Online Exclusive: Readers' Choice 2012: Stuart Peck's Hiking Tips
Hiking tips from this region's top mapper, who has notched 20 bag nights and 200 trail miles in 9 states this year while scouting trails for BACKPACKER.
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Deuter USA Speed Lite 30
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Echo II
Stay comfortable in both summer and winter conditions with this tent's floor-to-ceiling doors and fly vents.
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Echo I
Stay comfortable in both summer and winter conditions with this tent's floor-to-ceiling doors and fly vents.
Western Mountaineering Bison GWS
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Puma GWS
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Lynx GWS
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Western Mountaineering Tamarack
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Western Mountaineering Bristlecone MF
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Western Mountaineering Kodiak MF
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Sequoia MF
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Antelope MF
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Ponderosa MF
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Badger MF
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Apache MF
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Sycamore MF
This hybrid bag from REI provides the best in comfort and waterproofing.
Western Mountaineering Alder MF
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Western Mountaineering Caribou MF
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Western Mountaineering Mitylite
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Western Mountaineering Highlite
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Western Mountaineering Summerlite
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Western Mountaineering Megalite
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Western Mountaineering Alpinlite
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Western Mountaineering Ultralite
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Danner, Inc. Crater Rim GTX
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Danner, Inc. SOBO Low
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Danner, Inc. SOBO Low
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Danner, Inc. NOBO GTX Low
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Danner, Inc. NOBO GTX Low
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Danner, Inc. SOBO Mid
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Danner, Inc. SOBO Mid
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Danner, Inc. NOBO GTX Mid
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Danner, Inc. NOBO GTX Mid
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear HMG Ice Pack
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Windrider Southwest
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Danner, Inc. Roughhouse Mountain GTX
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear HMG Porter
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Deuter USA Futura 30 SL
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Deuter USA Futura 26
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Danner, Inc. Rebel Rock GTX
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Hyperlite Mountain Gear Windrider
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Inov-8 Roclite 286 GTx
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Danner, Inc. Mt Defiance GTX
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Danner, Inc. Mt Defiance GTX
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Inov-8 Roclite 335 GTX
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inov-8 Roclite 400 GTX
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Western Mountaineering Versalite
A lofty, hoodless, semi-rectangular down bag.
Online Exclusive: Readers' Choice 2012: Peter Rives's Suggested Packing Lists
Suggested packing lists from our prolific map contributor, who has thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and notched more than 90 bag nights while scouting routes for BACKPACKER.
Online Exclusive: Readers' Choice 2012: Lisa Densmore's Five Favorite Hikes in the Northeast
Five more must-do hikes from this region's top map contributor—with 20 years of experience in the area—dishes tips for beating the crowds on her all-time favorite hikes.
Online Exclusive: Readers' Choice 2012: Travis Lesicka's Wildlife Sighting Tips
This region's top contestant in our Be a Mapper contest reveals his wildlife sighting tips.
Readers' Choice 2012: Your Neck of the Woods – Southeast Hikes
See Shenandoah's tallest waterfall, traverse secluded ridgelines, score cliff-top panoramas, swim beneath falls, and walk through wildflowers and oak stands on the Florida Trail.
Readers' Choice 2012: Your Neck of the Woods – Northeast Hikes
Snag Big Apple skyline views, tackle four peaks in a day, rack up waterfalls, hike through history on the AT, and climb Vermont's highest peak.
Readers' Choice 2012: Your Neck of the Woods – Mountain West Hikes
Scramble on red rock, camp at alpine lakes, cross a high pass, explore a trailless moonscape, and bushwhack to a peak.
Readers' Choice 2012: Top 3 – Southeast Hikes
Our prolific map contributor has thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail and notched more than 90 bag nights while scouting routes for BACKPACKER.
Readers' Choice 2012: Top 3 – Northeast Hikes
The region's top map contributor—with 20 years of experience in the area—dishes tips for beating the crowds on her all-time favorite hikes.
Readers' Choice 2012: Top 3 – Mountain West Hikes
This region's top contestant in our Be a Mapper contest reveals his favorite off-the-beaten-path routes through canyon country and mountain refuges.
Asolo USA KHYBER GV
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Asolo USA KHUMBU GV
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Asolo USA GANESH GV
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Job Opening: Editor-in-Chief, AIM Outdoor Group's Trade Division
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ARC'TERYX Beta SL Hybrid Hoody
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ARC'TERYX Gamma SL Hybrid Jacket
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ARC'TERYX Alpha SL Hybrid
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ARC'TERYX Beta FL
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ARC'TERYX Alpha FL Jacket
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ARC'TERYX Kata 30
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ARC'TERYX Kata 37
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ARC'TERYX Kata 45
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ARC'TERYX Nozoe 75
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ARC'TERYX Miura 30
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ARC'TERYX Muira 50
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ARC'TERYX Naos 85
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ARC'TERYX Blade 15
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ARC'TERYX Blade 24
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ARC'TERYX Blade 30
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ARC'TERYX Arro 22
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ARC'TERYX Arrakis 65
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ARC'TERYX Arrakis 50
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ARC'TERYX Arrakis 40
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ARC'TERYX Bora 95
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