How to Use Online Weather Resources
Conditions mean everything when planning your weekend adventure. Check out our Rocky Mountain Editor's favorite sites.
Track the Sun to Find North
If you suspect you're off-track use the sun to help orient you and determine which direction is true north.
How to Hang a Bear Bag--PCT Style
This method is popular with ultralight thru-hikers and requires two materials that you don't normally carry (cord and carabiner). Like all bag hangs, it can be foiled by smart, food-conditioned bruins. Check regulations to make sure bag hangs are legal.
How to Predict the Weather
Learn to identify three families of clouds and you'll be able to forecast rain, sun, and deadly storms.
How to Predict the Weather in the Backcountry
No forecast? No problem. Make your own with tips from our team of meteorologists.
Select a Safe Route: Watch the Weather
All conditions affect avy potential. Check forecasts and assess risk.
The Survival Issue: Weather
From hypothermia to heatstroke, the elements kill in myriad ways. Protect yourself with 34 tips on wind, rain, snow, and more.
Stay Comfortable in Any Weather
Sunny and 70 is nice, but makes for a mighty short hiking season. Hit the trail all year long by learning how to thrive–not just survive–in wet, cold, hot, and windy conditions. Here are 115 guide-approved tips.
