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Articles disclosed herein include a bag that provides various improvement mechanisms over existing backpacks. The bag provides a transport mechanism for carrying various items, such as ski boots or snowboard boots, gloves, helmets, hats, goggles, and other snow equipment common to skiing, snowboardi

Articles disclosed herein include a bag that provides various improvement mechanisms over existing backpacks. The bag provides a transport mechanism for carrying various items, such as ski boots or snowboard boots, gloves, helmets, hats, goggles, and other snow equipment common to skiing, snowboarding or other outdoor snow sports. The bag can include a pair of side compartments that carry boots in an approximately triangular compartment. Each side compartment includes a boot void compartment positioned above where a boot toe would be, and in front of a boot shin portion, thereby maximizing storage space an increasing organization convenience. Other features include quick-release shoulder straps for quick access to the bag member while still being supported on a shoulder. The bag can include a front compartment and central compartment, with an interior of the front compartment easily viewable.

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1. A backpack for skiing equipment, the backpack comprising: a bag member including a back surface for contacting a user's back, a front surface, two opposing sides, a bottom surface, at least one shoulder strap attached adjacent to the back surface, and an upper end;a central compartment defined by

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A backpack for skiing equipment, the backpack comprising: a bag member including a back surface for contacting a user's back, a front surface, two opposing sides, a bottom surface, at least one shoulder strap attached adjacent to the back surface, and an upper end;a central compartment defined by the bag member, the central compartment located between the back surface and the front surface; anda pair of side compartments located at each of the opposing sides flanking the central compartment, each side compartment having an approximately triangular side profile defined by a respective opposed side surface, each side compartment defining an opening and a closure sufficient to receive a boot, and sized sufficiently to contain a boot in a generally upright position such that a foot bed of the boot rests on the bottom surface of the bag member, the front surface defined by a plane extending along the longest side of the triangular side profile between the opposed sides,a boot void compartment within each of the side compartments and having a closure vertically aligned with at least a portion of the closure of a respective side compartment, the boot void compartment having a generally triangular profile defined by the front surface and a smaller triangle sharing the longest side with the front surface, the boot void compartment defined by the front surface, a respective side surface and the smaller triangle, such that when a boot is contained in the generally upright position within the side compartment, each boot void compartment positioned between the front surface of the bag member, a shin portion of the boot, and a toe portion of the boot, the central compartment disposed between the side compartments and extending to the plane defining the front surface, the central compartment having a shape defined by the side compartments. 2. The backpack of claim 1, wherein each boot void compartment defines an opening accessed from the front surface of the bag member. 3. The backpack of claim 1, wherein each boot void compartment defines an opening accessed from a respective side of the bag member. 4. The backpack of claim 1, wherein each side compartment defines an opening, accessed from the upper end, sufficient to receive a boot. 5. The backpack of claim 4, wherein each side compartment is sized and configured to hold a ski boot. 6. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the at least one shoulder strap has a top end and a bottom end, the top end is attached to the bag member at a first point and the bottom end at a second point, the first point being located on the back surface adjacent to the upper end of the bag member, the second point being located at a lower portion of the bag member adjacent to the bottom surface and adapted to be positioned near the front waistline of a wearer of the backpack, wherein the first shoulder strap includes a quick-release detachment mechanism adjacent to the second point of attachment, the quick-release detachment mechanism configured to detach the bottom end of the at least one shoulder strap from the bag member. 7. The backpack of claim 1, wherein each side compartment includes a vent that is closeable. 8. The backpack of claim 1, further comprising an article strap positioned on the at least one shoulder strap, the article strap having a length shorter than a length of the shoulder strap, the article strap tensioned sufficiently to hold an article of clothing between the article strap and the at least one shoulder strap. 9. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the upper end defines an upper opening to the central compartment, the upper opening sized to receive at least one pair of skis and accompanying bindings in a lengthwise direction, the bag member defining a bottom opening in the bottom surface, the defined bottom opening sized to receive the at least one pair of skis in a lengthwise direction. 10. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the side compartments are oriented at an angle relative to the back surface such that the bag member defines the central compartment as being of a generally isosceles triangular shape. 11. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the central compartment and side compartments are adapted to be defined by a region above a toe portion of a ski boot and in front of a shin portion of the ski boot. 12. The backpack of claim 1, wherein the central compartment and side compartment are defined by a line extending from an upper heel portion to a toe portion of a ski boot disposed in the side compartment to form the boot void portion. 13. The backpack of claim 12, wherein the boot void compartment occupies a volume in front of the feet between the boot and the defined line, and the central compartment is between the side compartments and bounded by the defined line. 14. The backpack of claim 1 further comprising a self-contained helmet sling extending from the front of the bag, the self-contained helmet sling adapted for storage in a dedicated pouch when not deployed. 15. The backpack of claim 1 further comprising a separation subdividing a front compartment from the central compartment, the front compartment accessible from the front of the backpack and the central compartment accessible from the top of the backpack. 