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!
Packrafting New Zealand
Adventurer (and one of HMG's favorite cuben fiber fans) Wyatt Roscoe reports on his winter 2013 packrafting trip to New Zealand.
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The Untamed New England Adventure Race, 2014
By Alex Provost What is adventure racing? According to Wikipedia it is, “a combination of two or more endurance disciplines.” While planning our gear for Untamed New England 2014, we came to realiz...
The Stuff Pack Makes International Travel Better
By Max Neale It’s a waterproof stuff sack, it’s a backpack, and it weighs only 3.8 ounces!! The Stuff Pack is a dream come true for international travel. I spent two months on a sport climbing and ...
Himalaya Ice Climbing
By Bud Martin It started something like this: I was lounging on a rainy day in Yosemite about a year ago when I somewhat sarcastically said to my buddy Nick, “Hey, we should go ice climbing in Nepa...
Lightweight Hiking with Andrew Altepeter #2
Photos & text by Andrew Altepeter. Above photo of the Beartooth Mountains. I had a blast this summer working with some skilled and wonderful co-instructors and some great student groups. On ou...
Lightweight Hiking with Andrew Altepeter
Photos & text by Andrew Altepeter For the last five years I have been working as an instructor of hiking, lightweight hiking, climbing, mountaineering, canyoneering, and skiing courses in and a...
Trail Days in Damascus, VA – May 15th to 18th, 2014
Once again, Hyperlite Mountain Gear will be traveling to Damascus, Va for the 28th annual Trail Days festival celebrating this year’s 4,000-5,000 Appalachian Trail thru-hikers. In addition to the ...
Skiing the Grand
This week things aligned for some exceptionally good ski mountaineering in the Grand Tetons. Our trip included some excellent adventures with bicycle access in Grand Teton National Park (on a road ...
Hyperlite Mountain Gear: off to Everest!
We’re proud to share the news that cameramen and adventure videographers John Griber and Ed Wardle will be carrying Hyperlite Mountain Gear’s ultralight packs when they climb Mt. Everest to film Jo...
My parents went ultralight
By Amy Hatch Large external frame backpacks protruded over their heads. Bungee cords lashed to them a frying pan, heavy foam sleeping pads and an extra daypack. A bulky backpacking shower, full boo...
New Athlete! Angela VanWiemeersch
Hyperlite Mountain Gear would like to welcome our newest ambassador. Bad Ass for sure! “Basically I’m in love with wide open places, and I strive to explore those places to the fullest. Climbing g...
What is new for 2014?
What is new in 2014? We get asked that question from the media, friends, and customers all the time. So we thought we would take a moment to give an update on what we’ve been doing at Hyperlite Mou...
