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    ​ Gear Review: SCARPA Mago Climbing Shoe

    There seems to be something mythical about the SCARPA Mago Climbing Shoe. At virtually every crag, you can find someone magically unlocking redpoints or mystically onsighting the toughest route on ...

    Gear Review: Scarpa Drago LV Climbing Shoes

    The Scarpa Drago LV is the same iconic, high-performance Drago climbing shoe we know and love — just tailored for a lower-volume fit, which is ideal for those with a shorter instep, narrow heel ...

    Gear Review: Black Diamond Mission LT Approach Shoes

    Black Diamond Equipment. You know them, you love them. So do we. When they announced that they were releasing a line of approach and lifestyle shoes in 2020, we knew it’d be worth checking them ou ...

    Buying Guide: SCARPA Performance Climbing Shoes

    SCARPA climbing shoes fall into three categories: Specialized Performance, Performance, and All-Day Performance. This article focuses on the Performance line, but be sure to check out our buying g ...

    How To Size Climbing Shoes Comfortably

    Should rock climbing shoes feel painful? It’s probably the first thought every climber has when we try on our first pair of climbing shoes, and it’s so difficult to answer because pain is rel ...

    Gear Review: Salewa Wildfire Edge Approach Shoe

    No matter how much sport climbers hate to admit it, there are plenty of high-quality climbs with approaches longer than five minutes. And while some are adept at the timeless flip-flop approach, f ...

    Buying Guide: SCARPA Specialized Performance Climbing Shoes

    SCARPA climbing shoes are divided into three categories: Specialized Performance, Performance, and All-Day Performance. This article will focus on the Specialized Performance lineup, but we a ...

    Buying Guide: SCARPA All-Day Performance Climbing Shoes

    SCARPA climbing shoes are divided into three categories: Specialized Performance, Performance, and All-Day Performance. This article focuses on the All-Day Performance line, but, in case you’re ...

    Make It Last: Caring for Your Climbing Shoes

    Make It Last is dedicated to getting the most out of your gear. This is our place to share knowledge acquired over years of abusing outdoor equipment, so you can learn from our experience and our ...

    Buying Guide: Picking The Right Climbing Shoes

    Shopping for climbing shoes can be the first crux you come across in the vertical world. They come in all sorts of uncomfortable shapes and bizarre colorways, and if you’re simply shopping for a s ...

    Gear Review: La Sportiva Solution Climbing Shoe

    There are few climbing shoes as iconic, versatile, and well-loved as La Sportiva’s aptly named Solution. Anyone climbing in these shoes can attest to their precision and edging power. In shor ...

    Best Spring/Summer 2026 Approach Shoes for Utah Climbs

    You’re standing at the base of a sandstone tower in Castle Valley, rope on your back, the sun already hammering the canyon walls. Or maybe you’re two miles up a talus field below a Wasatc ...

    Gear Review: SCARPA Instinct Lace Climbing Shoe

    Few climbing shoe families run as deep as the SCARPA’s Instinct line. No matter your preferred style or discipline, there’s an Instinct for that. And climbers looking for a supportive sho ...

    Buying Guide: SCARPA Hiking Boots & Light Hiking Shoes

    The Trail Series is divided into three categories: Backpacking, Hiking, and Light Hiking. All the products in SCARPA’s Backpacking and Hiking categories are burly boots, and the Light Hiking secti ...

    Buying Guide: Astral Footwear Spring/Summer 2026

    You’ve scouted the line, loaded the boat, and you’re standing at the put-in. Your feet are the first part of you that hits the water — and the last thing you want is a shoe that let ...

    Buying Guide: SCARPA Backpacking Boots

    The Trail Series is divided into three categories: Backpacking, Hiking, and Light Hiking. All the products in SCARPA’s Backpacking and Hiking categories are burly boots, and the Light Hiking secti ...

    Best Spring Hikes In Salt Lake City

    Winter loosened its grip early this year, and the trails closest to town are already calling. Before the Wasatch high country has shed its snowpack, the lower-elevation corridors ringing the Salt Lak ...

    A Primer on Exploring Southern Utah's Best Slot Canyons

    You may love hiking, but you’ve never fully experienced adventure hiking until you’ve explored some slot canyons. Slot canyon hiking is a mellower cousin of technical canyoneering, but it’s fa ...

    How to Apply Hestra Leather Balm

    There’s little worse than finding yourself halfway through a blower day of skiing powder at the resort, sitting on the chairlift, and trying to stop your soaked through gloves from dyi ...

    The Best Winter Hikes in Arches National Park

    Hike Arches National Park in the winter, and it just may feel like you're trespassing. The park is open year-round, but the world hasn't seemed to take notice (yet, anyway). Moab’s locals kno ...

    Gear Review: Jetboil Flash 1.0L Fast Boil System

    There’s no denying that Jetboil’s original stoves changed the game for backpackers. Not only do these compact cooking systems pack small, they also boil water more quickly and efficiently ...

    Keep Your Gear Like New: Cleaning, Repair, and Storage Tips

    After a few days in the great outdoors, the last thing you want to do when you finally get home is tackle the task of cleaning your gear—we get it. But, as any outdoor enthusiast knows, gear is price ...

    How to Size Your Hestra Gloves and Mittens

    Everyone knows the typical run-around associated with buying gloves online: Pick a size more or less at random, buy them, try them on, exchange for another size, and repeat. Countl ...

    PFAS: Toxic Chemicals, Outdoor Recreation, and You

    Leaving No Trace At A Microscopic Level It’s a sad truth that some of the gear we use to explore the outdoors was created using chemicals that harm the same places we love to explore. From the wax ...