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My Season As A Hard Boot Splitboarder
Hard boot splitboarding? What’s that? Are those ski boots? How does that work?
These are just a few of the questions I’ve been asked while touring in my hard boots this year — and they’re fun conversation-starters every time.
While it’s not new tech, hard boot splitboarding is still ...
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An Open Love Letter to Spring Skiing
To our beloved Spring Skiing,
You are warm. Your timing is always perfect. Just when we are completely over the harsh winter, you allow us to shed layers of insulation, give us the freedom, and allow for a range of motion to really enjoy you. Sometimes a select few of us even wear jorts to ...
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Fall Layering Guide
Look, we've all been there: You're happy with yourself that you're at the trailhead early, but you're also dressed for the top of Everest—and spent a not-insignificant amount of time scraping frost off your windshield. By 11AM, you're down to just a long sleeve as you continue up the trail. By ...
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Meet An OGExpert: Rae Bronenkant
What’s an OGExpert? They’re the folks that huff and puff alongside you in the skin track, give you a yell from the lift, move that pad for you at the climbing gym, share their granola at the summit, or help you change a flat tire at the bike trail head. They’re us. We’ve done it all, and ...
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Meet An OGExpert: Megan Shenton
What’s an OGExpert? They’re the folks that huff and puff alongside you in the skin track, give you a yell from the lift, move that pad for you at the climbing gym, share their granola at the summit, or ...
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Meet an OGExpert: Giancarlo Lopes
What’s an OGExpert? They’re the folks that huff and puff alongside you in the skin track, give you a yell from the lift, move that pad for you at the climbing gym, share their granola at the summit, or help ...
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The OGE Holiday Gift Guide: OGExpert Staff Picks
Our OGExperts are some of the most gear-hungry humans to adventure this earth: The head of our camping department is fixing to snag his triple-crown next year, the head of our ski department brings over a decade of industry experience to slinging our skis, and the head of our climbing department ...
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Meet An OGExpert: Chris Reamer
What’s an OGExpert? They’re the folks that huff and puff alongside you in the skin track, give you a yell from the lift, move that pad for you at the climbing gym, share their granola at the summit, or help you change the tire at the bike trail head. It’s us. We’ve done it all, and used ...
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Meet An OGExpert: Melissa Mcnell
What's an OGExpert? They're the folks that huff and puff alongside you in the skin track, give you a yell from the lift, move that pad for you at the climbing gym, share their granola at the summit, or help you change a flat tire at the bike trail head. They're us. We've done it all, and used ...
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Meet An OGExpert: Leela Hornbach
What's an OGExpert? They're the folks that huff and puff alongside you in the skin track, give you a yell from the lift, move that pad for you at the climbing gym, share their granola at the summit, or help you change a flat tire at the bike trail head. They're us. We've done it all, and used ...
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Stick Season Survival
No snow? No problem. Photo: Reese Brown
Skis on wheels. Use them to get in shape for nordic skiing, or just so you can be the coolest cat on the Burlington Bike Path. ‘Nuff said.
Climbing: Rock or Plastic?
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OGExperience: Ultralight Backpacking Q&A
In honor of his upcoming attempt to do the Long Trail in 10 days, Chris Reamer—our very own ultralight backpacking OGExpert—sat down to field some of your Instagram questions about going ultralight. If you've ever wanted to take the plunge into gram-counting, toothbrush-cutting, ...
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