New contest! Earn a high-mountain adventure with Glen Plake in Chamonix

Imagine earning the opportunity to ski in the high-alpine paradise of Chamonix, France, guided by the big-mountain legend Glen Plake. The “Julbo Glen University Session” will give aspiring ski and snowboard mountaineers that very opportunity — if they do well in “school”! 

Enroll through the first week of February in Julbo Glen University via Facebook. Once signed up, you can take part in several “courses”. A course will be anything from a photo or video contest, an essay, tracking your vert in a weekend, mapping out a ski mountaineer trip and describing the route, or reenacting your favorite Glen Plake video clip. You can sign up for the courses you’re most interested in, but at least 50 percent of the courses offered must be completed.

After some voting, three to five of the “top-performing” students will get to attend graduation in Julbo’s homeland of Chamonix in March 2013 with Professor Plake as their guide. Visit this page for details on the contest and enroll here on the Julbo Glen University Session page on Facebook.

New Dolphins are paddling-friendly sunglasses

In its recent gift guide, Canoe & Kayak magazine had this to say about the new Dolphin sunglasses: “In an effort to forever abolish the use of improvised duct-tape Croakies, the new Julbo Dolphin sunglasses will not sink when you swim. On your head, where they belong, the Dolphin’s polarized lenses and contoured shape keeps you seeing clear on the brightest days.”

Julbo’s Orbiter goggles catch SKI magazine’s attention

In a January 2012 article titled “The Eyes Have It,” SKI magazine says this about Julbo Orbiter goggles: “Julbo’s polarized, photochromic Camel lens automatically adjusts to changing light, transitioning from category 2 light transmission (good in low light) to category 4 (best in intense sunlight). No more swapping lenses or goggles.”

Backcountry Magazine, the Montebianco & the Glenak

Backcountry Magazine featured two Julbo products in its 2012 Photo Annual edition. The editors dig the Montebianco glasses for the way up the mountain, and the Glenak goggles for the descent. On the Glenaks, they write: “Julbo’s signature Camel lens is both photochromatic and polarized. Read: one lens that spans bright to dark days.”