New camp cooking gear is a great gift for the techy people in your life or for those looking to save weight on backpacking trips—in other words, everyone! Here’s some recent innovations that will quickly become essentials in your loved one’s kit. Fire BioLite has a long history of producing innovative and multi-tasking camp […]
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We all know the tried and true fire pit food shortcuts of prepping and cooking full meals in tin foil, pouring hot chili into single-serve bags of Fritos, and making biscuit dough pizza in a Dutch oven. Here are a few more tricks you may not have heard of that can make your campfire meals
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Becoming a good camp cook using the open flames of a campfire can be easy with the right equipment, tools, ingredients, and recipes.
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Could this be the summer when your kid is ready for sleepaway camp? With the surge of interest in overnight programs, don’t delay registering. Last summer, many Inland Northwest camp sessions quickly filled. My kids say camp is their favorite thing about summer. If you’re not quite sure about joining the club of camp-parents, here
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Summertime is for kids to experience outdoor adventure—the hands-in-dirt, skinned knees, messy-hair-don’t-care type of adventure. Here’s our annual list of regional summer camps and nature-based schools that provide unique opportunities for learning about nature, science, and outdoor skills—with something for every child, any age, and every family.
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Nothing is cozier on a winter evening than a crackling fire. There are even apps that create the sensation for those unable or unwilling to build a fire themselves. However, a winter campfire is completely different from fire building in other seasons. Here are a few tips and gadgets for making your winter outdoor campfire
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Kids never remember their best day of television, but they will never forget summer camp—where they adventured outdoors, were mentored by caring adults, and overcame challenges. Here’s our annual list of regional summer camps and nature-based schools that provide unique opportunities for outdoor adventure and hands-on learning about nature, science, and outdoor skills—with something for
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1 Day | Ages 13+ Dutch oven cooking is a family fun activity adding a delicious taste to your backyard BBQs, family picnics or camping at the lake. You will learn proper oven seasoning techniques, coal preparation, arrangement and temperature, how to handle your hot oven, prepping for your meals and where to buy your
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On the season premiere of “Shark Tank” 10, Cory and Heidi Santiago from Spokane introduced Bear Bowls to a national television audience. Even better, their pitch was funded! Fascinated by great camping gear, Cory envisioned a need for a compact cook kit. In a world where everything else was super compact and ultra-lightweight, why did
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Dorcas Miller’s book “Backcountry Cooking: From Pack to Plate in 10 Minutes” doesn’t have full-page, mouth-watering food photos, but it does have an immense amount of practical, vetted, and diverse information, wisdom, and recipes for all backcountry adventurers. In the Introduction, Miller asks a question that sets the foundation for the entire book: “What kind
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