Sierra Designs Electron RC2 Tent

By Daved Brosche | November 19th, 2008

Sierra Designs Electron RC2 Tent – Feature packed with room to spare. It’s funny, when buying a car we rarely care how many cup holders or doors a car has to offer. But, find a tent that not only has two doors, but also ha ...

Deuter Futura Pro 42

By Daved Brosche | November 19th, 2008

Deuter Futura Pro 42 – Everything has its place. Tons of outer pockets on a backpack is sooo last year. The problem is, lots of backpackers love their pockets. For those of obsessive compulsive types who must keep their pac ...

Pieps Freeride Avalanche Beacon

By Julie Blakley | November 12th, 2008

Pieps Freeride Avalanche Beacon—A small and affordable beacon perfect for those who already know how search for a buried victim. Finding the right avalanche beacon for your needs is crucial. While newbies to the world of Ba ...

Avalanche Beacons

By Julie Blakley | November 12th, 2008

Do you love to ski the backcountry? Hike up brutal mountains to make those elusive fresh tracks in a blanket of fluffy white powder? Drop into uncharted ski territory? Ski back bowls or even occasionally duck the ropes at your fav ...

9 Series Atlas Snowshoe Kit

By Julie Blakley | November 11th, 2008

2009 Atlas Elecktra 9 Snowshoes—A great beginner to intermediate women’s snowshoe Growing up in the mountains, snowshoeing was not only a great way to get some exercise and still be able to go on my favorite hikes in the wi ...

The North Face WindWall Thermal Jacket

By Daved Brosche | November 4th, 2008

The North Face WindWall Thermal Jacket – Even better than the Denali Pro? If you thought the North Face Denali Pro was the ultimate fleece jacket from the North Face, you thought wrong. If you want a super serious fleece jac ...

Black Diamond Ascension Custom STS Climbing Skins

By Julie Blakley | October 30th, 2008

Black Diamond Ascension STS Skins—The sure to grip skins for backcountry and telemark skiers The dreaded hike. You get off the chair and you realize you got a good mile to the top of the mountain. But, the bowl you’ll be d ...

Columbia Sportswear Checkmate Insulated Jacket

By Daved Brosche | October 30th, 2008

Columbia Sportswear Checkmate Insulated Jacket – Super winter jacket It is about that time of year again, time to start the search for the perfect winter jacket. That is of course assuming you didn’t start the search last ...

North Face Decagon Women’s Jacket

By Julie Blakley | October 30th, 2008

North Face Decagon Women’s Jacket—The perfect coat for ladies who love to hit the slopes There’s about a gazillion reasons why you shouldn’t blow of all you responsibilities for the huge powder dump that happened overni ...

2009 Women's K2 Phat Luv Skis

By Julie Blakley | October 29th, 2008

2009 K2 Phat Luv Women’s Skis— The ultimate ski for all the powder loving chicas out there. I love to ski big powder. There is just nothing quite like cutting first tracks down a champagne powder covered slope, swallowing ...

Columbia Sportswear Whirlibird 3-in-1 Jacket

By Daved Brosche | October 29th, 2008

Columbia Sportswear Whirlibird 3-in-1 Jacket – A great all around winter jacket. Picking out the winter jacket that’s right for you can be a hard thing to do. You want one that will keep you warm when it gets really cold, ...

Sorel Intrepid Expedition Winter Boots

By Daved Brosche | October 27th, 2008

Sorel Intrepid Expedition Winter Boots – Extreme winter boots Serious winter activities call for serious winter boots. The Sorel Intrepid Expedition Winter Boots are just that, serious winter boots. One look at these winter ...

Vasque Aether Tech

By Daved Brosche | October 27th, 2008

Vasque Aether Tech – All around great trail running shoe. If you are a serious trail runner it only makes sense to have a serious pair of trail running shoes. One key features of a good pair of trail running shoes is to have ...

New Balance 850 Hiking Shoes

By Daved Brosche | October 24th, 2008

New Balance 850 Hiking Shoes – Outside Magazines Gear of the Year It is true that the name New Balance doesn’t exactly conjure up images of impressive lightweight hiking shoes. No, they are more known for their running sh ...

Freestyle Audio Waterproof MP3 Player

By Julie Blakley | October 23rd, 2008

Freestyle Audio's Waterproof MP3 Player--a little 1 GB music player that you can take anywhere, even underwater. Are you clumsy? Accident prone? Tend to break most expensive or even semi-expensive electronic gadgets you get you ...

