backcountry

Caltopo.com: The only map you’ll ever need

If you’re still buying a topo map from REI every time you want to go backpacking, you’re wasting your money.…

7 years ago

Essential items for a camp cooking kit

Camp cooking is something of a lost art. Heck, cooking has become a lost art in many households. But if you…

7 years ago

Is Technology ruining the wilderness experience

The very word ‘wilderness’ evokes in most of us thoughts of loneliness, an uninhabited region, somewhere one goes to be far…

7 years ago

Yummy backwoods gourmet brownies

Everybody loves treats! These brownies are decadence from a camp stove. They're a great treat to make and to share…

7 years ago

5 Items you have to have in your camp cooking kit

Camp cooking is something of a lost art. Heck, cooking has become a lost art in many households. But if you…

8 years ago

A blade in the bush – axes, hatchets, tomahawks, and knives.

Pretty much everyone takes some sort of blade with them into the wilderness. It’s just common sense, there are so…

8 years ago

Carabiners: A climber’s guide to biner basics

The carabiner is one of the greatest technological marvels of our time. They are also one of the simplest. Essentially,…

8 years ago

How to choose a perfect backcountry campsite

When you are camping in the backcountry, finding a campsite is sometimes difficult. Check out our guide to finding the…

8 years ago

Water purification in the wilderness

Water may be the source of all life on Earth, but it can also be the source of considerable illness,…

8 years ago

What to do if you get lost in the backcountry

As the snow begins to melt and summer draws closer every day, alpine hikes become more and more accessible. We…

8 years ago