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    Why Do My Mittens Have Finger Slots?

    If you’ve recently purchased a pair of high end mittens or 3-finger gloves, you may have found a surprise in the form of individual finger slots in the liner inside. These slots, also known as f ...

    A Return to the Colorado River: What It's Like to Raft the Grand Canyon

    “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolutely nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.” - Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows I first read ...

    Understanding Sleeping Pad R-Values

    If you’ve spent any time looking at sleeping pads over the past few years, you’ve probably encountered the R-value along the way and didn’t know what to make of it. We can't blame you either. Unti ...

    Pandemic Report: Ski Resort Tailgating

    Tailgating at ski resorts is a tradition as old as downhill skiing itself. With social distancing on the agenda for at least a few more months, the number of people hanging out in the resort parki ...

    A Newbie's trip on Montana's Smith River

    Growing up in Montana, the Smith River was well known to me but I never had the resources to take the trip.  Flash forward a couple of decades and I finally got the chance when a call came in ...

    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 healt ...

    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 ...

    11 Tips for Winter Camping

    If you typically put away your camping gear during the winter and leave it stowed until spring, you’re missing out on some great days in the outdoors. During the winter, the bare trees reveal ...

    Behind the Lens with Adventure Photographer Branden Aroyan

    Simply put, Branden Aroyan is living the dream. The 40-something Santa Barbara-based photographer, after making a name for himself in the man-eat-man world of surf photography during the last year ...

    Finding and utlizing the right guide for your outdoor adventure can make or break your experience

    We love the outdoors.  That's why we're in this business.  When you combine a trip to a new location and some kind of adventure experience then you can either hit the jackpot for life exper ...

    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 ...

    How to Catch a Monster Brown on the Fly

    I love Brown Trout. There is something about the physical transformation they go through when become piscivorous and their inclination to murder streamers that has always enchanted me. For some fi ...

    Winter Camping: Pro Tips

    Winter doesn’t mean the camping season is over. With proper gear and planning, savvy outdoor lovers can immerse themselves in nature year-round—and savor the solitude and serenity of a winter lan ...

    Making Sense of Waterproof Shells

    Making Sense of Waterproof Shells  In a world of jargon, lingo, and numbers almost no one understands, it’s easy to see why so many outdoor enthusiasts end up with rain jackets a ...

    How to Elevate Your Backpacking and Camping Food Game

    Food tastes better in the outdoors… we’re pretty sure it’s science. But no matter how delicious your favorite freeze-dried meal is, or how much you swear by tortillas and peanut butter, trying so ...

    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.

    7 Tips for Camping with Kids

    Did you switch out the car seats into the SUV? Did you pack sunscreen? What about bug spray? Oh shoot, we need to bring Lil’ Bear or else Ella will be in full-on riot mood at bedtime.All parents know ...

    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 develo ...

    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 ...

    How to Make Your Life Adventure Ready

    Some epic adventures are worth quitting your life for. We're talking about the months-long bike tours, the overland trips, and the long distance backpacking trips. In between the epics, though, ar ...

    15 Awesome Things To Do in Aspen in Spring

    April and May, known in some Western states as the mud-season months, may seem like an odd time to visit a mountain town. In fact, it's just the opposite for the outdoor enthusiast looking to ...

    Thru-Hiking the JMT with a Baby Is an Exercise in Patience—and Endurance

    Are the difficulties of taking a toddler on a 200-mile hike worth the rewards?It’s 8 a.m. on an August morning, and I’m standing at the Mono/Parker Pass Trailhead in Yosemite with 40 pounds in my b ...

    How Skiing Has Changed Over the Years

    Ask Aspen local Tony Vagneur what he remembers most about skiing in the old days, and he answers immediately: “the cold.” Circa 1949, when Gore-Tex was a long way off, layering wool was ...

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    If you’re looking to work for a specialty outdoor retail company located in Sandy, Utah, with a small team of like-minded individuals who work as hard as they play, you’ve come to the rig ...