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Home » Packs » Lowepro PhotoSport PRO III Review: The Only Pack an Adventure Photographer Needs Lowepro releases the PhotoSport backpack PRO III. Specially designed for photographers on long journeys, it’s made with 85% recycled materials and a fully removable camera insert. The PhotoSport PRO III premiered last fall as the third generation of the

Home » Climbing » Lacaida Meter-Marked Climbing Rope Makes Too Much Sense If you’ve belayed a long pitch, you know the feeling when your leader yells down from above, ‘How much rope left?’ You look down at the pile at your feet and think, “No idea.” Is that 20 feet? 45? Guessing wrong could force

Home » Outdoor » Biden Designates Colorado’s Camp Hale as National Monument President Biden officially signed Continental Divide National Monument into existence on October 12 at Colorado’s historic Camp Hale. The home of the 10th Mountain Division in World War II, the site has long served as a hotbed for outdoor recreation. Outdoor advocacy groups

There are ski brands and then there are ski brands like Chamonix’s Black Crows. “We aim for the pleasure of the senses through freedom and adventure,” Black Crows says on its (highly boutique) website. The brand’s new super-short documentary focuses on the pursuit of that aim. The freeskiing action is pretty quick, and the message

Home » Outdoor » Hunt / Fish » Watch Mathews Veteran Joel Maxfield Try to Close Out a Bowhunting Super Slam Taking all of North America’s big-game animals with a bow is a lifetime achievement and one that Mathews’ first employee has been working toward for 30 years. To complete his Super Slam, Mathews veteran

Home » News » Cold Digits No More: Eddie Bauer Launches Artificially Intelligent Heated Gloves  Meet the smartest pair of self-heating, self-regulating gloves on the market, powered by ‘clim8’ AI technology. Looking for a truly innovative outdoor accessory this winter? Look no further than Eddie Bauer’s clim8 Guide Pro Smart Heated Gloves. Designed to monitor

Home » Apparel » Finders Keepers: Brand Will Drop $10,000+ in Apparel ‘Somewhere on Earth’ Unorthodox outdoor brand Vollebak is giving away a bunch of gear to help you live through the end of the world (or just really bad weather). Imagine that a mad scientist designed super-high-end apparel to help him survive the end

Invented by the Israeli military to ensure that every rifle stays in the fight, the BuddyStrap could also come in handy during backcountry rescues. It’s hard to imagine that the latest tech for saving lives is simply a new kind of strap — but I’m not trying to argue with the Israeli Defense Forces. The

Hazel Findlay has become well-known for sending very hard, scary-as-hell climbs. In her latest vid, she returns to a run-of-the-mill 5.11a route that almost ended her career. About 10 years ago, Findlay took a serious fall off the unprotected lower section of “Impact Day,” a dangerous trad route in Pavey Ark, England. This year, she

Home » Biking » Fastest Known Time: Para-Athlete A-Team Chases FKT on White Rim Trail No one’s ever tried to set a para-mountain biking fastest known time (FKT) on Utah’s famous White Rim Trail — until now. Josie Fouts sees life a lot like a mountain biking trail. You can hear it in the way

World-class photography, undeniable British Columbia beauty, and some of the best slow-motion MTB shots we’ve ever seen — this coffee-break vid will make your day. For the first half of the latest video from Transition Bikes, the obvious star is the Whistler scenery.  Drone shots follow Johny Salido through the forested singletrack trails, with mountains

Professional downhill rider Florence Payet shows us the meaning of speed with a new vid from Scott Sports. There’s no denying the grace and control that French pro Flo Payet brings to the track. As he burns through the course at France’s Bike Park Châtel, the calming lo-fi hip-hop soundtrack contrasts nicely with Payet’s soaring

Home » Apparel » First Look: Jones Snowboards Women’s Shralpinist Stretch 3L Jacket Review The iconic snowboard and backcountry brand debuted its first-ever lineup of apparel for female snowboarders and splitboarders. Here’s a first look at the collection’s inaugural shell jacket for backcountry missions and resort laps. Jones Snowboards is making its next mega impact

Home » Biking » Adding Carbon Spokes, Hunt Ups the Ante on ‘Limitless’ Road Wheels Hunt’s Limitless carbon-spoke wheels come in two deep profiles, 48mm and 60mm, with bladed carbon spokes designed to push the limits of aerodynamics, power transfer, and bling! Hunt pulls out all the stops for its new aero- and crosswind-optimized carbon-spoke

It’s Flashback Friday! Which means it’s time to revisit the greatest winter-themed, shark-chomping horror movie ever made: ‘Avalanche Sharks.’ How many years does it take for a campy horror film to become a classic? We have no idea, but “Avalanche Sharks” gets our vote for the trailer alone. This 2015 horror movie takes the absurdly

Get motivated to rally up friends and head to the snow-covered mountains after seeing Ryan Colley’s incredible 26-day ski tour. This past March in 2022, Colley toured some of his favorite mountains along with some exciting lesser-known peaks. This fun, upbeat film starts in Chamonix, France, and ends in Ischgl, Austria — covering 580km across