Backcountry.com Cairn Fleece Jacket

Fleece jackets hover in a mushy middle ground between waterproof-and-breathable shells and sturdy workaday wool sweaters. They’re warm enough for nice sunny winter days, but…

DIY Energy Bars

Matisse & Jacks is a small San Francisco company that makes boxed mixes for bake-at-home energy bars, competing against the likes of Clif and PowerBar…

Salomon S-Lab XA Pro 3

Can you say cream of the crop? The Salomon S-Lab XA Pro 3 shoes were developed for elite adventure racers, top trail runners, and mountain…

Cold Consequences

In a story this weekend for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, I write about David Heitkamp of New Haven, Ind., who competed in the Arrowhead 135…

Ahnu Footwear

Keen Footwear exploded onto the market five years ago, selling millions of its innovative toe-bumper-equipped sandals in its first year of business. Now, Jim Van…

Primal Quest on hold

Not that I necessarily want my head to again float free from my body, but it was with some sadness that I read a communiqué…

Atomic Snoop Daddy ski

In late January, high up in the sunny Wasatch Mountains above Salt Lake City, I put a pair of new skis to an ultimate alpine…

Stanley Outdoor 20oz. Food Jar

The drab-green torpedo that is the classic Stanley thermal bottle has been keeping coffee hot in the outdoors since 1913. Now, the company has decided…

Ice Bike Racing

In today’s New York Times, I wrote about ice bike racing, a subgenre of the subgenre of winter cycling, which is a hybrid discipline where…

The Pilgrimage

The Gear Junkie crew just returned from Salt Lake City and the Outdoor Retailer Winter Market trade show, a gluttonous spread of outdoors products, multi-story…

Daily Dose: Mora Knives

Sweden’s Mora region is renowned for its high-quality blades, with the namesake Mora knife being the most well known. Classic Mora knife models have 3-…

Daily Dose: Minimalist tents

Newtonian physics may one day stymie the progress of lightweight tent design. But until then, a handful of companies will pursue the Holy Grail of…

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