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!
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 ...
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...
How to Choose a Campsite
By Max Neale, a former Review Editor for Outdoor Gear Lab A good campsite can make or break your wilderness experience. When traveling long distances or through remote areas, I break the campsite s...
Ambassador Spotlight: Bayard Russell
Photo by Anne Skidmore Russell New Hampshire’s mountains may be small compared to Western ranges, but they offer some ferocious terrain and hearty individuals. We recently chatted with hunter, clim...
Stripped Down: Community Tips
Comments moderated by Mike St. Pierre Thanks so much to our community for providing so many good tips & tricks to lighten your load. We’ll be expanding some of these into blog posts in the upco...
