I did as extensive of a Black Friday post as I could manage this year, but there are enough sales for Cyber Monday (that weren't on for Black Friday), that I felt it warranted another look. A lot of gear on sale right now only goes on sale just once a year (including 20% off Hyperlite Mountain Gear
The Definitive Black Friday Sales Guide for Backpackers
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals for backpackers are here and they are plentiful. A lot of the gear prescribed by Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail hikers in the PCT Gear Survey and the CDT Gear Survey can be found discounted this week, so if you have a thru-hike in your future,
The Backpacker’s Guide to REI’s GUGO Sale (2020)
There's an event around this time that REI chooses to #optoutside for, but that doesn't stop them from putting on one of their best sales of the year just in time for the holidays, the Gear Up Get Out (GUGO) sale. I have literally combed through every item on sale and have come up with a list of
The Definitive Labor Day Sales Guide for Backpackers
Labor Day is nearly upon us (in the United States) which means it's one of the about three times a year we get the opportunity to purchase heavily-discounted outdoor gear (yes, only three, because we all know that one sale a year ends up not actually discounting anything that anyone wants to buy -
Small Business Sales Week (for backpackers)!
As we eagerly wait for our outdoor recreation spaces to open back up so that we can enjoy them under the social-distancing, mask-wearing, hand-washing, no-face-touching new normal, so too do our favorite small businesses serving the outdoor community. There's no way to overstate the impact COVID-19