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!
Kurt Ross: The French Route, Mount Hunter
Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassador Kurt Ross recently returned from a mega-successful climbing adventure to the Kahiltna Glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska. Please see Part I to read an overview...
Killing it on the Kahiltna Glacier: Kurt Ross’ Climbing Report
This past May Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassador Kurt Ross climbed the Southwest Ridge of Mount Francis, the West Face of Kahiltna Queen, an unreported route on the South Face of Peak 12,200, Bacon...
A Woman in the Woods: First impressions of hiking light
Two months into her hike, Christi “Deva” Holmes finally “Lightened Up!” An avid hiker, Deva embarked on an adventure to hike the AT and, with help from Hyperlite Mountain Gear, she reduced the weig...
Love Paddling? Canoe & Kayak Review Wrap-Up
Canoe & Kayak magazine published various reviews on our products online and in their print publication late 2014. Stay tuned. More to come. But here’s a wrap-up of what they thought about our U...
Live With Less; Experience More
Simplifying can be Scary, but the Rewards are Great, from our Stripped Down series. Photos and text by KT Miller It all started after I spent a week skiing with Beau Fredlund outside Cooke City. Mo...
2015 Review Wrap-Up
In case you want to check out what reputable outside sources are saying about Hyperlite Mountain Gear, here are a handful of reviews. Likewise, we would love to hear what you think about our gear. ...
On the Chetco River: A Packrafting Adventure
HMG Ambassador Mike Curiak's passion is mountain biking. He's hand built over 7,000 29" wheels in the last decade. In that time he's ridden over 40,000 trail miles on wheels he's built for himself ...
Seth Timpano & The Cotter-Bebie Route
By Seth Timpano, Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassador The weather in most of the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Intermountain Regions had been atypical this past winter and late spring. For many ...
Mids Make Going Light Easy
Text by Roger Brown, guest blogger. Check out his website. He wrote a fine piece on pyramid tents (aka “mids”) that we recently discovered, and so we asked him to write one for our blog. Thanks Rog...
Bug Off! UltaMid Mesh Inserts
In the end we regret only the mesh we didn’t take… If you follow us on social media you probably already heard the news that we launched UltaMid Inserts for our 2- and 4-person mids. You can get th...
Black Cuben Fiber: Because Color Weighs Too Much
What do you expect from a company that makes #WhitePacks? In an effort to expand our “color” line, we’ve built the 2400 and 3400 Southwest packs in Black Cuben Fiber. We’re still partial to our #Wh...
The History of Going Light
Stripped Down: The Philosophy of Going Light Now & Then Major changes have taken place in the world of backcountry travel in the last half century. Adventurers now rock climb 3,500-foot walls i...
