May 22, 2013
Join us every Wednesday night for local trail running adventures! You don't have to travel outside Burlington to find great trail runs. These running meet-ups are sponsored by Darn Tough Vermont and are open to all experience levels. In addition to getting your running fix, this is a great place to meet like-minded running enthusiasts while exploring local trails in and around the Burlington area. This week we will be running to Centennial Woods near UVM. We will be leaving from OGE at 6pm for a total route of 6 miles or you can meet at the parking lot at... Read more »
May 24, 2013 – May 25, 2013
The Outdoor Gear Exchange is going on the road! Come visit the Outdoor Gear Exchange's booths at the Key Bank Vermont City Marathon Expo at the Sheraton Hotel's Conference Center this Friday and Saturday. We will be there with brands like Scott footwear, Footbalance footbeds, Salomon footwear, Icebreaker apparel, custom Keep Vermont Weird shirts and much more. Whether you are running on Sunday or looking for great deals, the Expo will have it all. Seminars, product testing and sweet Expo only deals. Hope to see you there. Friday: 4pm - 8pm Saturday: 9am - 7pm @ Sheraton Hotel Conference Center... Read more »
May 25, 2013
Jennifer Lamphere Roberts spent most of her adult life on trails: hiking, skiing, biking, and paddling them; building them; and leading young people on them to learn about the backcountry. Jennifer will be here, at Outdoor Gear Exchange on Saturday, May 25th 11am - 3pm promoting and signing her book; AMC's Best Day Hikes in Vermont: Four-Season Guide to 60 of the Best Trails in the Green Mountain State. The book focuses not so much on the Long Trail, but tries to get a broader geographic spread of Green Mountains and offer more family friendly hiking. The Green Mountains often... Read more »
The Green Mountain Club will be at Outdoor Gear Exchange this Saturday, May 25th from 11am - 3pm to Celebrate the Kick-Off of Patagonia Advocacy Weeks. Also they will be celebrating and promoting the new Winooski Footbridge. Patagonia Advocacy Weeks is a two week window in which Patagonia will donate $10 for every pair of Patagonia footwear sold. They will be donating this money to the Green Mountain Club. Help support the GMC conservation efforts and their newly announced construction projects for a new Winooski River Footbridge. For the past century, the Long Trail crossed the river by a farmer's... Read more »
Think you could pitch a tent on the fly? Think you can do it in under a minute? With the new Kelty AirPitch Mach 6 you can! This Saturday, May 25th we will be having an Tent Erection Contest! Get your minds out of the gutter. With Kelty's AirPitch series, they have replaces traditional poles with the patented AirPoles inflatable poles. Inflatable tents speed up setup and takedown, giving you more time to relax. Take a minute (literally) and come see if you can pitch this tent the fastest! The person who does it the fastest will win a free... Read more »
