How To: Build a Fire Pit
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How To: Build a Fire Pit

If we were playing word association and I threw out camping, I bet a number of you would think fire. Even with a propane camp stove and grill, a camp just has to have that smoky smell, that flicker...
How To: Stay Safe While Hiking
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How To: Stay Safe While Hiking

It seems lately there’s always a story on the news about someone disappearing in the wilderness while camping or hiking. Since these are our favorite activities, we want to share a few tips that wi...
Keeping Spirits High When Adventure is Low
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Keeping Spirits High When Adventure is Low

Keeping Spirits High When Adventure is Low The outdoorsy need a dose of wilderness on the regular. No amount of armchair adventuring can keep their spirits bolstered; they need to experience the e...
Why You Should Never Feel Intimidated While Starting New Adventures
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Why You Should Never Feel Intimidated While Starting New Adventures

Why you should never feel intimidated while starting new adventures The outdoor community is a welcoming one…until it isn’t. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, there will undoubtedly com...
13 Steps to Sleeping and Surviving Cold Nights
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13 Steps to Sleeping and Surviving Cold Nights

13 Steps to Sleeping and Surviving Cold Nights The temperatures are getting perfect for getting outdoors for hiking, climbing, fishing, whatever sport strikes your fancy. Unfortunately, it also m...
How To Get Out of An Outdoors Rut
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How To Get Out of An Outdoors Rut

How to get out of an outdoors rut It was happening and I didn’t want to see it: I was in a rut. A solid two week run without a single afternoon spent outdoors, the calluses on my hands (so careful...
18 Ways to Start a Fire
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18 Ways to Start a Fire

Here at TETON Sports, we love the idea of being able to start a fire with whatever we can find in the great outdoors. Certainly, fuel to keep a fire going is often abundant in the wilderness, but f...
Hidden in the Depths: What You Should Know in the Backcountry
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Hidden in the Depths: What You Should Know in the Backcountry

White. Untracked. Bluebird overhead. Your powder-hungry soul, starved after two weeks of below-freezing temps and no snow, can hardly handle the temptation of the scene. The storm, dropping 18” ove...
How to Identify 6 Animals You Might Encounter on the Trail
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How to Identify 6 Animals You Might Encounter on the Trail

As you hike, you spy animal tracks in the soft mud along the trail. Having no idea if these belong to a harmless dog or something more worrisome like a cougar or bear, you fret inwardly as you cont...