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Jan 28, 2025

From Practical to Premium: The Banter Goes Bougie

　　About an hour into a brisk winter hike along my local trail, pangs of hunger began to rumble. I tried not to think about it, but soon, the pangs became stabs, and my progress stumbled. 　　Fortunately, Im a big fan of self-care, so I unshouldered my pack under a pine tree and eagerly removed the venison sausage, sharp cheddar cheese,...

Jan 28, 2025

‘Alaska Is Unleashed’: Trump Lifts Sweeping Wilderness Protections, Renames Mt. McKinley

　　The countrys 47th president has wasted no time putting his agenda into action. President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders following his Monday inauguration, many of them aimed at reversing environmental policies from former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. But its Alaska — a longtime battleground between environmentalists and oil and gas developers — that received immediate...

Jan 28, 2025

Meet Your Robot Judges: AI Will Score Athletes at Upcoming X Games

　　When snowboarding athletes hit the X Games Superpipe on Thursday, a new artificial intelligence (AI) technology will be judging them. According to X Games, the new cloud-based system will not impact the athletes scores — this year. However, this soft rollout is an experiment to help event organizers gauge how well this new technology could be integrated into future competitions....

Jan 28, 2025

What Writing an Outdoors Advice Column Taught Me About Relationships

　　My favorite Tough Love question from the last eight years, the one I (somewhat inexplicably) recall most fondly, was from a woman whose boyfriend was grossed out that she used a pee rag—a.k.a. reusable toilet paper—while camping. We got a lot of impassioned reader feedback about that one: Pee is sanitary! Pee is gross! Bodies are normal! Women’s bodies in...

Jan 28, 2025

Little Camber Goes Long Way: 4FRNT Nevar Backcountry Ski Review

　　We pretend that backcountry skiing in Colorado is all powder all the time. I’d be lying if I said my ski acquisitions over the last decade didn’t reflect that fantasy, too. 　　So when I scraped down a wind-scoured slope, thrashed through breakable crust, and gasped for air in a cloud of deep powder all within the span of one backcountry...

Jan 28, 2025

How to Learn a New Sport with Your Significant Other

　　It takes a lot to push yourself to your physical limit alongside a significant other. It takes even more to do so for 12 straight days in some of the country’s most unforgiving terrain. And yet that’s what Andrew Hamilton and Andrea Sansone did in July 2024, when they set the couple’s record for hiking all 58 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot...

Jan 28, 2025

The Best Fitness Watches of 2025

　　Our experts have been strapping on fitness watches of all kinds for close to a decade now, testing more than 50 of the best devices and pulling together the winners for every situation in this guide. Whether youre a marathoner tracking every BPM or just casually interested in your weekly workouts, theres something here for you. 　　These watches have been...

Jan 28, 2025

Columbia Winter Sale Deals: Save Up to 40% on Apparel & Footwear

　　Columbia makes a wide variety of versatile layers and performance gear to keep you warm. We combed through the sale to find some of the brands bestselling fleeces, jackets, pants, and footwear. Below, youll find a mix of winter layers and other apparel youll wish you saved on come summer. 　　No matter the occasion, Columbia makes apparel to fit your...

Jan 28, 2025

Entry to These 20 National Parks Won’t Cost You a Dime

　　Many of America’s 63 national parks charge an entrance fee, usually $30-$35 per vehicle or $15 if you’re walking or on a bike. Or you can get an annual pass for just $80. The fee covers you for seven days, and the money goes to a good cause: according to the NPS, 80 percent is used within the park, helping...

Jan 28, 2025

California-Legal Automatic Knife: Prometheus Design Werx SPD CAS OTF Review

　　I’m not a prepper or survivalist, but I like to think that I am prepared to survive when I spend time in the outdoors. So, like many folks, a crucial part of my kit is a good knife. Or, at least, it used to be. Now, it’s a series of knives that work in harmony to complete different tasks. 　　For...

Jan 28, 2025

1UP’s Super Duty Bike Rack Is a Marvel of Engineering

　　If you asked me to name the best bike brand, it would be impossible. Dozens of brands make top-shelf bikes that are an absolute pleasure to ride and full of creative technologies. However, naming the best bike rack brand is easy: 1UP. Several other brands make totally competent racks, but none are as unique, well made, thoroughly designed, or beautiful...

Jan 28, 2025

Trango Agility Duo Dry 9.1 Review: Sendy, Spendy, and Extra Safe

　　Coming up on 2 decades of climbing, I’ve never been seriously injured. I chalk it up to consistently safe practices, great climbing partners, and a lot of luck. I have a few friends who haven’t been so lucky. They live with life-altering spinal injuries, partial paralysis, and chronic pain. These are a result of the most common climbing accident —...

Jan 28, 2025

Wildly Light, Fast, and Expensive: Yeti ASR T5 Ultimate XX SL Transmission Review

　　Yeti Cycles is a brand with a rich and storied racing history. Surprisingly, Yeti hasnt had a full-blown cross-country race bike in its lineup since it stopped making the ASR in 2018 — until it launched the all-new ASR in March 2024. 　　Yeti went all-in to make the new ASR a thoroughbred MTB XC race machine capable of going toe-to-toe...

Jan 28, 2025

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Jan 28, 2025

These Are the Best Meals You Can Eat While Skiing

　　Everyone knows a skier who prides themselves on skiing through lunch, only to fuel up on pocket jerky and maybe a PBR on the lift. But during a long day on the slopes, we’re never opposed to warming up our toes and refueling in the lodge. 　　Of course, many lodge cafeterias offer an exceptionally average $30 plate of a burger...

Jan 28, 2025

I Just Like Standing on Summits. All Summits.

　　My wife, Hilary, was essentially handing me a gift, and I didn’t know what to do with it: She was taking our toddler, Jay, to the Oregon coast for a week, and I was invited to not join them. 　　Meaning: I had a full week to do anything I wanted, for the first time since Jay was born 14 months...

Jan 28, 2025

I Tried the Viral Sea Moss Smoothie. It Wasn’t Worth the $20.

　　A few months ago, I went to Los Angeles for a long weekend with my friend Becca to visit her relatives and soak in some sunshine. We both live in Bozeman, Montana and wanted to take a quick break in balmy southern California during the long, frigid northern winter. 　　Los Angeles tends to be at the vanguard of any health...

Jan 28, 2025

How to Improve Your Belaytionship

　　My whole perspective on “belaytionships” (and how to improve them) changed when a friend referred to the task as a “sacred duty.” It’s common to view our turn on the ground as nothing more than filler time between pitches, or worse: a burden that we must bear in exchange for the joys of climbing. But belaying is more than just...

Jan 28, 2025

Bringing the Right Traction Could Save Your Winter Hike—or Your Life

　　Next to not bringing enough warm enough layers and forgetting to check the weather, hitting the trail without appropriate traction is among the most common and dangerous mistakes that hikers make in the winter. It’s one that’s easy to miss until it’s too late, too: Trails that climb from lower elevations may be bare at the beginning but covered in...

Jan 28, 2025

Beer? More Like, Brrrr: East Rock Winter Lager Review

　　If youre observing Dry January, the team at GearJunkie —and BeerJunkie —stand in solidarity! Know that well continue reviewing full ABV brews each week so that you can cannonball into February with a full slate of beers to try (#teamwork). 　　This week, our Master of Ceremonies, Paul Pabst, continues the theme of winter beers with the Winter Lager from East...