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A good down jacket is gold in the backcountry, keeping you warm on frosty mornings in a mountain campsite, or staving off a chill during a break on a ski or snowshoeing tour on a winter day. Today’s the last chance for you to enter to win an outstanding, lightweight puffy jacket stuffed with high-tech, water-resistant feathers, the Big Agnes Hole in the Wall Jacket.
On dayhikes in southern Utah, the Oboz Traverse Low hiking shoe won me over as one of the best new low-cut shoes of the year for its outstanding support and traction and light weight. Now I’m giving away a pair of the men’s Traverse Low or the equivalent women’s from Oboz, the Luna, at The Big Outside. And today is …
What’s not to like about a 9-ounce rain jacket that delivers complete protection from the elements, yet all but disappears inside your pack when you don’t need it? That’s why the Westcomb Focus LT Hoody is a winner. Now you have a chance to win one of these ultralight rain jackets: I’m giving one away at The Big Outside. Today’s …
My giveaway of a Ribz Front Pack ends at midnight tonight. The Ribz has become a standard piece of gear on my backpacking trips because it keeps my DSLR, a second lens, and small items like a map, snacks, and gloves in a readily accessible place: right in front of me. Now you have a chance to get one of these …
Trail Food
Trail Butter
$7, 8-oz. plastic jar; $5 4.5-oz. resealable tube
Flavors: Ozark Original, Expedition Espresso, Mountain Maple
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Given the inherent limitations on what you can eat in the backcountry, finding foods that are portable, non-perishable, don’t crumble or get crushed after a couple days in a backpack, and that everyone loves—adults and kids—is challenging, to say the least. Backpacking for three days in Utah’s Coyote Gulch with my family and another family—including four kids age nine to 12 with very different tastes—the tube of Trail Butter I brought became an instant hit with everyone and it disappeared quickly.