The North Face Primero 60

By Daved Brosche | October 23rd, 2008

The North Face Primero 60 – The ultimate multi-day backpack. There used to be a time when every pack was a multi-day pack. The Problem was, the pack you used for a short overnight trip was the same one you used for a month l ...

MADE's Seattle Sling Dry Camera Bag

By Julie Blakley | October 22nd, 2008

Seattle Sling Camera Bag-- A camera dry bag that will keep your equipment safe while on the move (and in the elements) I’m not sure if some of us travelers like to fancy ourselves National Geographic photographers, or if we j ...

Helly Hansen Manifesto Beater Shoes

By Daved Brosche | October 22nd, 2008

Helly Hansen Manifesto Beater Shoes – Perfect for big mountain trails. When it comes to trail running there are those who run the trails at their local recreation area and then there are those who venture far off the beaten p ...

Sierra Designs Verde 20

By Daved Brosche | October 21st, 2008

Sierra Designs Verde 20 – Made with recycled insulation In the eco age of everything green, it only makes sense that sleeping bags should jump onto the bandwagon. Sleeping bag manufactures have been making some huge strides ...

Lightload Lightweight, Compact Towels

By Julie Blakley | October 16th, 2008

Lightload Towels--Ultralight, versatile and compact towels perfect for travel or the outdoors Anytime you make things lighter, more compact and easier to fit into a bag, I’m happy. I mean, aren’t those kind of the tenants f ...

Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 2.1 Tent

By Daved Brosche | October 15th, 2008

Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 2.1 Tent - Sweet new tent by Mountain Hardwear Talk about an open and airy tent! The Mountain Hardwear Skyledge 2.1 Tent will make it hard pressed for you to overheat inside of your tent. This suck ...

Sierra Designs Nahche +0 Sleeping Bag

By Daved Brosche | October 13th, 2008

Sierra Designs Nahche +0 Sleeping Bag - Go green with this eco friendly sleeping bag. It seems everything is going green these day. Why should sleeping bags be any different? Not that I am complaining by any means, it's just ...

Adidas ClimaCool Cardrona Trail-Running Shoes

By Daved Brosche | October 9th, 2008

Adidas ClimaCool Cardrona Trail-Running Shoes A great multi purpose trail running shoe. Im no pro trail runner by any stretch of the imagination, so I can't tell you if these Adidas ClimaCool Cardrona Trail-Running Shoes have w ...

Burton Poacher Snowboard Jacket

By Daved Brosche | October 8th, 2008

Burton Poacher Snowboard Jacket - A sweet snowboarding jacket. Sking and snowboarding jackets have come a long way since the days of multi-neon colored suits. Snowboard jackets especially have taken to the fashion world by cre ...

4 Things That Should Be In Your Pack, But Probably Aren't

By Daved Brosche | October 8th, 2008

You know when you are half way through a trip somewhere and you think to yourself; "dang, I should have brought..." Well that's what this post is for. I have travel the world many times over and found some things, as small as th ...

Black Diamond Oasis 3 Tent

By Daved Brosche | October 6th, 2008

Black Diamond Oasis 3 Tent - Cutting off ounces from your pack. Who knew a three man tent could offer so much room to each of sleepers and still be lightweight. That is exactly what the Black Diamond Oasis 3 Tent does. Its un ...

Osprey Kestrel 38 Pack

By Daved Brosche | October 3rd, 2008

Osprey Kestrel 38 Pack - A larger sized daypack. Depending on your outdoor activity of choice, some day hikes can require more gear than the typical daypack will allow for. For these type of trips need something in between a d ...

SteriPEN Traveler Handheld Water Purifier

By Julie Blakley | October 2nd, 2008

SteriPEN Traveler Handheld Water Purifier—the pocket-perfect, travel ready UV powered water purifier. As an avid backpacker and traveler, I have used all kinds of different water filtration systems to make sure the water I� ...

Arc'Teryx Theta AR Jacket

By Daved Brosche | October 1st, 2008

Arc'Teryx Theta AR Jacket - For year round mountaineering. Serious outdoor types demand nothing but the best when it comes to personal gear, especially clothing. The Arc'Teryx Theta AR Jacket isn't made , or priced, for the ca ...

Marmot Diva 45 Womens Pack

By Julie Blakley | September 26th, 2008

Marmot Diva 45 Backpack- the perfect mid-sized women's pack for any traveling, camping or backcountry needs. As a female, I have had problems in the past finding a great pack that had all the same features as the best men’s ...

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