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BACKCOUNTRY ADVENTURES

REFLECTIONS ON BACKCOUNTRY SKIING FROM CODY TOWNSEND AND IAN PROVO

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REFLECTIONS ON BACKCOUNTRY SKIING FROM CODY TOWNSEND AND IAN PROVO
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REFLECTIONS ON BACKCOUNTRY SKIING FROM CODY TOWNSEND AND IAN PROVO

Words & photos by Cody Townsend & Ian Provo  Maybe you heard that there’s a new member of the Hyperlite Mountain Gear pack family! The Headwall 55 is a backcountry ski pack for the chill pe...
Q&A: The North Woods From Away – An Ultralight Canoe Trip in Northern Minnesota
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Q&A: The North Woods From Away – An Ultralight Canoe Trip in Northern Minnesota

Words from Hansi Johnson, Tyson and Kendra Perkins, Neil and Ian Provo, and Brendan Lauer. Photos by Hansi Johnson and Ian Provo Spring 2021, Hyperlite Mountain Gear HQ: "Remember that survey we ...
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In Search of a Patch of Powder: A Ski Mission to Tasmania's Frenchmans Cap

Photos and Words by Shaun Mittwollen Frenchmans Cap, the Half Dome of Tasmania. High on Tasmania's list of jaw-dropping multi-day hikes. The mountain rises gradually before ending abruptly in a hu...
Packrafting Belize: Caves, Waterfalls and Remote Jungle Paddling in the Land of the Maya
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Packrafting Belize: Caves, Waterfalls and Remote Jungle Paddling in the Land of the Maya

Words & Photos by David Plante I’ve been fortunate to have paddled many rivers in the Canadian North over the past three decades using hardshell canoes, folding canoes, oar rafts, SOAR boats, a...
The Full Bull
Backcountry Adventures

The Full Bull

Words & Photos by John Baker Several years ago, I stumbled across a trip report of this place, and it sounded like one of the most awful yet amazing missions I had ever heard of. I read a few m...
Nothing Missing
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Nothing Missing

Plans put on hold. Frenzied weekends or meticulously stacked PTO hours all idling but raring to jump into action. WE NEED ACTION! "How is that these other adventure peers are out there getting afte...
To the Arrigetch We Must Go
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To the Arrigetch We Must Go

Words, Photos & Video by Eric Bernhoft   Gates of the Arctic National Park is one of the most difficult places to reach that I’ve traveled to. To even glimpse the majesty of the Brooks Rang...
Understanding Freedom by Way of Three Magazines and Two Little Bells
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Understanding Freedom by Way of Three Magazines and Two Little Bells

Words & photos by Tina Currin It was only three months into our grand living-in-a-van experiment when my husband, Grayson, and I decided that it was high time to visit Gates of the Arctic Nati...
A Flow Through The Bob
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A Flow Through The Bob

Words Ian Provo / Photos by Sean Kerrick Sullivan, Ian Provo, & Neil Provo A few summers ago, my brother and I set out to recreate our first grand adventure. It had been 10 years since our firs...
Feelin’ F.A.B. - Extreme Nordic Skiing on the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic
Alaska

Feelin’ F.A.B. - Extreme Nordic Skiing on the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Ski Classic

Words by Taylor Bracher // Photos & Video by Taylor Bracher & Emily Sullivan, on Ahtna and Upper Tanana Athabascan Lands “Holy!... Shit!” Emily yells out in short spurts between deep breath...
Chasing Monsters
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Chasing Monsters

Words & Photos by Aaron Mulkey // Coldfear.com It’s February, and I have been chasing ice for the last four months. My body and mind are completely in sync, and I feel like all of my training ...
Traversing The Australian Alps Walking Track in Winter With The Oates
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Traversing The Australian Alps Walking Track in Winter With The Oates

In the winter of 2018, Hyperlite Mountain Gear Ambassador Mark Oates and his twin brother Andy tossed ski-laden Porter packs over their shoulders and set out to complete the Australian Alps Walking...

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