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    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 section c

    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 gu

    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 sectio

    Buying Guide: Hestra Glove Liners and Heated Gloves

    If you own a pair of Hestra gloves or mittens, you know that the Swedish brand is synonymous with hand crafted gloves of superior quality. During the winter months, there’s a good chance that there

    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 also ha

    Buying Guide: Deuter Kid Comfort Packs

    Any outdoorsy parent will tell you that it’s never too early to foster your child’s love of nature. Whether you’re trying to raise the next prodigy or you simply want your kiddo to develop a health

    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 lookin

    Buying Guide: Best Hiking Boots for Summer 2026

    Looking for the best hiking boots for spring and summer 2026? Winter didn’t stay long this year, and right now the Wasatch is drying out faster than anyone expected. Dirt is showing at mid-elevatio

    Buying Guide: Picking the Right Hestra Winter Gloves

    If you're reading this, you know that Hestra is synonymous with extremely durable, high quality gloves and mittens. What you may not know is just how many models you have to choose from. The breadth o

    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 lets you down before t

    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 shoe

    Buying Guide: Picking The Right Exped Sleeping Pad

    Even if you’re brand new to camping, there’s a good chance you’ve seen an Exped sleeping pad before. With a vast array of sleeping pads, Exped’s a popular brand for camping, backpacking, and even moun

    Buying Guide: Howler Brothers Jackets

    Related less by blood and more by moon-yelling, Howler Brothers boast a lineup as vibrant, diverse, and creative as their hometown Austin, Texas. Western-inspired snapshirts, technical button-ups, hea

    Buying Guide: What Rab We’re Wearing Summer 2026

    Looking for the best Rab gear for summer 2026? Summer in the Wasatch moves fast. You start the day at the trailhead in a sun hoody and end it near the summit in a wind shell, with three different m

    What's in My Pack? A Sport Climbing Edition

    If you’re new to sport climbing or just new to rock climbing in general, it can be hard to know what equipment to bring along when you’re headed out for a day at the crag. You may have questions about

    The Car Camping Comfort Gear Guide: Building the Ultimate HEST Sleep System

    There's a reason car camping trips up Mirror Lake Highway hit different than a three day backpacking slog through the Uintas. You don't have to ration ounces. You don't have to choose between a stove

    Buying Guide: Best Sleeping Pads of 2024

    A sleeping bag is only as good as the foundation you lay it on, and here at Campman, we know a thing or two about sleeping pads. Every year, they’re either getting lighter and more packable or comf

    Picking the Right Smith Mountain Bike Helmet

    The past decade has seen real improvement in mountain bike helmet design, driven by a combination of evolving riding styles and new manufacturing techniques. Smith played a key role in this develop

    Which Flylow Bibs are Right for Me?

    Flylow Gear is famous for plenty of products, like the Tough Guy Gloves or the Lab Coat, but the staple that cemented the independent brand among serious skiers is Flylow’s hard wearing bib pants.

    Choosing the Right Ski or Snowboard Helmet

    If you ask us, snow helmets should be mandatory on the slopes, especially when you consider that skiing and snowboarding involve you charging down a mountain at high speeds while narrowly dodging s

    A Beginner's Guide to Camping Gear

    When you first start camping, it’s not easy to know what you will need. Plus, you have to decide which items you should buy, and what you can rent or borrow from your own household supplies. To hel

    Eight of the Best Camping Pillows

    As an avid hiker, mountain biker, backpacker, hunter, or rock climber, you can probably remember a camping trip or two that was ruined by a poor night of rest. A stiff neck and a headache aren’t ex

    Gear Guide: Big Agnes Tents Spring/Summer 2026

    Big Agnes makes some of the most well-regarded backpacking and camping tents on the market. The right tent depends on three things: how you are getting to camp, how many people you are sheltering, and

    Gear Review: La Sportiva vs. SCARPA: Best Climbing Shoes

    Trying to decide between La Sportiva and SCARPA climbing shoes? Both brands have been making climbing shoes in the Italian Dolomites for nearly a century, and climbers have argued about which reign