Editors' Choice 2011: Video Gear Reviews
This year's Editors' Choice testing trip took place in Utah's Capitol Reef National Park -- a perfect testing ground for our favorite gear of the year.
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Sleeping Bags TLC: Tips on Cleaning, Fitting, and Mending Your Sleeping Bag
Your sleeping bag is critical to backcountry enjoyment - keep it happy.
Backpack TLC: Tips on Cleaning, Fitting, and Mending Your Pack
Proper fit and care will keep your backpack comfortable and functioning.
Boot TLC: Tips on Cleaning, Buying, and Mending Your Hiking Boots
Your boots will last longer, fit better, and hike farther if you give them a little TLC.
Gear Guide 2011: Extra Online Chart Reviews
Read all the full-text reviews of the gear we didn't have room to dish about in the 2011 Gear Guide charts.
How's Your Camping Etiquette?
Take our etiquette quiz to find out if you're genteel or a heel.
How's Your Camping Etiquette – Answers & Scoring
You took the quiz - now see how you fared.
Starry Sky Hikes
Take advantage of dark skies by hiking away from city lights to starry skyscapes that'd make van Gogh weep. Here's links to six of our favorites.
VIDEOS: Winter Test Fest
Video footage & backcountry skills tips from Backpacker's winter ski testing in Norway & Colorado.
20 Full Moon Hikes
Get out this weekend to explore open meadows and ridgelines at night.
Table of Contents: May Maps Issue 2010
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Gear Review: Yummy Camp Snacks
Cheese spread, bars, drinks, trail mixes–there's more variety than ever in trail snacks.
How to Build Your Own Workbench
Claim a corner of your garage or basement to create this ultimate setup for storing, maintaining, and repairing gear.
Gear Reviews: Packaged Breakfast, Snacks, & Dinners
Your pre-trip shopping just got a whole lot easier.
Gear Review: Packaged Dinners
Take the hassle out of menu planning with these fast meals.
Gear Review: Fast Camp Breakfasts
Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, don't leave camp without inhaling one of these tasty options.
Editors' Choice 2010: The Best Backpacking Gear of the Year
After 15-hour trail days with 50 pound packs on 100-miles of Switzerland's Via Alpina, we're proud to present the best gear of the year.
Gear Guide 2010: Essentials A to Z
Having the right boots, packs, bags, and tents is never enough. Here, a roundup of all the other "essential" pieces of gear you'll want in the great outdoors.
Editors' Choice Awards 2010/Gear Guide 2010 Table of Contents
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Fall Apparel Guide 2009
Goal: Help you stay comfortable in any weather. Solution: Hike through two-week-long downpours and hurricane-force winds to bring you the best new gear for every trip.
America's Best Dayhikes
From dawn-to-dusk epics in Utah canyons to lazy-picnic blueberry strolls in Maine–plus hikes to peaks, redwoods, hot springs, beaches, and more–here are 100 ways to spend a perfect day on the trail.
Pieps iProbe Avalanche Probe
Outsmart mother nature with Pieps iProbe, an avalanche probe with potential for faster rescue times.
Petzl Ultra Headlamp
The Petzl Ultra uses LED's for brightest, and most costly, headlamp.
AirDrives Interactive Earphones
AirDrives Interactive Earphones stay put on bumpiest trails and helps you rock out safely.