The Best Snow Safety Gear of 2024
Stay safe in the backcountry with these six items
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Does Your GPS Navigation App Give you Wildfire and Air Quality Maps? This One Does.
These new map overlays will help you safely plan your hikes around fire season.
Watch: How to Master Your Bear Spray
BACKPACKER Skills Editor Corey Buhay is here to help you master grizzly country's most essential safety gear.
Editors' Choice Snow: Delorme inReach Explorer
Upload routes, plot waypoints, and communicate with friends in the field, at home, and on Facebook and Twitter with this next-gen, do-it-all device.
10 Ways to Use a Condom in the Backcountry
Throw a couple in your survival kit. Here's why.
Survival Skills: How to Safely Cross a River
Whether you're solo or with a group, the BACKPACKER editors show you how to safely cross a raging river–no bridge necessary.