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Stories From the Trail

Collection: How to Prepare for Your First Mountain Bike Ride

When it comes to trip planning, backpacking food is one of the easiest things to mess up. Beg...

Bugs. This time of the year, they seem to make their way into everything. Pests can sneak throug...

Have you ever slept out in a bivy sack? If not, you’re missing out. Not sure what a bivy sack is,...

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There’s more to it than choosing the right jacket—here are 8 tips for traveling when it’s rainy....

Get the best fit and compatibility to make the most of your X-Gaiters. Years of testing, tink...

Ever wonder what the difference is between all the different types of GORE-TEX®? After all, i...

Hiking my first 14er was the first time I learned that “cotton kills.” Thankfully, I didn’t actua...

Maybe your summer vacation to a cooler high elevation was canceled. Or the window for that cool-w...

There are plenty of articles and guidebooks about hiking the John Muir Trail—but after thru-hikin...

I was hiking solo on the Pacific Crest Trail, back when it was OK to do such things, when I stumb...

This article originally appeared on the Melanin Base Camp page. Thank you to Danielle Williams (f...

At OR, we certainly love a badass hard shell. We’re born and bred in the PNW, after all. But we a...