually mesh or natural or synthetic leather. There are several recycling possibilities for the materials that make up your kicks, especially rubbers and foams.

Both rubber and polyurethane can be reclaimed and reused, and manufacturing with reclaimed rubbers and foams is often more energy-efficient and much less expensive than using virgin material. However, most recycled rubber and polyurethane comes from much larger sources than a pair of running shoes. So, trashed trainers often end up in landfills, but they are also making an appearance in more unlikely places: on athletic and playground surfaces with the help of Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe program. The Reuse-A-Shoe program collects worn out athletic shoes and salvages materials to make Nike Grind, which is composed of nearly every part of an old running shoe: rubber from the outsole, foam from the midsole and fabric from the upper. Nike Grind also contains pre-consumer material including manufacturing scraps and shoes with manufacturing defects. “The recycled shoes are given new life,” says Simon Lofts, director of Nike Inc. Sustainable Business & Innovation. “They are reborn into sports and playground surfaces around the world.”

These surfaces range from neighborhood playgrounds to professional athletic surfaces for the NFL and MLB. So, how do your shoes make it from a Reuse-A-Shoe bin to a playground surface? The process is fairly simple. First, take your run-down kicks to a Reuse-A-Shoe event or recycling location, says Lofts. Reuse-A-Shoe will recycle any brand of sneakers, but check the recycling guidelines before tossing your trainers into the bin. No drop-off locations near you? You can mail shoes directly to a recycling location. To minimize excess shipping and packing material, collect some old sneaks from friends to throw in the box with your own shoes, or if your kicks are only slightly worn you can donate them to a local charity. If your school, sports team or community organization is interested, they can even apply to host a Reuse-A-Shoe drive in your community, and Reuse-A-Shoe will provide marketing materials. Once Reuse-A-Shoe collects a large number of shoes, they are shipped out to a processing center where they are sorted and cut into thirds to make Nike Grind Rubber, Foam and Fiber, Lofts says.

To minimize carbon emissions from excess shipping, only full loads are transported to the processing location. Nike Grind material is created and distributed to surfacing companies. In collaboration with Reuse-A-Shoe, these surfacing companies innovate sports surfaces that usually contain between 10 and 40 percent Nike Grind and are often better for impact-absorption than surfaces made from virgin material. To get a picture of just how much is used, consider that a basketball or tennis court, made primarily from midsole foam, can contain 2,500 recycled shoes, while a running track made of outsole rubber can be made from up to 75,000 sneaks. And you thought your shoes would never play another game again! TOMS Asks You to Go ‘One Day Without Shoes’ New Timberland Soles Made From Recycled Tires North Face Could Pay $1M for Alleged ‘Pesticide’ Shoes About Latest Posts Latest posts by Mary Mazzoni (see all) Recycling Mystery: Photographs Eco-Friendly Hair Dyes You Can Buy or Make Yourself 5 Fun Ways to Reuse Shampoo and Lotion Bottles