Your hiking backpack holds your home for the night, or possibly several nights, and you want to avoid a soggy sleeping bag and spare clothes at all costs. Though your pack is probably treated with DWR ...

The Patagonia Torrentshell is made from thick, tear-resistant 50D ripstop recycled nylon, so if you are rough on your backpacking gear, this jacket should probably find its way into your pack. One of ...

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Let’s face it; buying a hiking jacket is unnecessarily complicated. Softshells, puffer jackets, hybrid hoodies, rain jackets, fleece sweaters, wind shells, mid-layers, hardshells — how many of these ...

There's nothing worse than planning a hike and waking up to realize the forecast is calling for cloudy skies and rain. Just like that, your day is ruined. But what if an overcast sky doesn't mean your ...

Throughout my testing, the Outdoor Research Foray led the pack in every test. Made with a thick, three-layer construction, the Foray pants perform just how you want and need, so you can stay dry no ...

A backpacking rain jacket is a must-have, even if you’re expecting nothing but bright, sunny hiking weather. Mother Nature is unpredictable; you never know when the sky might open up in a torrential ...