When you start overnight hiking, you’ll probably be looking at some sort of backpacking stove to cook food with. It’s not absolutely required, you could just bring packaged and dried food, but having a hot, filling meal at the end of a long day hiking… Read More »Backcountry kitchen: Canister fuel stoves
The number of outdoor sports you can choose from is growing every day. It can be hard to choose which one to start with. One of PureOutside’s contributor’s, Susie Wing, has a few questions for you to help figure out which sport you should start… Read More »Choosing the right outdoor sport for you
** This review covers the 2009 version of the Arc’teryx Sidewinder. 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… Read More »Skiing on an Angle: A Review of Sidewinder SV Jacket from Arc’teryx
I must admit that I was a little skeptical of the benefits of the 3-in-1 jackets before I got the Hi-Tec Granite Peak Parka. Having never owned one before I wasn’t sure why anyone would buy one. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised when I started… Read More »Hi-Tec Granite Peak Parka Review
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… Read More »Hiking Day Trip Gear Checklist
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… Read More »New Gear in 2010: First Impressions
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… Read More »AdventureMobile: The Series
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 rep showed up and did our session.… Read More »Salomon XT Wings Review
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… Read More »Resort Skiing Gear Checklist
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… Read More »Snowshoe Day Trip Gear Checklist
