## Here's All the Gear and Resources You Need to Plan a Splitboarding Trip Grab a seat at the bar in a locals’ hangout in any ski town the world over and you’ll encounter long, eloquent, and often exaggerated tales of life-changing backcountry trips. The storyteller, perhaps a rugged local with chunks of icicle still clinging to the lower tentacles of his disheveled beard, seems so cunning, so brave, and accomplished, that it’s near impossible not to desire a story of conquest to bring home to your local pub. Backcountry touring isn’t all about steep lines and tall tales, though. It’s about…