16. A backpack for skiing equipment, the backpack comprising: a bag member including a back surface for contacting a user's back, a front surface, two opposing sides, a bottom surface, a first shoulder strap, and an upper end;a central compartment defined by the bag member, the central compartment located between the back surface and the front surface;a pair of side compartments located at each of the opposing sides flanking the central compartment, each side compartment having an approximately triangular side profile defined by a respective opposed side surface, each side compartment defining an opening and a closure sufficient to receive a boot, each side compartment sized sufficiently to contain a boot in a generally upright position such that a foot bed of the boot rests on the bottom surface of the bag member, the front surface defined by a plane extending along the longest side of the triangular side profile between the opposed sides;a boot void compartment within each of the side compartments and having a closure vertically aligned with at least a portion of the closure of a respective side compartment, the boot void compartment having a generally triangular profile defined by the front surface and a smaller triangle sharing the longest side with the front surface, the boot void compartment defined by the front surface, a respective side surface and the smaller triangle such that when a boot is contained in the generally upright position within the side compartment, each boot void compartment is positioned adjacent the front surface of the bag member; andwherein the first shoulder strap has a top end and a bottom end, the top end is attached to the bag member at a first point and the bottom end at a second point, the first point being located on the back surface adjacent to the upper end of the bag member, the second point being located at a lower portion of the bag member adjacent to the bottom surface, wherein the first shoulder strap includes a quick-release detachment mechanism adjacent to the second point of attachment, the quick-release detachment mechanism configured to detach the bottom end of the first shoulder strap from the bag member. 17. The backpack of claim 16, further comprising: a second shoulder strap, wherein the second shoulder strap has a top end and a bottom end, the top end is attached to the bag member at a first point and the bottom end at a second point, the first point being located on the back surface adjacent to the upper end of the bag member, the second point being located at a lower portion of the bag member adjacent to the bottom surface, wherein the second shoulder strap includes a quick-release detachment mechanism adjacent to the second point of attachment, the quick-release detachment mechanism configured to detach the bottom end of the at second shoulder strap from the bag member. 18. The backpack of claim 16, further comprising an article strap positioned on the at least one shoulder strap, the article strap having a length shorter than a length of the shoulder strap, the article strap tensioned sufficiently to hold an article of clothing between the article strap and the at least one shoulder strap. 19. The backpack of claim 16, wherein the front closeable opening of the front compartment includes a flap that, when opened, extends away from the bag member such that an interior of the front compartment is visible. 20. The backpack of claim 19, wherein the interior of the front compartment includes an eyewear pouch sized to contain eyewear. 21. A backpack for skiing equipment, the backpack comprising: a bag member including a back surface for contacting a user's back, a front surface, two opposes sides, a bottom surface, at least one shoulder strap attached adjacent to the back surface, and an upper end;a pair of side compartments located at each of the opposed sides, each side compartment having a closure and an approximately triangular side profile defined by the respective opposed side, and substantially perpendicular back and bottom surfaces, the front surface defined by a plane extending along the longest side of the triangle and between the opposed sides;a central compartment located between the back surface and the front surface and flanked by the side compartments; andthe substantially triangle side profile having a flat section defining a top surface, the flat section perpendicular to the back and parallel to the bottom surface, and an angle sloping downward toward the bottom surface to define the front surface, the bottom surface extending farther than the top surface to meet the front surface, the front surface defined by a plane extending the longest side of the triangle defining the triangular side profile and extending between the opposed sides;a boot void compartment occupying an area between the opposed sides and the front surface on each side of the central compartment and having closures vertically aligned with the closures on respective side compartments, the boot void compartment having a generally triangular profile defined by the front surface and a smaller triangle sharing the longest side with the front surface, the boot void compartment defined by the front surface, a respective side surface and the smaller triangle; anda front compartment, the front compartment disposed between the central compartment, and the plane defining the front surface, and between the boot void compartments. 22. The backpack of claim 21 wherein the front compartment is accessed via a front closable opening on the front surface that permits horizontal access into the front compartment, the front compartment being separated from the central compartment by a divider extending at least partially from the bottom surface to the upper end of the bag member and flanked by the boot void compartments. 23. The backpack of claim 21, wherein each side compartment defines a boot void compartment within the side compartment, the boot void compartment having a generally triangular profile and located adjacent to the front face of the bag member such that when a boot is contained within the side compartment each boot void compartment is positioned between the front surface of the bag member, a shin portion of the boot, and a toe portion of the boot; and wherein the at least one shoulder strap has a top end and a bottom end, the top end is attached to the bag member at a first point and the bottom end at a second point, the first point being located on the back surface adjacent to the upper end of the bag member, the second point being located at a lower portion of the bag member adjacent to the bottom surface, wherein the first shoulder strap includes a quick-release detachment mechanism adjacent to the second point of attachment, the quick-release detachment mechanism configured to detach the bottom end of the at least one shoulder strap from the bag member.