Whether your winter foray involves a day of casual hiking, or an aggressive assault on the untouched backcountry, you don’t need extra weight bogging you down when speed and fluidity are a viable alternative. Northern Lites offers a full range of snowshoes ready to get you deep into the wilderness with efficiency and comfort.
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Whether you’re conquering a peak, running along the local levee, or simply out to prove a point to your run partner on the trail, the new TrekSta Sync Trail Running Shoes are ready for the ride. Offering the comfort and protection you need along with a smooth and responsive ride, these shoes are about to crush any excuses you had in mind for not hitting the trail.
If a little cold, snow, and morning frost isn’t going to keep you from running outside, you’ll want to ensure that you’ve got the right equipment on hand. An essential part of any good cold weather run ensemble is appropriate headgear— but not just any old beanie will suffice. Even on brisk Spring mornings, it’s a tricky thing to be sweating out in the cold, so you’ll need something to keep you warm, dry, and comfortable. Enter the Headsweats Toaster Beanie.
When it comes to cold weather headwear, you don’t need a hat that has more technical innovation than warmth. Nor are you looking for a hat that tells good stories on long drives. Whether it’s Autumn, Winter or the cool nights of Spring, your top priority is making sure your family of outdoor adventurers stays comfortable and warm. It just so happens that’s the same priority of Ambler, a company focused on crafting quality hats ready to take you from peaks to pavement and everywhere in-between.
Sure, you can spend your Winter and Spring Snowshoe excursions traversing well packed trails and gently rolling terrain. But there are times when the trail turns icy and vertical and you aren’t ready to turn back and head for home.
Your ambitious snowshoe itinerary might fall to pieces without durable, dependable gear like the MSR Lightning Ascent snowshoes. Ready to withstand the frequent use and abuse of backcountry adventure while providing plenty of support for tricky terrain, these are tough snowshoes for tough conditions.
For those who prefer long miles along winding mountain trails threading through thick forested slopes to the monotony of city streets, you’ll want to check out these great new technical trail shoes… then follow that dirt road towards the sunset.
As the snow melts and slender blades of green grass begin to shoot up through the patches of icy white, small buds begin to blossom, and the daylight slowly stretches on a little longer, a new season is ushered in. Spring is here, and for runners that means it’s time to ramp up training and gear up for the spring racing season. Soon it will be time to put away the hats, gloves and track suits for something lighter, cooler and more liberating.
Our run guru’s took some time to preview some of the new shoes and run apparel hitting the shelves this Spring. Following are some of our favorite selections that will carry you in comfort and style mile after mile…
An estimated 200 billion bottles of water are sold around the world annually. Unfortunately, most of these bottles find their into landfills rather than being recycled, calling into question our consumption habits. The good news is that manufacturers of eco-friendly bottles are tackling the unsustainable trend head on with an array of innovative, versatile and fun sustainable options. Following up on our Handheld Hydration Highlights from the Summer 2012 Show, this January we put our team to the task of finding some of their favorite reusable water bottles from this year’s Winter Show.
Recently, our editors published their 2013 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market BEST IN SHOW awards featuring the gear our team found to be the most exciting, innovative, and unique of 2013. However, when North America’s largest outdoor trade show boasts 1,000 of the world’s best manufacturers and distributors of outdoor gear and apparel, there are more than just a handful of items that deserve to be mentioned. Now that the snow flurries have settled, our team has taken the time to pour over pages of notes, emails, and PR pieces in an effort to compile a list of additional eye catching highlights from this year’s Winter Outdoor Retailer Show.
For 2013, Hi-Tec is ushering in the tropical storm season a little early with the introduction of the Hurricane and Hurricane Mid WP hiking shoes. Many fame the Hurricane as the embodiment of nature’s power or acts of divine wrath. The word “hurricane” itself actually derives from “Hurakan,” a destructive Mayan god. In the same way, think of Hi-Tec’s Waterproof Hurricane as a monster on the trail.