Matt Ruta 
Monthly Archives: June 2025
Some people are alpine start people. I am not one of them. So it was notable that I had woken up before my 2:30 AM alarm. It could have been the nervous excitement around the day’s objective, conversations over beta photos the previous night replaying in my head. I wondered, groggily, if maybe I’d been dreaming about serac fall. As my brain slowly spooled up, I changed my mind. The perpetrator behind… Read More
In the mountains, the strategy is always to stack the deck as much as possible in your favour. Control every variable you can and leave as little as possible to chance, fate, luck or whatever phrasing makes you feel the most comfortable with it. That’s the way the game is played. Watch the line – sometimes for years, build the skillset, dial in the plan, the gear. Implicit in that strategy is… Read More
I think I owe Ski Trab an apology. I’ve never been a big fan of hybrid bindings and I assumed that trend would continue with the TR1. I thought it was probably too heavy and I was pretty sure it would be a hassle to use. I assumed that I wouldn’t be able to notice enough of a difference between it and my beloved Titan Vario 2.0. They sent it to me… Read More
Matt Ruta 