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A couple years ago I had the amazing chance to get into a Sidewinder SV jacket and pants from Arcteryx for cheaper than I had ever seen them. Needless to say I jumped on the chance. After a couple of seasons snowboarding, skiing and dirtbiking in them, I have to say the whole setup is [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to the first monthly Outdoor Blog Carnival on PureOutside! We were looking for a way to present some awesome hiking and outdoor blog posts from around the blogosphere. Linking to them on Twitter is fun but doesn’t last very long. The Blog Carnival posts last forever and brings together a great group of people [...]

I must admit that I was a little skeptical of the benefits of the 3-in-1 jackets before I got the Granite Peak Parka. Haven’t never owned one before I wasn’t sure why anyone would buy one. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised when I started wearing around my Peak Parka. Retailing for about $210 from Hi-Tec [...]

  Hiking day trips are very easy to get into. You don’t need to take a lot of stuff on each trip to have a great time. Longer day trips might need a little bit more so here’s a checklist so you don’t forget to bring everything you need. This list is really only just [...]

2011 was a great year for adventuring for me. I think it’s finally clicked that I would like to be outside adventuring around as much as possible. I always had an idea before but not until this year has it been so obvious. For every new adventure there’s always another piece of gear that would [...]

So you’ve got an epic adventure planned. All the details are laid out. You’re ready to go. You’ve recruited the best people in the business to help you execute your grand scheme. And then you get stuck on the way there because you’re in a crappy 2-wheel drive car. We can’t have you getting stuck [...]

It was love at first sight. I worked at Valhalla Pure Outfitters for a couple seasons. The reps would come in now and then to see how we were doing and to do product knowledge sessions. The Salomon guy showed up and did our session. He was giving us a sneak peak at some new [...]

No matter how much we want to be touring every day, there are times when conditions push us towards just skiing a day on the resort. Resort skiing doesn’t demand as much gear as touring, but it still sucks to forget something so here’s a check list for it. Ski Gear Skis (with bindings) Boots [...]

I’ve been trying to ski as much as possible lately but if the trip is with people that don’t have skis or is in more technical terrain sometimes we opt to go with snowshoes. Here are the things I bring with me snowshoeing. Let me know what you bring in the comments. Main Items Snowshoes [...]