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Stio Footwear: Shoes For The Warmer Days Ahead

Outdoor Gear Type: Trail Running Shoes
Recommended For: Urban Hiker

Designed with comfort, performance, and style, Stio’s footwear collection will keep you ready to roam, splash or relax anywhere you follow your feet.

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REI Co-op Offers Limited-Time Digital Bonus Gift Card

Purchase a $100+ REI gift card online at REI.com for a $20 bonus gift card.

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Easy Peasy Car Camping Weekend: Treat Yourself

Outdoor Gear Type: Blanket, Camp Shoe, Lanterns, Pants
Recommended For: Car Camper

Sometimes we all need a break from the craziness of life, epic adventures included! Sometimes we just need an easy peasy car camping weekend. Some frills, some simple pleasures, lots of relaxing. A weekend of treat yourself vibes. The other week, I was feeling this way and decided to head out to my nearest National Park for a weekend of car glamping. Based in Tucson, I spent the weekend in Saguaro National Park.

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Sunski’s Spring 2024: Fresh Styles and Sustainable Materials

Outdoor Gear Type: Sunglasses
Recommended For: Day Hiker, Urban Hiker

Sunski’s Spring 2024 Collection includes new silhouettes and bold colors to celebrate the return of the sun as nature awakens from her winter slumber.

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Kula Cloth: For All The Places You Go

If you’ve been in the wonderful world of hiking and backpacking for a while, chances are you’ve seen a colorful square of fabric dangling from a backpack or two. Kula Cloths in the wild!

These little squares are one of the most playful and genius pieces of gear to come on the scene for a long time. Simply put, they’re pee cloths. For all the places you go. Handy dandy reusable cloths that keep those who squat to pee clean, while helping to reduce waste in the backcountry and in the world.

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VOITED Debuts Eco-Friendly Ultralight Travel Hammock

Outdoor Gear Type: Hammocks

Eco-conscious adventurers rejoice! VOITED’s new Ultralight Travel Hammock is comfy, sustainable, and weighs just 14.8oz!

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Farm To Summit Dehydrated Meals: Phenomenal Bites And Solid Nutrition

Outdoor Gear Type: Food

Farm To Summit is a small company with a big mission! Creating some of the most phenomenal backcountry bites loaded with solid nutrition. Their dehydrated meals are crafted from a sustainable sourced food chain and are packaged in eco-concious pouches.

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YETI SideKick Dry Gear Case Expands with New Sizes

YETI’s SideKick Dry Gear Case expands with new 1L and 6L sizes for secure, dry storage on any adventure.

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Stio x Skida Reunites for Shred-Worthy Mountain Biking Collection

Recommended For: Bikepacker, Urban Hiker

East Coast meets Mountain West: Stio and Skida reunite for a shred-ready mountain bike collection.

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Sea To Summit: Freedom To Adventure

Sea To Summit is a brand we all rely on when it comes to quality gear that allows us freedom to adventure. Whether you backpack, paddle or climb odds are you have some Sea To Summit gear that is essential to your type II fun. Here at Backpackers we’ve recommended their products for years. And today we’d like to introduce you to the brand and what Sea To Summit is all about.

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