Pure Outside

So you you’re thinking about going for a hike and you get excited. But then you start thinking about everything you need to find out. Where’s the best place to hike? How do I get there? Are there any important things I should know about the trail before I go? I’ve created a bit of a checklist [...]

There are so many terms out there to do with hiking. This is my stab at listing them all with a short description of what they mean. If you notice one is missing, please let me know in the comments at the bottom! The Hiking Glossary Alpine: Roughly the area on a mountain above the treeline. [...]

How closely do you time your runs? If you’re like me, up to year and a bit ago I never timed anything. I’d run a distance I thought was close to when I should run and call it a day. I didn’t really measure much. I guess that’s why my results were less than stellar [...]

When I first found the Julbo Nomad sunglasses I was a little skeptical. They were from a french company that I had never heard of, they were expensive, and they were a little different style than I was used to wearing. I was actually looking for some big white sunglasses at the time, so I [...]

The first thing I will say about this backpack is that if I had one for every adventure I’m doing right now it would be this one. That’s a pretty tall order for a backpack. It’s only a 33 litre bag so it’s not going to fit tons and tons of stuff for overnight hikes [...]

I’ve heard so much about Marble Meadows in Strathcona Park so it was finally time to get out there and see what it was all about. August 12-14 some friends and I headed out there to camp for 3 or 4 days, summit Marble Peak and Mount McBride and check out the scenery. The plan [...]

It’s hard not to talk about gear when you love being outside. It’s not a show-stopper but having bad gear can be uncomfortable or even dangerous out in the wilderness. I try and get the best gear I can afford because it works the best, lasts the longest and is the most comfortable. The only [...]

This first part is a bit of a story about the demise of my Garmin Colorado 300. Skip to the second part for the Montana 600 review. I’ve had the chance to use a few different GPS over the last couple years. They were all Garmin but they all had different features that I could [...]

Wow, things have been busy around here! It’s already time for the next edition of the Outdoor Blog Carnival.  Tim and Robin from Appalachia and Beyond have graciously accepted hosting duties for this edition. If you’d like to host an edition of the Outdoor Blog Carnival, submit a post for the next carnival (coming soon) [...]

One of the first questions I get when i start talking to someone who wants to get into hiking is,  “What gear do I need?” Well, you don’t need much. Lots of people hike with nothing more than runners or whatever they happen to have on their feet at the time. It’s always a good [...]