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Hi, does anyone have any first hand (foot) experience with these boots? I think they look pretty cool and the technical description sounds good. Before I buy them I wanted to see if anyone has used them. Thanks in advance, Happy Holidays!

So I have a pair of Asolo FSN 90 GTX boots that I bought a few years ago. I feel like I've broken them in quite well, and have worn them on several multi-day winter trips in the whites and catskills. I'm still getting REALLY bad blisters on the back of my heals. I'll spare the gore but lets...

If I find myself in a situation where all I have is snowshoes but crampons would be better suited for the terrain, what is the best pair of snowshoes for that situation? I want to buy a pair of snowshoes, not a pair of snowshoes AND a pair of crampons. I know that I will be in some situations...

I've planned a quick weekend jaunt with some friends and thought I'd check in here from some advice, comments, suggestions for the following two day trek: Leaving one car at the end of mink hollow trail and driving the second car back to start on overlook trail. day 1 hike about 7 miles to...

My wife has finally expressed some interest in camping, and maybe some low impact hiking. I'd like to go up to the Kankamagus Highway or around that area. Can anyone recommend some good places to car camp, which are close to some easy trails that I could take my wife on. We did Boulder Loop many...

A friend of mine (a woman) is going to climb Kilimanjaro in June and is looking for a great pair of cross-training, gore-tex shoes that are waterproof (preferably Gore-tex) and preferably with a vibram sole (or something similar with excellent gripping power on rocks and slick surfaces.) Any...

What a weekend. Myself and three friends arrived at the Woodland Valley Campground parking lot at 9am on Friday January 21st. We hit the Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide trail around 9:30am and hiked up to the Terrace Mtn Trail. We took the Terrace Mtn Trail to the Terrace Mtn Lean-to and set up camp...

So it's pretty clear that all the experts here see great value in using trekking poles. My first year winter camping (two years ago) I rented some poles from EMS, and being about 240lbs with my loaded pack, I managed to break the handle clean off one of the poles, the handle was constructed of...

Quick question for you all. Do you use Trekking Poles? What benefit do they have. I typically do not use poles. One year I brought my ski poles and was dragging them most of the way! The only time having poles helped me was in the whites a couple years ago when there was a good two to three feet...

I'm looking for a new stove. I'm considering the JetBoil, anyone here own/use one? Whatever I buy, it needs to work fairly well in freezing temps as I like to play in the snow :D Any other stove suggestions are welcome, the JetBoil just seems good as far as ease of lighting, and quick time to...

Hi All, I'm looking for some winter camping trip advice. Last year 5 of us slept two nights at the Diamond Notch Lean-to on MLK weeekend, climbing West Kill Mtn on the first day, Hunter Mtn on the second day, and hiking out on the third day. Our ideal trip will have a short hike/shoe to a...