This section of Alpinesavvy highlights small companies, inventors, artists and other superb humans who make exceptional climbing-related gear. 

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The Traverse Equipment ski repair kit

Traverse Equipment is Charlie Lane, out of Bellingham Washington. Charlie's main product: a very thoughtfully designed backcountry ski repair kit.

• Traverse Equipment website

• Traverse Equipment Instagram, @traverseequipment

You carry a first aid kit for your body. You also need a “first aid” kit for your skis. The proper tools, along with some occasional MacGyver-like creative repairs, can probably get you back to the trailhead, or maybe even continue a multi-day tour.

Not bringing a repair kit? You minor problem could suddenly become a major big deal.

Fortunately, Traverse Equipment has you covered - they sell a very refined ski repair kit that should cover most basic repairs. For longer tours you may want to take a few more things.

In addition to the kit:

• Their research and development partner, Cascade Mountain Ascents, has an incredibly detailed repair article on their website that goes through every piece of equipment in the kit and talks about some ingenious ways to make some major repairs. Even if you have a kit already, I'm sure you'll learn a few new crafty tricks to fix your gear by reading this article.

• Charlie has a nice YouTube video showing the purpose for everything in the kit, link below.