America’s Best Backpacking and Outdoor Adventures
Three-Season Sleeping Bag REI Igneo (19° F) $329, $339 long, 1 lbs. 15 oz. (reg) Sizes: regular and long rei.com Sleeping bags have seen a lot of impressive advances recently, including water-resistant down feathers. But many of those advances jack up the price of high-end bags, while inexpensive models tend too often to be heavy, bulky, and not as well …
Sleeping Bag Liners Insect Shield Cocoon Safari Bag $80, 6 oz. (with included stuff sack) cocoon.at Sea to Summit Premium Blend Silk+Cotton Liner $55, 5.5 oz. (regular, with included stuff sack) moosejaw.com Sea to Summit Coolmax Adaptor Travel Liner $53, 10 oz. (mummy style, with included stuff sack) moosejaw.com Sleeping bags liners are essential gear for hut trips and a …
Camp Kitchen Jetboil Sumo Titanium Group Cooking System $190, 12 oz. (weight not including the measuring cup or the pot support) $130, 16 oz. (for the aluminum version) Jetboil Sumo Companion Bowl Set $20, 6 oz. Set includes two 23-oz. (675 ml) bowls and one 15-oz. (450 ml) bowl jetboil.com From boiling water in near-freezing temperatures, wind, and drizzle with …
Before They’re Gone—A Family’s Year-Long Quest to Explore America’s Most Endangered National Parks
By Michael Lanza La Verkin Creek, swollen and bellowing with spring snowmelt, charges past us like a stampeding herd of bison—with a force and noise level that can make a reasonable person question the wisdom of stepping into its path. Deep in the Kolob Canyons in the northwest corner of Utah’s Zion National Park, it’s tearing enough dirt from its …