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Home » Deals » Today’s Gear Bargains: Climbing Pack, Ski Helmets, and More on Sale Great outdoor gear at an amazing price: That’s our goal each week. Check out the bargains below and save on gear for your next adventure. Marmot V10 Pack: $54 (50% Off) Marmot designed this pack to allow you to easily

The perfect gifts for outdoor lovers should do three things: fuel adventure, increase stoke levels, and help outdoor enthusiasts spend more time outside. The good news is that every adventurous gift on our outdoor enthusiast gift list does all that and more! From hikers, backpackers, and campers to road trippers, van lifers, powder chasers, and

OM Digital Solutions, formerly Olympus, has introduced the OM SYSTEM OM-5 camera, a 20.4-megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor camera aimed at enthusiast photographers who want a lightweight, compact system. The OM SYSTEM OM-5 continues the lineage of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 series, the company’s mid-range model. OM Digital Solutions OM SYSTEM OM-5 One of the

Home » Footwear » Hilma Wants to Make Running Shoes Better With Custom Fit, 45 Sizes There’s a new shoe brand in town! Hilma aims to revolutionize running shoes with its new fit technology. Yesterday, a new brand called Hilma launched its first women’s running shoe using “mass personalization.” The brand was inspired by the notion

Today’s Photo of the Day is “Mesa Arch and its Golden Sunburst” by Jonathan Burns. Location: Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. Hikers going to popular fourteener Quandary Peak paid more than $220,000 this year in parking and shuttle fees, the Colorado county

Believe it or not, our most beloved trails and backcountry sites have changed a lot in the past five decades. In the 1970s, hiking paths were poorly maintained, the only “influencer” was Smokey Bear, and litter and vandalism were more common. (Leave No Trace principles didn’t take shape until the ’90s.) In the February 1976

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Sometimes, an advertisement transcends superficial formulas and ascends to true greatness. This is one of those ads. Two years ago, Trek tapped YouTube production company IFHT Films for new bike-related content.  While IFHT has made several hilarious videos for the bike company, the latest ad for Trek’s line of e-bikes takes a truly imaginative approach.

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Congratulations to Harry Lichtman for winning the recent Sidelight Assignment with the image, “Light Play.” See more of Lichtman’s photography at www.harrylichtman.com.  View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

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High above the gorgeous glacial lakes of the Big Pine Lakes basin sits a gem that will, one day, no longer exist. Surrounded on multiple sides by Eastern Sierra 14ers in California, Palisade Glacier wields a title no other glacier can: It’s the southernmost glacier in North America. But as glaciers around the world continue

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Aerobic conditioning for hikers might mean long and tedious workouts, but it doesn’t necessarily have to. There are ways to boost your cardiovascular or muscular endurance without going stir-crazy on hour three of your workout. Shorter, interval-based training sessions are just as effective and also keep the mind engaged. Try to fit these workouts in

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