Gear manufacturers have realised that lots of women like the outdoors and they're different shapes from men. Here's what's out there, and where you can buy it.
Snow Sports
Skiing, snowboarding, backcountry, polar expeditions - all done in the snow and all done by lots of amazing women.
Check out these resources to find out more about it...
Downhill Skiing and Snowboarding
Ski Like a Woman - use this website to find ski and snowboard lessons for women, pretty much anywhere in the world.
Downhill Divas are women who love going downhill - skiing, snowboarding and freeride mountainbiking. This is a social networking site that brings them all together.
Snowboard-Women - a blog about snowboarding, includes tips and techniques and stories from riders.
The Ski Diva - an internet forum for women who ski. Lots of information and interesting discussions on a wide range of topics.
BitchBoards make snowboards for women (or, in their words, 'boards for bitches'). Alex who started the company was told to stop bitchin' about the lack of good boards for women, so she did more than that and started her own award winning company.
Cross Country Skiing
Chandra Crawford is a Canadian Olympic Cross Country Skier, winner of a gold medal in Torino, Italy in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. Read about her in the GO! Girls Outdoors profile.
Fast and Female is an organisation set up by Chandra Crawford and some of her colleagues, and is dedicated to helping girls' participation in sport. Read the profile and visit the website.
Despite what some people say, sometime's it's ok if you forget to wax.
Polar Expeditions
Commonwealth Women's Antarctic Expedition - these 8 women from Commonwealth countries are skiing to the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth.
In March 2009 two hardy adventurers attempted the first expedition ever to Snowshoe for Vegemite. The world exclusive report went to GO! Girls Outdoors.
Do you know of any more resources that should be on this page? Contact GO! Girls Outdoors and let me know.