The Trailhead
Every journey has a first step. And some of the greatest, most meaningful journeys begin at trailheads. Welcome to ours! Here you’ll learn about gear, see route and trail intel, and dive into stories, images, and videos from our global community of adventureheads like you. Think of it like "The Third Place"–not home, not work, but your other most important/favorite place. The spot to hang out around like-minded people and have your life decisions and priorities validated. You won't need to justify your latest gear purchase or explain why you're using up all your paid time off hours to this crowd. They get it. Let’s go!
Neon, Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail (Segment 5)
One of the people HMG met at this year’s Trail Days festival was a thru-hiker named Brenna (trail name “Neon”). Unfortunately, Brenna had all of her gear stolen from her tent while she was explorin...
Hike Fast. Paddle Hard. Dance All Night.
This past July HMG Ambassador Luc Mehl and friends participated in the first annual McCarthy Creek Packraft Race and Whitewater Festival in Wrangel Mountains of Alaska. We're hoping this event, org...
Neon, Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail – (Segment 3)
Every year Appalachian Trail (AT) thru hikers, gear heads and dreamers flock to Damascus, Virginia for the annual “Trail Days” festival. This year, Trail Days was held from May 17-19 and attracted...
Pack Lite: Oregon Coast Fatbiking
HMG Ambassador Steve Graepel is about to leave on a fatbiking expedition on Oregon Coast. In this post, he gives us his approach to gear selection and going light when planning a multisport expedit...
Peter on the CDT – Grants to Cuba (Segment 6)
For 2013 Hyperlite Mountain Gear is sponsoring one thru-hiker on each of the Appalachian Trail (AT), Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and Pacific Coastal Trail (PCT). Here’s the sixth update from th...
Neon, Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail – (Segment 2)
Every year Appalachian Trail (AT) thru hikers, gear heads and dreamers flock to Damascus, Virginia for the annual “Trail Days” festival. This year, Trail Days was held from May 17-19 and attracted...
Peter on the CDT – Pie Town to Grants (Segment 5)
For 2013 Hyperlite Mountain Gear is sponsoring one thru-hiker on each of the AT, CDT and PCT with one of HMG's ultralight, cuben fiber backpacks. Here's the fifth update from the trail by Peter, HM...
Neon, Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail – (Segment 1)
Neon reports on thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail -- Segment 1
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Peter on the CDT – Doc Campbells to Pie Town (Segment 4)
For 2013 HMG is sponsoring one thru-hiker on each of the AT and CDT . Here's the fourth update from the trail by Peter, HMG's sponsored CDT hiker. Peter (trail name "CzechXpress") will keep all of ...
Peter on the CDT – Emory Pass to Doc Campbells (Segment 3)
For 2013 HMG is sponsoring one thru-hiker on each of the AT, CDT and PCT. Here's the third update from the trail by Peter, HMG's sponsored CDT hiker. Peter will keep all of us up do date with perio...
Peter on the CDT – Deming to Emory Pass (Segment 2)
For 2013 Hyperlite Mountain Gear is sponsoring one thru-hiker on each of the Appalachian Trail (AT), Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and Pacific Coastal Trail (PCT). Here’s the second update from t...
Peter on the Continental Divide Trail: Here we go! The U.S. Border to Deming (Segment 1)
For 2013 Hyperlite Mountain Gear is sponsoring one thru-hiker on each of the Appalachian Trail (AT), Continental Divide Trail (CDT) and Pacific Coastal Trail (PCT). Here’s the first update from th...
