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gear & tips snow

Pick The Perfect Gloves & Mitts This Winter With Our Guide

Check out our glove guide for the best digital protection this winter. When it comes to keepin...
gear & tips mountain

X-Gaiters: Everything You Need to Know

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

Pro Advice: How to Choose Ice Climbing Gloves

You’ll need multiple pairs of gloves for ice climbing—here’s how to find the right ones.  It ...
gear & tips snow

Expand Your Range: Ski Kit Guide

Backcountry skiing and snowboarding kits are built to go further. This post is part of our Going ...
gear & tips snow

Meet The New OR x Arcade Collab

Sometimes a little stretch is good for everybody. Physical stretches. Creative stretches. That’s...
climb gear & tips

Your Guide To All Things Gore-Tex

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

How To Ski In Windy Conditions

If you ski long enough, you can’t avoid it. At some point you’ll find yourself leaning hard into ...
climb snow

Confessions Of A 75-Year Old Ice Climber

Right away, I pointed to the ice I wanted to climb—a stand-alone pillars on a tall wall facing ou...
gear & tips mountain

10 Tips For Sleeping In Your Car During Ski Season

Who needs a hotel for their ski weekend when they know that vehicles are built not just for drivi...
snow

Ski Patrol Has An Inequality Problem

Kim Kircher is tall, she admits. But that’s not why she’s been mistaken for a man at Crystal Moun...
gear & tips snow

How To Layer For Backcountry Skiing

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

Are You Skimo Curious?

Want to try a skimo—or, ski mountaineering—race? Whether you want to supercharge your winter fitn...