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Vans UltraRange Hi GORE-TEX Sneakers Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ Vans has defined sport evolution and style almost since day 1, in the process becoming one of the most distinctive and innovative footwear brands around. Enter the Vans...

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Burley Ski Kit Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ There are plenty of tools to get your kid out there with you. But few are guaranteed to ensure you’re still squeezing in that life-affirming exertion as well as Burley We! Ski...

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Airthings Wave Smart Radon Gas Detector Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ For those of us who live in the mountains, there’s an elevated threat of radon because of our innocuous little wood stoves and our wells. That makes the Airthings Wave Smart...

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Arch Climbing London Spot Check and Hotel Guide

Mountain Weekly News ~ Indoor rock climbing was born in England, which makes sense when you consider the fact that England has produced more legendary mountaineers than basically anywhere else, and...

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Top Crampons For Splitboarding & Snowboarding

Mountain Weekly News ~ Most crampon models give you the option to choose between completely bailed, heel-bailed, or just nylon straps, and the full-strap model is more versatile as to footwear crampon...

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Are Epic and Ikon Passes the Future Skiing Wants

Mountain Weekly News ~ Independence, that used to be the name of the game. We were all out there on the mountain for some sort of freedom, a pointless exercise of riding a mechanized steel...

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10 Best Family Camping Tents 2019

Mountain Weekly News ~ Camping is on the rise.  We tested a bunch of family camping tents with our friends and family in 2019.  These our picks for the best family camping tents. Top 10 Tents for...

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5 Incredible Places to Stay in Tamarindo Costa Rica

Mountain Weekly News ~ Any surfer who’s ever watched “Endless Summer II” — which has gotta be about any surfer, at least in the US — dreams of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. A short hop from everywhere in the...

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Black Diamond Ascension STS Splitboard Skins Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ I jumped at the chance to try out the brand new Black Diamond Ascension Skins as for years now pretty much all my ski partners have sworn by Black Diamond skins on their AT...

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Merrell Hydro Choprock Kid’s Sandal Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ Of all the new gear I pulled out to play with on our backpacking trip into the Sawtooths, my son freaked out the most over his new pair of Merrell Hydro Choprock Sandals. He...

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Costa Del Mar Slack Tide Sunglasses Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ After wearing the Costa Del Mar Slack Tide Sunglasses on hikes, climbs, backpacking, and, of course, fishing, I finally realized what a fishing buddy of mine told me years ago:...

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TahoeLab Directional Splitboard Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ Slicin’ and dicin’ requires unyielding perfection. Carbon stiffness, camber blades, the bamboo core like a great samurai’s bo staff. Made in the hallowed grounds of Tahoe. That’s...

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Spark R&D Splitboard Crossbar Clips Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ The new Spark R&D Crossbar Clips are a great experiment in applying high technology to simple splitboard solutions, the kind of thing that mechanical genius in your class...

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Black Diamond Carbon Compactor Ski Poles Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ It makes sense that the Black Diamond Carbon Compactor Ski Poles would pull in best practices from avalanche probes and rando racing poles to make about the best backcountry...

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Dakine Gearhart GORE-TEX 3L Jacket Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ The Dakine Gearhart Jacket answers the question: Is it possible to have a jacket that’s bomber waterproof AND stretchy? I’ve had plenty of GORE-TEX jackets that felt like plastic...

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SHRED Simplify Goggle Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ You can’t go out on the hill these days without seeing every other snowslider wearing a pair of SHRED Simplify Goggles. They’re more popular than Lamar Jackson at an NFL jersey...

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Giro Emerge MIPS Helmet Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ Trying out the Giro Emerge MIPS Helmet, I was a little skeptical – it looked bulbous but stripped down. Still, I’ve been wearing helmets religiously since that one time I...

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Slash Linehiker Splitboard Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ When Gigi Ruf first envisioned the Slash Linehiker Splitboard, he probably said something like “Okay, big air, adaptability, power, and pop.” But, you know, in Austro-Bavarian...

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10 Best Family Camping Tents 2020

Mountain Weekly News ~ Top 10 Family Camping Tents For Your Next Family Camping Trip Coleman Sundome 6 Person Tent With a 100-square-foot floor and a 6-foot center height, Coleman’s Sundome 6 is a...

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Patagonia Snowdrifter Pants Review

Mountain Weekly News ~ Snow’s driftin’, track’s filling in right after you put it in, and you still got a ways to go. Patagonia knows the feeling, obviously. The Patagonia Snowdrifter Bibs are made for...

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