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Practice makes perfect—and this 30-liter avalanche pack lets you practice saving your own life.

This smart insulated layer vents when you're working and keeps you warm when you're not.

Why did we give an Editors' Choice award to a ball of wool? You'll see.

This sock is the foundation of comfort on long-haul ski tours.

Make your winter camping trips more fun with this classic group hangout tent.

See our favorite skis of the year in action.

Trail beta gets a community-oriented app.

LifeStraw is using custom water filters to provide students in rural Kenya with clean drinking water.

Avoiding grizzlies with cubs is the easiest way to stay out of trouble. But what to do when they won't stop following you?

Learn how to use a twig as a toothbrush

No one likes smelly clothes! Corey Buhay shows us how to wash clothes in the wild with just a few easy to pack items.

With just a few easy moves, this dance will have you fighting off hypothermia and dazzling all your hiking buddies.

Pack for your trip in three minutes with Deputy Editor Casey Lyons.

Adam Roy, Backpacker's in-house knot tying extraordinaire, shows us how to tie a sheet bend knot.

Man videoing a bear swimming in a river has no idea was he is about to catch on camera

Tyler Dunning turned to the trails to heal from the loss of his best friend

If you don't want to carry a full-size chair, this roll-up solution is for you.

These flyweight daypacks helped us keep essentials at hand on jaunts from basecamp.

From high exertion to rainstorms, this shell took whatever we could throw at it.

Arc'teryx's Bora AR was so great that our testers fought over who got to carry it. Find out why in our Editors' Choice video.

Katadyn's BeFree water filter took everything we liked about squeeze filters and made them even better.

The combination of reliability, space, and value makes this one of our favorite four-person tents of all time.

The Columbia Outdry Extreme mixes great performance with a low environmental impact.

Instant oatmeal doesn't have to be gummy and unappetizing. The proof: this chunky, flavor-packed breakfast meal.