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Best Ultralight Rain Pants for 2025
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Chunky vs. Lightweight: Knitting a Jumper for Every Occasion
Knitting a jumper is one of the most rewarding projects you can take on, offering endless possibilities for creativity and personalisation. Whether you’re a seasoned… The post Chunky vs. Lightweight: Knitting a Jumper for Every Occasion appeared first on Family Budgeting.- Hoca
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The Future of Outdoor Spaces: Why Composite Decking is Leading the Way
As gardens and outdoor spaces evolve into extensions of our homes, the materials we use for outdoor living are changing to reflect both modern design… The post The Future of Outdoor Spaces: Why Composite Decking is Leading the Way appeared first on Family Budgeting.- Hoca
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How to Know How Hard a Hike Will Be
By Michael Lanza “How hard will that hike be?” That’s a question that all dayhikers and backpackers, from beginners to experts, think about all the time—and it’s not always easy to answer. But there are ways of evaluating the difficulty of any hike, using readily available information, that can... -
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The Best Base Layers, Shorts and Socks for Hiking and Running
By Michael Lanza Let’s admit it: We don’t always take our base layers as seriously and we do our outerwear and insulation—or packs, tents, boots and other gear, for that matter. But this under-appreciated first stage in a layering system for the outdoors really sets the table for how... -
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Learning to—Love?—the Rain on New Zealand’s Milford Track
By Michael Lanza As if by some celestial act of deception, our first day on New Zealand’s Milford Track is, by far, the easiest: We hike just three nearly flat miles—five kilometers—following the track along the rain-fattened and fast-moving Clinton River. And the pleasant temperature and warm... -
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Best Ultralight Backpacking Stoves 2025
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The Ultimate Family Tour of Yellowstone
By Michael Lanza Every American should see Yellowstone—and not just for the historical significance of it being the world’s first national park. Few places in the United States still host the range of wildlife thriving in Yellowstone: You are likely to see numerous bison and elk, bald eagles... -
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Best Ultralight Tent Stakes for Backpacking 2025
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How to Hike the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim in a Day
By Michael Lanza Minutes after we started hiking down the Grand Canyon’s South Kaibab Trail, we descended through short, tight switchbacks where the trail clings to the face of a cliff. The earth dropped away precipitously beyond the trail’s edge; we gazed down nearly a vertical mile into the... -
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How to Get a Permit to Backpack Rainier’s Wonderland Trail
By Michael Lanza Any backpacker making the substantial effort to hike the 93-mile Wonderland Trail around Washington’s Mount Rainier soon discovers why it’s one of the most popular backpacking trips in the country. Those reasons include regularly wading through some of the best wildflower... -
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10 Expert Tips for Hiking With Trekking Poles
By Michael Lanza If you’ve opened this story, you probably already recognize this truth: For backpackers, dayhikers, climbers, mountain runners, and others, trekking poles noticeably reduce strain, fatigue, and impact on leg muscles and joints, feet, back—and really on your entire body. And... -
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Review: Patagonia Fitz Roy Down Hoody
Down Jacket Patagonia Fitz Roy Down Hoody $399, 15 oz./425.2g (women’s small; men’s medium is 17 oz./482g) Sizes: men’s XS-3XL, women’s 2XS-2XL backcountry.com From backpacking trips in the Canadian Rockies and Oregon, hut treks in New Zealand, and spring and summer camping and climbing trips... -
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The View From Mount St. Helens, One of America’s Best Hikes
By Michael Lanza More than four decades after it last erupted, Washington’s Mount St. Helens has become one of the most sought-after summits in the country—for good reason. Hikers on the standard Monitor Ridge route, on the mountain’s south side, emerge soon from the shady, cool, temperate... -
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The Best Ultralight Hiking and Running Jackets of 2025
By Michael Lanza You’re out on an all-day hike or a long climb or trail run or ride in the mountains. The weather forecast looked pretty good before you set out—but no one shared that memo with the wind that just started hammering your summit ridge, or the spitting rain and hail now pelting you... -
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The 15 Best Hikes in Utah’s National Parks
By Michael Lanza From natural arches, hoodoos, and hanging gardens to balanced rocks and towering mesas, slot canyons and vast chasms, the desert Southwest holds in its dry, searing, lonely open spaces some of America’s most fascinating and inspiring geology. The writer “Cactus Ed” Abbey no... -
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The 12 Best Dayhikes in Yosemite
By Michael Lanza The natural beauty, variety, pristine quality, and scale of America’s National Park System have no parallel in the world. Still, a handful of flagship parks rise above the rest—including, unquestionably, Yosemite. Created in 1890, our third national park harbors some of the... -
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Hike the World’s Most Beautiful Trail: The Alta Via 2
By Michael Lanza Hiking toward a mountain pass named Furcela dia Roa (photo above), on the first day of my family’s weeklong, hut-to-hut trek on the Alta Via 2 in northern Italy’s Dolomite Mountains, we stopped in an open meadow of grass and wildflowers overlooking a deep, verdant valley in... -
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The 10 Best Backpacking Packs of 2025
By Michael Lanza Backpacks come in many sizes and designs for a reason: so do backpackers. Some of us need a pack for moderate loads, some for heavy loads, and others, increasingly, for lightweight or ultralight backpacking. Some prefer a minimalist pack, others a range of features and access... -
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Hiking Half Dome: How to Do It Right and Get a Permit
By Michael Lanza No hike in the country really compares with Yosemite’s Half Dome. The long, very strenuous, challenging, and incredibly scenic day trip to one of the most iconic and sought-after summits in America begins with ascending the Mist Trail through the shower constantly raining down...