Ways the Outdoor Industry Can Support Women in the Outdoors
The women in your life are strong, capable, and powerful, and sometimes they need a little help realizing that from the people who love them the most.
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Women in the Backcountry, Part 2: Avalanche Education and Building Competency
The Journey is the Adventure The four of us laughed, leaning closer to the hut’s wood-burning stove as logs popped and crackled. Beverages in hand, we cozied into the conversation: what would we ski tomorrow? Where would conditions let us…
Women in the Backcountry, Part 1: Why Do Women-Only Spaces Matter?
“There it is!” Jen’s voice rang across the cirque as the mid-morning sun slithered striped shadows across the north-facing slopes we planned to ski. She pointed, I gawked. We needed to hustle: we still had a good distance to climb…
ProView – Outdoor Research Optimizer Jacket
From climbing around the Rocky Mountains and San Juans to hiking around local bouldering areas, Outdoor Research’s Women’s Optimizer Jacket kept me DRY this Spring. This jacket is so incredibly (and surprisingly) lightweight that it has replaced my other hardshells…
ProView – Evolv Skyhawk Climbing Shoes
Finding the right pair of shoes can be very trial and error, and over the past few years of climbing and Rock Guiding, I have tried a pretty wide variety of shoes. This past month I picked up my very…
ProView – Evolv Elektra
As a new climber, I was looking for an all around women’s rock shoe that would help me improve my footwork and confidence on the rock. Mike, my buddy over at Evolv, recommended I try out their all-time-best-selling Elektra, a…
ProView- Minus 33 Sequoia Women’s Midweight 1/4 Zip
The first thing I noticed when I tried on the Minus33 Women’s Midweight 1/4 Zip was how soft the merino wool felt – wow! The “radiant violet” color is beautiful too – I spend so much time in black and gray,…