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Silver mylar bags of dehydrated meals and a white-colored, circular dehydration machine.

Homemade Dehydrated Meals

Dehydrating your own backpacking meals can be fun and cost-effective compared to purchasing ready-made freeze-dried meals. It can also be a great wintertime activity while ...
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Beer can label for Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA, featuring a skeleton wearing a bomber hat and jacket with red scarf.

Provisions: Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA

New Belgium Brewing's Voodoo Ranger family of beers are brewed with trendsetting hop and malt varieties.
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Mug of spicy hot chocolate, with chili peppers and grated chocolate.

Provisions: Spicy Hot Chocolate

A chocolate beverage is great for hydration and energy, and one with warming spices provides comfort to enjoy the great outdoors when the weather chills. ...
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Voormi Men’s High-E Hoodie

This magical, Merino wool hoodie is hands down the most versatile piece of outdoor apparel I have in my sprawling arsenal of technical base layers, ...
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Leave No Trace

During last summer’s huge increase in use of public lands, many of our favorite places took a beating from inconsiderate outdoor recreationists. Let’s do better ...
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View from a kayak of waterfall, Peewee Falls, over basalt rock into the Pend Oreille River.

10 Travel Planning Tips for Summer 2021

Use these 10 travel planning tips to help you make the most of your spring and summer adventures during the COVID-19 pandemic era.
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Ski Bum Advice: Stuff I Missed This Season

Out There's Ski Bum missed three significant components of his usual ski day experience during the 2020-21 COVID ski season.
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Fred Nowland in his ski gear on a resort deck with the mountain view and American flag behind him.

Spokane Ski Industry Icon Fred Nowland

There are very few true skiing icons in the Spokane area, but Fred Nowland is definitely one of them. A fixture of the ski industry ...
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A collection of six vintage ski instruction, how-to guidebooks.

Hand-Me-Down Ski Books

The allure of books from the 70s and 80s that cover a range of skiing topics -- from ski racing, ski maintenance, and ski technique ...
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