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How to Choose a Sleeping Bag
While picking the right sleeping bag isn’t rocket science, we’ve all spent a night out camping where we woke up shivering in the freezing cold, questioning every life choice we made to get us to t ...
What's in My Pack? A Sport Climbing EditionIf 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 abou ...
Make It Last: How to Wax Skis and SnowboardsMake 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 ...
Pandemic Report: Ski Resort TailgatingTailgating 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 ...
Keep Your Gear Like New: Cleaning, Repair, and Storage TipsAfter 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 ...
PFAS: Toxic Chemicals, Outdoor Recreation, and YouLeaving 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 ...
Make It Last: Down JacketsMake 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 ...
Campman Picks: Best Ski and Snowboard GearIf you’ve found your way to this gear review, then it probably comes as no surprise that the crew at Campman loves little more than a well-designed piece of equipment, especially when it comes to ...
A Different Type of Heli-Skiing: Heli-Accessed Ski Touring in British ColumbiaHeli-skiing is, without question, the snow-seeking pilgrim’s holy grail. Thousands of feet of vertical, bottomless powder, nonexistent crowds, endless terrain choices—it’s no wonder alpine add ...
Explore Southern Utah's BackcountryKanab, a tiny picturesque town nestled in Utah’s sage-studded desert, is a colorful place. It’s known for intensely hued rocks, mysterious slot-canyons, stately junipers, and all-around advent ...
4 Resorts With Great Backcountry AccessThink Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has rad terrain? The resort's backcountry accessible right from the ski area will blow your mind. And it's not just Jackson Hole—resorts across the country are op ...
15 Awesome Things To Do in Aspen in SpringApril 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 ...
9 Reasons Why Park City, Utah, is a World-Class Destination for Outdoor LoversThe mining boomtown of Park City, Utah, nearly went bust when the mines closed, but it rose again, rebranding itself as an outdoor adventure town. Tucked high in the Wasatch Mountains at an elev ...
6 True Wilderness Adventures in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife RefugeAre you dreaming of a magical place with wild animals, mountainous landscapes, and the promise of outdoor adventure? Head to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Located in northeast Alaska ab ...
Gear Review: Wild Country Ropeman 4The Wild Country Ropeman has been a crowd-pleaser for more than ten years and it’s easy to see why. It’s a lightweight, easy-to-use ascender that takes up next to no room in your pack and can ...
Mount Rainier National Park in Winter: Adventures To Enjoy NowMount Rainier National Park is a beloved summer destination, but make no mistake about it: Wintertime opportunities for outdoor adventure abound on the flanks of the state’s highest peak. (So long ...
Gear Review: Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL2 Bikepack TentIn recent years, bikepacking has gone from a niche pursuit to one of the fastest growing facets of cycling, and brands have taken notice. As expected, this has produced a rash of questionably usef ...
The Best Times of Year to Visit West YellowstoneWest Yellowstone, Montana, the small community situated at the west entrance to America’s first national park, changes drastically through the four seasons. While summer heralds the arrival of a la ...
A Newbie's trip on Montana's Smith RiverGrowing 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 ...
Why One Day Isn't Nearly Enough Time to Experience Zion National ParkWith its soaring red sandstone cliffs, signature buttes, towering monoliths, gravity-defying natural arches, and narrow slot canyons, Zion National Park offers visitors spectacular sights to explo ...
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 ...
Gear Review: Black Diamond Mission LT Approach ShoesBlack 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 ...
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Price Match GuaranteeContents How to Request a Price Match Price Match Rules Brand loyalty is awesome, and so is getting the best deal on a piece of gear. That’s why we’ve combined the two with ...