Hi Dave! Thought that might be you from your reference to NE. Welcome aboard. Yes, you've got a great memory. I sold my skis though, just wasn't using them enough. Too bad about TTips, maybe someday someone will resurrect it.

I see you asked on VFTT as well. You may want to ask on Trailspace, too.

There wasn't much snow around part of the country this year (SoCal) until the very end of the season, so no winter trip for me this year, I'm afraid.

ps. I thought "Pinnah" was a reference to 3 pin bindings until I did a Google search for you and caught the real reference.

Nope, no connection to Mountain Tools. The jacket is a North Face I picked up on eBay a few years ago.