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May 18, 2025

Is the Smartphone-Free Thru-Hike Dead? Some Hikers Are Bringing It Back

　　For years, the smartphone has been hailed as the ultimate multipurpose backpacking tool: It’s a camera, map, GPS, diary, music player, plant identifier, book, and emergency communication device all in one. 　　Smartphones have become particularly ubiquitous on long trails. Thru-hiking-specific guide apps like FarOut allow hikers to access useful information like elevation profiles, weather, camping options, trail angel contact info,...

May 18, 2025

Lightning-Fast Lens Swap: Anon M5 Ski Goggles Review

　　My touring partners and I crouched at the summit of our planned ski line, engulfed in a cloud of whipping winds and spindrift. It felt like chaos. I carefully donned insulating layers, fighting the wind’s attempt to tear them out of my hands. The anxiety was building. My Anon M5 ski goggles were the last piece. 　　I hastily swapped the...

May 18, 2025

Outdoor Gear Deals: Fourth of July Discounts on Solo Stove, Columbia, Black Diamond, and More!

　　Solo Stove: More Than $100 Off 　　　　(Photo/Solo Stove) Solo Stove is offering significant discounts on select fire pits in celebration of the Fourth of July. The sale, running from today until June 30, offers over $100 off on select models. Additionally, customers will receive a free popcorn maker with any fire pit purchase by using the code POPCORN. 　　Highlighted...

May 18, 2025

Enter This Custom Gravel Bike Raffle to Help Fund Epic 560-Mile Singletrack Route

　　Its tough to imagine which would be more exciting: traversing the Sierra Nevada mountains on a nearly unexplored stretch of singletrack, or doing it aboard a bespoke bicycle built for you for free. 　　Believe it or not, thats the deal on the table as part of the Builders for Builders fundraiser. From now through July 2, youll receive an entry...

May 18, 2025

Rad Course, Awesome Gear, Incredible People: Big Sky Total Archery Challenge 2024

　　Total Archery Challenge (TAC) at Big Sky always ends up being a little work, a little play, and a lot of reunion for me. Theres a sense of community when you take the top folks from all the brands you trust in the field and toss them out onto a mountain to shoot together. 　　I know GearJunkie is usually all...

May 18, 2025

The Best Mountain-Biking Clothes for Women

　　With an explosion of brands that are designing quality mountain bike clothes, there is no shortage of well designed, women-specific options. Below you will find a select list of some of our favorites after rigorously testing as many brands as we could get our hands on. 　　Also be sure to check out our guides to the best men’s mountain bike...

May 18, 2025

How to Make the Perfect Pair of Pants Even Better

　　It’s not every day that someone makes a pair of pants just for you. But that’s exactly what happened with these new Forloh BTM Pro Pants ($259). Let me explain how it happened, and why it should matter to you, fellow outdoorsy pants wearer. 　　Since 2017 or so, I’ve been wearing Fjallraven Kebs ($255) most of the time I’m active...

May 18, 2025

Reasons to Love Running in New York City

　　There’s no place like New York City, especially if you’re a runner. Whether you’ve raced multiple marathons or you prefer a mellower pace, you’ll always have a new route to explore, a run club to meet up with, or an event to sign up for. 　　“Any kind of running experience you want to have, you can have here,” says Dave...

May 18, 2025

Free Gear Fridays: Win a Stone Glacier Tokeen 2600 Pack

　　This week, three lucky winners will receive a Tokeen 2600 backpack ($349 value) from Stone Glacier. Enter now for your chance to win! 　　More on the Prize The Stone Glacier Tokeen 2600 is a tough, lightweight pack based on Stone Glaciers ultralight Terminus packs and intended for long days of scouting or tracking in the field. 　　The pack is made...

May 18, 2025

One Cyclist’s Obsession with Riding the Same Climb Over and Over Again

　　Five measly seconds. 　　Its the duration of a long fart or a short text message. There’s a reason the five-second rule applies to a dropped Cheeto—it was barely on the ground! 　　Alas, this tiny amount of time separates me from achieving the only athletic goal I have cared about in decades. On a crisp morning last October I slumped over...

