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  • October Beer for Gear Event: T.F. Brewing

    October Beer for Gear Event: T.F. Brewing

    Geartrade is teaming up with T.F. Brewing for our October Beer for Gear event. Donate your clean, functioning outdoor gear by dropping it off at our booth at T.F. Brewing...

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  • What is Forest Bathing?

    What is Forest Bathing?

    Our time outside is fun and good exercise, but it’s almost never quiet. And it’s almost always goal-oriented. Realizing that our hurried, overstimulated, goal-saturated lifestyles don’t necessarily help our mental...

    Beth Lopez |

  • Kids Hiking Gear: The Early Years

    Kids Hiking Gear: The Early Years

    First off, the term “hiking” might be a stretch when describing outdoor outings during the early years—if nothing else it’s aspirational. There’s an ebb and flow that happens from baby...

    Annie Fast |

  • A Year of UnNew Month 9

    A Year of UnNew Month 9

    The Challenge: go an entire year buying UnNew goods except for food and medical supplies. Could you do it? Month nine: practical sustainability for everyone.

    Emma Athena |

  • GT: Guide to Fire Safety

    GT: Guide to Fire Safety

    The quick guide to fire safety. Or, how not to burn the world down. Here are a few tips you can keep in mind while recreating outside.

    Beth Lopez |

  • GT Event: Epic Brewing

    GT Event: Epic Brewing

    Geartrade is teaming up with Epic Brewing Company for our Six Packs for your Sick Packs event. Drop off your clean used outdoor gear at Epic Brewing Company and receive...

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  • A Year of Unnew Month 8

    A Year of Unnew Month 8

    The Challenge: go an entire year buying UnNew goods except for food and medical supplies. Could you do it? Month eight: the emotional weight of stuff.

    Emma Athena |

  • GT: Fall Gear Roundup

    GT: Fall Gear Roundup

    This shift in the seasons marks an excellent time to check in on your gear needs and have a peek at what’s piled up on our physical and digital shelves!...

    Beth Lopez |

  • 2021 Utah Avalanche Center Backcountry Benefit

    2021 Utah Avalanche Center Backcountry Benefit

    Come join Geartrade at the Utah Avalanche Center Backcountry Benefit at the Black Diamond Parking Lot: 2084 E 3900 S SLC, UT. September 9, 2021 | 6pm to 10pm.

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  • Kids Bikes: The Early Years

    Kids Bikes: The Early Years

    Kids bikes is a category that has seen so much change in recent years. Bikes are now designed and built for kids as opposed to shrunk down from adult sizes....

    Annie Fast |

  • What’s canyoneering? 

    What’s canyoneering? 

    Canyoneering (called “canyoning” in most places outside the U.S.) is a downright delightful activity involving making your way down narrow rock canyons, which may be full of running (or standing)...

    Beth Lopez |

  • What’s in my fast-pack?

    What’s in my fast-pack?

    The art of fast-packing is really the art of minimalism in the gear world. It’s backpacking, but with the bare minimum—the idea is the lighter the load, the faster and...

    Emma Athena |

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