Dear Salt Lake City, Thank you. Thank you for generously hosting Outdoor Retailer Summer and Winter Market for the past 22 years. Thank you for your overwhelming kindness and generosity. Thank you for embracing the outdoor industry and making us feel at home. Thank you for putting...
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It's already a week after #ORshow and we're still trying to catch up on sleep and sort through business cards and edit photos and process all the awesomesauce we saw. Probably sounds familiar, right? It was good. It was sad. It was frustrating. It was...
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Few people aspire to hike the PCT in Southern California in summer. Thru-hikers are long gone, focused on snow-melt in the Sierras and reaching Canada by September. Wildfire season is settling in, causing trails—and the roads leading to them—to close at a moment’s notice. And it’s...
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Tomorrow begins another Outdoor Retailer Summer Market. And this isn't just any #ORshow, it'll be all about saving our public lands and outdoor advocacy. From parties to peaceful protests, here's a daily breakdown of can't-miss events this week. Day Zero Demo Experience - 8 a.m. - 4 p.m....
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It’s safe to say that bibliophiles appreciate the tactile aspects of reading. The smell of new ink. The satisfying feel of cracking open a new hardcover. The crinkle of pages turning. The sight of a tattered, earmarked, well-loved novel. Now imagine holding in your hands a...
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After waiting impatiently for months, the outdoor industry finally learned of our new home for Outdoor Retailer—Denver! Here are all the reasons why we’re stoked to be moving to the Mile-High City. Colorado’s Commitment to the Outdoors Industry—The Colorado outdoors recreation economy generates $28 billion in consumer spending...
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Without a doubt, the rolling high country of Palomar Mountain in California contains San Diego County’s most picture-perfect mountain scenery. Palomar’s uplands, covered with forests of pine, oak, fir, and cedar, and its gentle valleys, laced with sparkling streams, bring to mind landscapes more commonly...
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Our new guide to urban hikes in the City of Brotherly Love, Walking Philadelphia, is full of stories about the history of the neighborhoods you stroll through. And since author Natalie Pompilio had more captivating detailed information than can ever fit between the pages of...
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Happy (early) Fourth of July! We hope you’ve been enjoying a relaxing long weekend full of friends and barbecue and outdoor adventures and ice cream and fireworks. Speaking of fireworks, if you’re watching a public show, then it’s likely set to the soundtrack of patriotic songs....
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The three-week countdown until Outdoor Retailer Summer Market is on! Pretty soon Menasha Ridge Press will be back in our happy place at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, showing off our newest guidebooks, attending all the meetings and events, and hanging out with our...
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