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The 12 Best Hiking Leggings of 2022, for Women & Men
It's Time to Embrace Hiking Leggings. Here's Our Top 12 Picks for Women & Men

Discover the best trail-ready leggings for hiking, plus tips on how to choose the right pair for your next adventure

The 11 Best Hiking Pants for Women, According to Women
The 11 Best Hiking Pants for Women, According to Women Outdoorists

A sorta-comprehensive and entirely subjective list of the most stylish adventure-ready pants (and leggings)

5 Weekend Backpacking Trips in California to Do This Summer
5 Best Weekend Backpacking Trips in California to Do This Summer

Use these helpful guides to plan your next trip now, and find yourself among nature once the stay-at-home order lifts

The Best Women’s Hiking Clothes for Hitting the Trail This Season
Hit the Trail This Summer with These Women's Hiking Apparel Essentials

A quick and dirty guide to choosing the best women’s hiking clothes, plus our top picks for trail-ready apparel

10 Best Plus Size Rain Jackets for Women & Men
The 10 Best Rain Jackets for Men & Women—With Inclusive Sizing

All the performance, function, and straight up Gore-Tex one would need and want in outerwear, now available in more inclusive sizing

Q&A: Pattie Gonia on Leadership, Social Media, and Outdoor Advocacy
Pattie Gonia on Nature's Queerness and Rebuilding Their Relationship to the Outdoors

How Wyn Wiley inadvertently launched an intense personal and public journey for a more equitable outdoors via "professional homosexual" Pattie Gonia

The 10 Best Packable Rain Jackets for Hiking, Backpacking & Daily Wear
The 10 Best Packable Rain Jackets for Hiking, Backpacking & Everyday Wear

No matter what the forecast says, you should always bring a rain jacket on outdoor adventure—these ones won't take up any space in your pack

Gramicci Updates Original 1982 Climbing Apparel for Spring 2022
Gramicci Updates Original 1982 Climbing Apparel for Spring 2022

Thirty years after making the original climbing pant, the brand is celebrating by leaning into technical materials and streetwear aesthetics

7 Best Camping Couches & Loveseats for Lounging in the Great Outdoors
The 7 Best Camping Couches & Loveseats for Kicking Back in the Great Outdoors

These comfort-driven, oversized outdoor seating options are a big step up from the typical camping chair—and nearly as portable

The 7 Best Car Camping Mattresses for a Better Night's Sleep in Nature
Best Car Camping Mattresses: Our Top 7 Choices for a Better Night's Sleep

Sleeping inside or next to your car makes camping a cinch, and these thick, supportive mattresses bring the comfort of home to anywhere you can park

66º North x Heimplanet Collaborate on Fast-Pitching Inflatable Tent
Gear Review: 66º North x Heimplanet Hi-Vis Four-Season Inflatable Tent

In California's Alabama Hills, a hands-on review of the newly released dome tent design by two well respected European outdoor gear makers

How Senchi Designs Launched an Ultralight Fleece Phenomenon
Senchi Designs' Ultralight Fleeces are Well-Worth the Underground Hype

Beloved by thru-hikers and sold out in seconds, this Portland, OR-based cut-and-sew brand is keeping the garage-grown gear tradition alive and well