The brand Patagonia is synonymous with hardcore rock climbing and mountaineering, but whenever I get a catalog in the mail, my attention is usually drawn to the relaxed, leisure side of Patagonia. They make hanging out riverside, on the beach, or drinking a beer on the back porch look like an outdoor sport in itself….
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Patagonia Nano Puff Hybrid Jacket review
Ah, Patagonia. One thing you can say about the company (aside from the fact that they make some of the most bomber outdoor apparel in the industry) is that they sure aren’t afraid to design new and unusual outerwear. None is a better example of this than the Nano Puff Hybrid Jacket. I got to…
Friday Video: Niños Jugando en Patagonia
It’s a bit early to post a ski edit, simply because there’s no skiing in Utah right now. But if you go to South America, there’s all the snow you need this time of year to farm some corn and shoot tons of video documenting the experience of skiing in the summer. We’ve been posting…
Patagonia Scree Shield hiking boots review
Patagonia. The name just screams rugged, exotic mountains. So for a long time, I’ve wanted to try out a pair of Patagonia’s suave hiking shoes. Enter the Patagonia Scree Shield. I picked up a pair and was taken by the utter lack of techy-looking doodads that clutter most hiking shoes these days. Instead, the Scree…
Backcountry skiing Patagonia: Refugio Baguales
The cold wood deck pressed against my back as I laid down in the frozen night at Refugio Baguales and gazed on an alien-looking sky. Trippy music emanated from Justin’s phone as we all stretched out in a row, picking out constellations our own imaginations had to conjure, as the southern-hemisphere night held no familiarity….
Backcountry skiing Patagonia: Catedral Norte
After our time spent at Refugio Frey, we needed to decide how to return to civilization. We debated about going back the way we came in through Valle Van Titter and The Notch, but overnight temperatures that dropped to 20 degrees meant that particular slope would be frozen solid. Most people who visit the hut…
Backcountry skiing Patagonia: Refugio Frey
“Refugio. Refugio. Refugio. Refugio? Refugio?” Our waitress stared at Adam with a complete lack of understanding on her face. He was trying to explain to her in a painfully American accent that we were on our way to Refugio Frey, a stone, backcountry hut located on the shores of Laguna Toncek beneath massive rock spires,…
Backcountry skiing Patagonia: Bariloche and Cerro Catedral
Summer in Utah means winter in the southern hemisphere, so for addicted-to-turns skiers like myself, traveling to a place like Argentina is the only option to defy the seasons and magically ski in September. Luckily, I have friends who have the same mindset, including Justin Lozier and Sean Zimmerman-Wall of Patagonia Ski Tours, who go…
Patagonia Footwear hits the trails at 2012 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market
Patagonia Footwear is hitting the trails hard this year with a big expansion of their trail running line. These new light-and-fast kicks are supposedly Patagonia’s lightest shoes they’ve ever made, and are an indication that their focus will be on performance shoes next year. First up is the Patagonia EVERmore, the company’s lightest shoe to…
Patagonia delivers light and warm gear at Outdoor Retailer 2012 Summer Market
Patagonia has long been at the forefront of delivering high-quality, no nonsense outdoor gear, and every time we visit their booth at Outdoor Retailer, we come away wishing we could take all of it home with us. This summer was no exception as new shells and insulation layers were on display, ready to be shipped…