Michelson is a longtime ski editor, freeskiing world champion—and our amazing women's ski and boot test director.

In 2009 Jordan became the youngest and the 5th person to ski from the summit of all 54 of Colorado's 14,000 foot peaks.  Jordan is a mountain guide and ski guide for Aspen Alpine Guides, in Aspen Colorado as well as a ski guide for Ski Arpa, Chile.

Boulbol wrote the book on trail running in Colorado.

Former Outside magazine assistant managing editor Alicia Carr Troxell

Runner, cyclist, father, writer—Julian Smith is a guy with a lot in tow, and a lot to say about the best running strollers and trailers for active parents wth kids.

Frederick Reimers was the editor of Canoe and Kayak Magazine from 2007-09 and has been writing for Outside, Men's Journal, Skiing and Powder ever since.

Living at 9,000 feet in the Colorado mountains, Allison Pattillo has ideal running apparel testing right out her front door.

Dave Ratner is a hard charging telemark skier from Denver. He spends every weekend powering his way through the I-70 corridor to test helmets and ski goggles for the Gear Institute.

On flat water and in surf, Doviak has a bigger board than you.

Pro ski patroller, outdoor specialty shop gear expert, and wildland firefighter—Bob Lee takes his gear to the brink.

Along with her dogs Farley and Pika, pro patroller Jennifer Coulter puts gear to the test for the benefit of four-legged adventurers everywhere.

Telemark ski innovator, watersports writer and snow kite competitor, Ken Lucas brings his own style of engineering-based enthusiasm to the Gear Institute.

Former editor of Climbing magazine, author of the Climbing Dictionary, and climbing gear tester par excellence.

Grant Davis has covered automotive and motorcycles for more than 10 years, first as an editor for Stuff Magazine and then for Outside, Outside’s Go, Forbes Life. His career has taken him to Italy to review luxury cars and down the spine of Baja to test motorcycles.

Peter Kray is a co-founder of the Gear Institute, and a longtime specialist in the testing of skis, snowboards and outdoor equipment.

Devon O'Neil is a writer based in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Park City's mayor of powder.

A skilled custom knife-maker, LeFort is a known abuser of multitools and edged steel.

A ski club operator at 18 year of age, JM has grown within the ski industry publishing Ski Press.

Backcountry skiing gear guru.  Everything from beacons to skins...

A freelance writer, editor and photographer, she regularly logs 100 days a year on the slopes. Catherine has written for a variety of publications including Aspen Sojourner magazine, the Rocky Mountain News' Adventure section, Skiing magazine, and Powder.com.

Dan Nash has used his 25 years of extensive hiking, backpacking and mountaineering experience, to test outdoor gear on five continents in all types of environmental conditions. Dan has been writing reviews for over five years and loves educating about the outdoors.

If you lived on the trails of rainy Vancouver Island, and worked as a gear editor, you'd get to know your jackets pretty darn well, too.

Schneiter is an AMGA-certified guide, founder of Glenwood Climbing Guides, and very quick on his draws.

Ellis has been a ski Technician with the Australian ski team since 2009, which includes the 2009, 2011 Nordic World Championships, 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games.

Dan Nelson is a veteran outdoor journalist, and tests sleeping bags and fly fishing rods and reels for the Gear Institute. He's based in the Pacific Northwest.

Rich is editor of GPSTracklog.com, the leading consumer GPS site in the U.S.

Editor of Elevation Outdoors and Sustainabler.com, Schnitzspahn is one of our go-to testers at large.

Guide, Sin City resident and creator of the HikeClimbSurfRun blog, Craig Rowe is the Gear Institute's chief camping cookware tester.

Rich Siemer is a self-described "slightly-higher-than-mid-pack-finisher" who races cyclocross for the fun and suffering in the Mid-Atlantic region. He has raced bikes in one form or another since 1992, and currently races for Route 1 Velo, based in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Leah tests hiking boots, running bras, and hiking apparel in central New Mexico. 

A climber, runner, snowboarder, and backpacker, Billy Brown lives with his wife in Northern California.

Senior editor at Rock & Ice, 5.14 climber, El Cap aid routes in a day—meet the force behind Gear Institute's climbing shoe tests. (Mind the sloth!)

In addition to being Technical Director and co-founder of the Gear Institute, Tal-ee is a contributor to Gear Tests and News.

Berne Broudy is author of Outside Magazine's Gear Shed blog, and she is among the best known and most widely respected gear writers in the outdoor industry.

Jeff Burke is a Jackson Hole-based ski patroller, ski mountaineer, and freelance writer.

If you're a runner and need a watch, Ben Fletcher is the man you need to know.

Tanner Jackson: Specialty shop rat, soft shell master.

Erinn Morgan knows more about sunglasses than is probably healthy—and that's why we love her.