Gear

  Meet AspectAvy, an app made exclusively for skiing and riding in the backcountry using avalanche data to help users better predict when and where catastrophic events will occur in real time.  “This one app has the ability to save hundreds of lives in the backcountry every year,” Co-founder Jeff Banks explains. “Statistics on avalanches […]

  Women are everywhere in the outdoor industry, but few occupy owners’ offices at outdoor companies. These six standouts in the surfing, cycling, camping, and hiking sectors buck the trend. All six brands bring fresh products and perspectives to the male-dominated market and demonstrate how gender parity enriches the industry for everyone who recreates outdoors.

  Getting outside for a winter workout can seem intimidating. Less daylight and more windchill means extra thought to prepare for the conditions and exertion ahead. You need to pick the right apparel to minimize dangerously cold sweat from within, while maximizing warmth and protection from the outer elements. Thankfully, there are simple solutions: dressing

  If you search for “how to layer” on Outside, you’ll get back nearly 20 articles plus a handful of videos that cover everything from layering while backcountry skiing to layering in a sleeping bag. We take the art of layering seriously when it comes to playing outside. But what about layering for the everyday?

  My trusty little six-cylinder 2010 Toyota Camry is known around my town as the caballo negro: a black horse that accesses trailheads where it has absolutely no business being. I detest readymade Sprinter vans. Living in a ski town, I see them each and every day. Sure, I understand the practicality of having a

  All weather is good weather for outdoor adventures. If you have the right gear, that is. And when it comes to picking out gear for someone else, you can’t go wrong with high-quality apparel that’s made to withstand the worst conditions. Here’s a list of cold-weather gift ideas that will quickly become winter wardrobe

  The new Crocs Classic Cowboy Boots are hard to miss. They’re plastic or something close to plastic. Metallic stitching in quasi-western style decorates the boot’s faux-leather upper. The vamp is cast in a shiny black Crocskin texture meant to imitate alligator skin. And they have spurs: plastic detachable ones that fasten to the heel

  Even though I’ve been fortunate enough to have tested nearly every trail shoe released on the market since the late 1990s (having served as a shoe reviewer for numerous running magazines and as president of the American Trail Running Association), I hadn’t heard of VJ Shoes until an East Coast trail friend recommended I

  There are skiers who while away the fall months watching ski movies and dreaming of their first powder day of the coming season; and then there are those who dust off the ski tuning bench in the garage, snap a rubber band around the brakes of their carving skis, and get busy sharpening edges

  Being a great gift-giver is fun. And when you can do it without overthinking and over-shopping, even better. Hydro Flask’s lineup of drinkware, coolers, outdoor kitchenware, and accessories makes gifting for everyone on your list incredibly easy. So easy that all you have to do is put a bow on it and you’ll have