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  • How to Choose a Backcountry Touring Pack

    How to Choose a Backcountry Touring Pack

    With the right pack on your back, the time you spend in the backcountry is more comfortable, more fun, and even safer. If you, like us, are a fan of...

    Beth Lopez |

  • How to Celebrate Earth Day? Sell Your Gear.

    How to Celebrate Earth Day? Sell Your Gear.

    It’s well known that the easiest way to lower the carbon footprint of any piece of gear is simply to keep it in use longer, often by selling it to...

    Shopify API |

  • Surfing 101: A Guide to year-round surfing 

    Surfing 101: A Guide to year-round surfing 

    In cold water surfing, personal comfort is crucial. It enables you to stay in the water for longer during those crisp dawn patrol sessions and ensures your safety during those...

    Will Pearce |

  • GT: April Gear Roundup 

    GT: April Gear Roundup 

    It is with great pleasure that the Geartrade team announces we have seen the sun. Visions of corn-skiing, goggle tans, and apres-ski flip-flops are now dancing in our heads. It’s...

    Beth Lopez |

  • GT: Essential Gear For Trekking In The Rain

    GT: Essential Gear For Trekking In The Rain

    With the proper gear and the right mindset even the rainiest of days shouldn't stop you from getting out and about. As the saying goes there is no bad weather...

    Cynthia Yeo |

  • Appalachian Trail 101

    Appalachian Trail 101

    If you are planning to take on the Appalachian Trail (AT), a 2,200-mile long hiking trail that stretches from Georgia to Maine, it goes without saying you need to be...

    Will Pearce |

  • How To Choose Mountain Bike Tires

    How To Choose Mountain Bike Tires

    Whether you’re a competitive racer, a bike-park addict, or a just-for-fun rider, the rubber you run on your bike can make a huge difference in how it handles. Finding that...

    TJ Parsons |

  • The care and keeping of climbing skins 

    The care and keeping of climbing skins 

    The climbing skins backcountry skiers use are little miracles of physics—strips of fuzzy fabric that press onto your ski bases with just enough adhesion to stay in place and scoot...

    Beth Lopez |

  • GT March Gear Roundup: For this snowiest of springs

    GT March Gear Roundup: For this snowiest of springs

    Hey friends, it’s your Geartrade fam here with our monthly gear roundup recapping the plentiful piles of goods we’ve got the most of and—what you just might be interested in...

    Beth Lopez |

  • GT: Trail Running in Shoulder Season

    GT: Trail Running in Shoulder Season

    Running: an activity most avoid at all costs and a select few thrive on. Even on the best of days, runners have challenges to face, but, the worst of all?...

    Finola McDonald |

  • GT: Trail Tips For Broken Gear

    GT: Trail Tips For Broken Gear

    Before setting out for any adventure, large or small, it’s really important to ask what could ruin your day … or your trip … or your safety. Some snafus are...

    Beth Lopez |