It's stankfoot season again. Keep your doghouses smelling fresh.

During last spring alone, our testers logged roughly 5 million vertical feet to test 2012’s new skis and boots in one of the ski world’s few independent tests, so we have a pretty good idea about which are the best and why. This is how we do it.

When it comes to ski boots, David Dodge thinks carbon fiber, not plastic, is where it’s at. Find out more about his new product, Dodge Ski Boots, which are lightweight carbon boots that even ski racers are endorsing.

Garmont's Masterlite boot exemplifies a new direction in ski-mountaineering boot design—a quest for fast, light boots that don't sacrifice downhill performance.

Hippies.

We tested 51 pairs of boots at Keystone, Colorado, last winter. Toes were jammed, shins were banged, but in the end, we found the good ones. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at how the boot test is conducted.

When it first debuted, Rottefella's New Telemark Norm boot and binding system wasn't quite perfect. Now, it's getting pretty darn close.

Shin bang nearly wrecked my season. Here’s how I solved it.

A boot design that adds torsional rigidity and increases power to the ski.

Because they care. And you'll get better service.