Colorado
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Boulder, Colorado
Outbound Reviewed: SCARPA Spin RS Alpine Running Shoes
Admittedly, trail running is a fairly new pursuit for me. I have a lifetime of experience "running" around mountains, scrambling up ridges and exploring the woods, but heading out specifically to jog is a new experience. When I first began, I went through a half-dozen pairs of shoes, and several...Read more -
Denver, Colorado
Kicking Off Outdoor Retailer Summer 2018: Urban Packrafting, Demo Day, and More
Packrafting with Kokopelli and evo To kick things off, we started the morning the day before the show with coffee, bagels, and a quick introduction to evo's flagship store in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood. There we learned a little bit about the history of both evo and Kokopelli Packrafts, g...Read more -
Boulder, Colorado
Mountain Standard seeks to challenge the pricing model of outdoor apparel
Warby Parker did it with glasses, Casper did it with mattresses, Parachute with bedding, Everlane with fashion, and now Mountain Standard is doing it with outdoor apparel. In a dramatic shift of their business model, Boulder-based Mountain Standard has decided to do away with sales, retail marku...Read more -
Estes Park, Colorado
Women's Alpha 60 Jacket
This jacket performed amazingly on a winter jaunt to Rocky Mountain National Park last weekend. The hike up to Loche Valle is a relatively short (6 miles rt) trek, but in the winter, you are going straight uphill all the way to the lake, and you need a piece that keeps you warm and also lets you ...Read more -
Colorado
Falling in Love in the Outdoors
"Gimme a kiss to build a dream onAnd my imaginationWill thrive upon that kissSweetheart, I ask no more than thisA kiss to build a dream on" We took off on the dirt road as these words came across the stereo. I turned to Jared on my left, with the biggest grin on my face and thought, "Who is this ...Read more -
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
The Three Types of Rocky Mountain National Park Hikers
Originally published at out-spiration.com PEAK BAGGERS This person takes on two main forms: (1) they are either wearing their Osprey pack that they rave about because of the All Mighty Guarantee charging past the casual hikers with their state of the art trekking poles or (2) they are wearing a h...Read more -
Colorado
When Adventures Go Wrong
Have you ever had an adventure that went completely wrong? Well, that was Jared's and I adventure this past Saturday. Jared and I had a Saturday off together which doesn't happen very often, and I wanted to make the most of it by exploring in the mountains. We had a few different locations i...Read more