Trends

News from the cottage industry is conspicuously absent from Outdoor Retailer, where even modest booths can be more costly than a serious gear-buying habit. So, here are a few new and noteworthy pieces of gear from smaller manufacturers that were either released late in 2011 or are coming in 2012. Keep these items on your radar as you prepare for the coming season! Read More...

Backpacking Light staff pick their favorite gear/cool dealio/thingy-dingy of 2011. Read More...

Lots of footwear today, for the trail and snow, plus an assortment of jackets, a to-die-for backcountry ski system from La Sportiva, Big Agnes introduces new lightweight trekking poles, a new Klymit skeletal sleeping pad, a 12 ounce sleeping bag from Terra Nova, a 2.3-ounce Quantum GL windshirt from Montane, and more, and more... Read More...

Summer OR is underway! We begin our coverage with new products from small companies who specialize in ultralight backpacking gear, including some new names. Read More...

The Lightweight Tentmaker Brings Their Products to America. Read More...

Backpacking Light staff pick their favorite gear of 2007 Read More...

Weighing in at just 3.8 ounces, it's a smart application of ultralight Cuben fabric to alpine-style emergency shelters. Read More...

Big Agnes shows an eVent hooped bivy. Read More...

Looking for a bivy sack made out of eVENT fabric? Take your pick at Integral Designs. Read More...

Outdoor Research unveils an 18 ounce, fully-featured waterproof bivy sack. Read More...

A single hoop bivy based on Nemo's air-supported beam structure, with a unique and very usable twist on the bivy sack concept. Read More...

Insulated bivy. Read More...

Two eVENT bivy sacks lighter than South Col. Read More...