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While other stores close their doors for the day, Patagonia will stay open and give away every cent of what it earns to environmental nonprofits
Pass those well-loved hiking shoes, skis, and jackets to someone who will put them to better use
It could be the key to making the industry more sustainable, but it's also (unsurprisingly) difficult to convince manufacturers to share their R&D finds. Which is where Patagonia comes in.
All the best skiers I know are women. We need gear that can keep up.
The five products we’re most excited about this year
Can you outfit an entire trip with random scores from gear subscription boxes? Our writer gave it a shot.
More technical gear is being built in the U.S., but companies are scrambling to find talent who can sew
The 5 pieces of gear we're most excited about from this year’s event
The outdoor apparel brand just released a new wool standard to ensure the natural fiber comes from suppliers that don't mistreat their sheep
Gear and apparel manufacturers are big chemical users. A new overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act has them scrambling to innovate—minus the toxins.
The brand commissioned a study to find out how many synthetic microfibers—the tiny bits of plastic that marine scientists say could be jeopardizing our oceans—are shed from its jackets in the wash. The results aren't pretty.
We reviewed 369 products for our Summer Buyer's Guide. Only these 14 earned the coveted Gear of the Year award.
The problem isn’t technical, it’s psychological. And we’re to blame.
84 Lumber, the largest privately held supplier of building materials in the United States, is officially stepping into the tiny-house market
Colorado-based gear shop 123Mountain has lost much of its inventory following a court-ordered seizure to repay debts
The beloved Bombardier snowcoaches are headed to the auction block
An undersized version of the American dream comes to life in Texas
The 5 products from the Denver trade show that we can’t wait to test this season
Upstart companies are offering to ship customers primo boxes of hand-selected outdoor tool and toys
The five products we’re most excited about this year
Pro big-mountain extreme skier Lexi DuPont has a 500-square-foot geodesic dome—complete with wooden shingles, a cow skull, and riverside hot springs.
In Colorado, small units could be the solution to a chronic mountain-town problem: lack of affordable housing for the people who work there
Last month, REI launched its #OptOutside campaign and announced that it would close on Black Friday. Here are 5 other companies that followed suit—or beat the big retailer to the punch.
It'll leave you grinning—if you can overcome your nausea and fear of death
The outdoor equipment co-op will close on one of the biggest shopping days of the year. The rest of the gear world should take note.
These 2 people get paid to travel the world and test Columbia’s newest gear
We’ve spent the past few days handing out Gear of the Show awards at Interbike, the massive annual cycling industry convention in Las Vegas. From a cutting-edge road kit with built-in lights to a fat bike with a sidecar, here are our picks for the most exciting gear of next season.
POC debuts battery-powered cycling apparel
LCD lenses make multi-lens glasses obsolete
A dropper seatpost that’s easy to install and simple to switch between bikes
The fat-bike version of the motorcycle and sidecar
For gear companies looking to tell "real" stories through their marketing campaigns, there's really only one photographer to call: Emily Maye
Google's virtual climbing projects are getting most of the press, but Mammut beat them to the punch—by nearly a year
The company's response was fast. And honest.
We give the big outdoor brands a lot of love at OR—and for good reason. This year, however, we also wanted to highlight the little guys.
If you want clean, safe water in the backcountry, this is the only purifier you should be buying
This may be the coolest car-camping stove we've ever seen
Columbia just reinvented the rain jacket, and it works great
Lighter, softer, and more stylish than we thought possible for a performance top
Gear companies from around the world released their brand-new summer 2016 products this week at Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City. We pored over all of it, and these five products—from a brilliant new water filter to a totally reinvented waterproof jacket—were our top picks for Gear…
Patagonia pulled on a thread and found migrant workers suffering under servitude in its supply chain. Will its disclosures prompt other brands to air their dirty laundry (or even look for it) as well?
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When filmmakers Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller set out to build a tiny house for the 2013 documentary Tiny: A Story About Living Small, they had no idea what they were doing.
Electronic shifting, fat tires, and stronger wheels make the latest mountain bikes funner than ever.
The perfect gift for the love child of Ranger Rick and Bob the Builder is a set of National Park–themed Legos
The Colorado startup wants to change the way companies make waterproof-breathable layers with its new core construction technology.
The coolest, most high-tech solution to goggle fog we've seen
Waterproof skins that don't gain weight on the ascent
The brainchild of pro ultrarunner Mike Foote, this sleeveless running jacket offers more protection than a vest and packs down to about the size of a Clif Bar.
Lightweight and bomber, these are the shoe-boots you want when the singletrack gets muddy.
It may not be the world's warmest, but it is damn toasty.
The experts of light and fast branch out with a burly charger.
Eliminate goggle fog with such a simple fix? Genius.
After Lonely Planet's new owner hired a 25-year-old neophyte to helm the famed but flailing guidebooks brand, it was anyone’s guess as to which direction it would go. But new clues to the company's future may be found in this startling acquisition.
The abrupt move stunned the outdoor industry and infuriated climbers, but it wasn't necessarily a bad choice.
Unlike so many of its competitors, the ST2 is a purpose-made e-bike with next-gen features.
The Japanese component manufacturer brings electronic shifting to mountain bikes.
A taillight-camera combo warns traffic of your presence—and records them if they end up getting too close.
It's not all shoes and tents from the companies who hawk their goods at the huge outdoor gear show. These innovations are offbeat, but we (mostly) like 'em anyway.
We combed through the coolest products at Outdoor Retailer 2014 to bring you these six items—all of which cost $35 or less.
This small gadget transforms what it means to communicate off-the-grid
A breakthrough combination of extreme rocker and attention to detail
Most technical ski gear isn’t made in this country—and it never has been.
Fritchi Diamir Vipec's game-changing, two-piece tech binding with an adjustable release setting is the first of its kind—at this price.