I've spent the last three winters pulling my kids out of snowbanks, strapping them into car seats, and dragging them through slush on the way to school. After one too many meltdowns from a soggy toddler, I started testing every pair of best snow bibs for kids I could get my hands on, from budget […]

Our team has logged more than 4,000 trail miles over the past two winters testing windbreakers in conditions ranging from exposed alpine ridges to humid Pacific Northwest singletrack. A packable windbreaker is the single most-reached-for layer in our running packs, and the right one disappears on your shoulders until a cold gust or light rain […]

After 12 weekends of hunting whitetail deer in tick-heavy southern Missouri and 6 backpacking trips through Virginia's Shenandoah range, I can tell you that the best permethrin treated clothing is the difference between coming home with a tick-free pair of socks or three embedded Lone Star ticks. I've watched ticks crawl up my treated pants, […]

I learned this the hard way on a sub-zero December trip to the Adirondacks: cold legs ruin a camping trip faster than almost anything else. My upper body was bundled, but a flimsy pair of hiking pants let the chill creep in the moment I stopped moving to set up camp. By morning I had […]