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11 Backpacking Hacks You've Never Thought Of

11 Backpacking Hacks You've Never Thought Of

Jenna Herzog

Be prepared on the trail with these backpacking hacks that can make your time in the outdoors easier and more comfortable. Photo: Edward Virvel Learning a better way to do...

11 Backpacking Hacks You've Never Thought Of

Jenna Herzog

Be prepared on the trail with these backpacking hacks that can make your time in the outdoors easier and more comfortable. Photo: Edward Virvel Learning a better way to do...

Celebrate Your Freedom to Recreate: Free Things to Do Outside around Burlington

Celebrate Your Freedom to Recreate: Free Things...

Outdoor Gear Exchange

Spend your 4th of July week outside doing these (free!) activities. Just getting outside is free, sure. But getting into a specific outdoor activity—climbing, mountain biking, backpacking, paddling—costs money, and...

Celebrate Your Freedom to Recreate: Free Things...

Outdoor Gear Exchange

Spend your 4th of July week outside doing these (free!) activities. Just getting outside is free, sure. But getting into a specific outdoor activity—climbing, mountain biking, backpacking, paddling—costs money, and...

Tough Travels: A Green Mountain Epic Bikepack Trip

Tough Travels: A Green Mountain Epic Bikepack Trip

Aaron August

Often, we go on outdoor excursions with a set purpose: a peak to summit, a line to ski, a trail to ride, a goal in mind. More often than not,...

Tough Travels: A Green Mountain Epic Bikepack Trip

Aaron August

Often, we go on outdoor excursions with a set purpose: a peak to summit, a line to ski, a trail to ride, a goal in mind. More often than not,...

5 Amazing Bikepacking Routes on the East Coast

5 Amazing Bikepacking Routes on the East Coast

Maggie Slepian

Take a ride on the Great Allegheny Passage, which when connected with the C&O Canal Trail, will take you all the way from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. Photo: cgulker Every...

5 Amazing Bikepacking Routes on the East Coast

Maggie Slepian

Take a ride on the Great Allegheny Passage, which when connected with the C&O Canal Trail, will take you all the way from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. Photo: cgulker Every...

Taking Care: A 3-Part Series

Taking Care: A 3-Part Series

Outdoor Gear Exchange

Anyone who spends time outdoors understands the importance of protecting our wild spaces. In a time where public lands are under attack and recreational value seems to come secondary to...

Taking Care: A 3-Part Series

Outdoor Gear Exchange

Anyone who spends time outdoors understands the importance of protecting our wild spaces. In a time where public lands are under attack and recreational value seems to come secondary to...

How to Start Backpacking Without Breaking the Bank

How to Start Backpacking Without Breaking the Bank

Ry Glover

So, you want to get started with backpacking? But you either don’t own the right gear, know what the right gear is, or some combination of both. Not to worry!...

How to Start Backpacking Without Breaking the Bank

Ry Glover

So, you want to get started with backpacking? But you either don’t own the right gear, know what the right gear is, or some combination of both. Not to worry!...