May 18, 2025

Will Shaun White’s Snow League Be a Game Changer for Snowboarding?

　　Olympic snowboarding icon Shaun White is shaking up the sport that made him a household name—by reinvesting in it. 　　On Monday, White announced the creation of The Snow League, a new season-long series of halfpipe competitions for professional snowboarders and freeskiers that will debut in the winter of 2025. Complete with prize money and sponsorship opportunities, the new series will...

May 18, 2025

First Look: MKC Completes the Culinary Line With Cutbank Paring Knife

　　Montana Knife Company has been an unstoppable force for the past few years. The brand has built a cult following and created buying frenzies thanks to its knife drops, which sell out in moments. 　　The Culinary Knives from MKC originally included the Bighorn Chef, Smith River Santoku, and Little Bighorn Petty. If you spring for a complete set, the knives...

May 18, 2025

Valuable Lessons from Everyday Adventurers

　　Meet Brooke Goudy and Jesse Griffiths, experts in everyday adventure. Both have created unique and exceptional lives fueled by wildly different outdoor experiences. What they do share is an understanding of the lasting benefits of motivated activity—and a common love of the Taco that gets them there. 　　Get Ready for Adventure 　　Brooke Goudy A few years ago, Brooke Goudy would...

May 18, 2025

First Look: XTRATUF Riptide Sandals

　　It’s rare to find a shoe that’s truly amphibious. Most sandals lack adequate protection for terrestrial use, while sneakers tend to skimp on ventilation and drainage. In the footwear world, land and water sit at either end of a broad spectrum. Some people say the gap can’t be bridged. Those people just haven’t met XTRATUF’s Riptide Sandals yet. 　　If anyone...

May 18, 2025

Our 3 Favorite Cameras for Adventurers and Travel Junkies

　　Nowadays there’s no such thing as a bad digital camera. The iPhone you have in your pocket takes stunning images and every single mirrorless or DSLR being released by the major brands is capable of capturing images that could land on the cover of Outside. 　　But with great choices come hard decisions. The camera market is crowded, so you’ll have...

May 18, 2025

The Best Workout Gear for Men

　　During the hottest summer on record we put dozens of pieces of workout clothes to the test to see if they could help keep us cool and motivated while doing everything from pickup soccer to a 23-mile hike. Some of what we tested was easy to forget, but the six pieces that emerged as the best made a significant difference...

May 18, 2025

Climb Upstate NY’s First Via Ferrata With Us: A New Way to Experience the Shawangunks

　　It’s a distraction mechanism. My knees are clacking, my mouth has gone dry, and it’s all I can do to muffle the screams inside my head. But here I am, buckled into a harness and clipped by a carabiner into a cable that stretches across the rocky face of Eagle Cliff in the Shawangunk Mountains of Upstate New York. 　　Someone...

May 18, 2025

Overtourism Is Out of Control. Here Are the New Rules of Travel.

　　I was in Hawaii with a group of friends, and a local screamed at us to go home. The island was overcrowded, and while I know tourists can be obnoxious and disrespectful, we were being conscientious. I don’t want to give up visiting the world’s most beautiful places, but I also don’t want to add to overtourism. Can I continue...

May 18, 2025

How to Run in the Heat Like the Pros

　　After a few pleasant hours sitting in the sun watching the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon last month, I headed down into the bowels of Hayward Field for a grueling test for running in the heat. Chris Minson, a professor of human physiology at the University of Oregon, had invited me to try the heat adaptation protocol he has developed...

May 18, 2025

Best in Show: Award-Winning Gear From Outdoor Retailer Summer 2024

　　Salt Lake City’s Salt Palace was alive and bustling this week as hundreds of members of brands, retailers, and media gathered for the annual Outdoor Retailer (OR) Summer 2024 show. 　　Since OR left Denver in 2021 and returned to Salt Lake, the largest and most recognizable brands — Patagonia, YETI, Marmot, The North Face, and others — have declined to...