Early last month Jason posted about the new mountain bike film Freedom Riders debuting at Sea Otter. Now it’s time for Freedom Riders to come to…
Author: Kendall Card
Kendall Card
Kendall has long been known for his passion of the outdoors. In the past 10 years his love for skiing, particularly backcountry skiing, has defined his pursuits. He's also been active in trail running, mountain climbing, rock climbing, ski mountaineering, cycling and has recently taken up backcountry bow hunting. Aside from writing reviews on FeedTheHabit.com he also reviews products on Gear.com and is co-founder of Camofire.com
Sleeping bags. More often than not they seem like a one way ticket to insomnia. When it comes to weight-shaving mountaineering or backpacking sleeping bags, you…
Like just about everyone else in the Wasatch and across the country for that matter, the 70 degree temps we had last week melted away nearly…
It seems that everyone is making a ski pack these days. Some go minimal and miss the mark and others have piles of “features” that just…
Winter returned to the high peaks of the Wasatch Mountains this week and so did I with the backcountry ski boots that I’ve come to love…
It was after our third or fourth run while snowcat skiing at Powder Mountain that my friend Bruce looked over at me and said “wow, those…
I remember taking a one day course from Bruce Tremper, Director of the Utah Avalanche Center, and a friend who was also taking the course had…
After a few weeks of limited skiing and more meetings than a skier should be subject to, I put the laptop down, stepped away from the…
The weather the past couple of weeks here in Utah has been dominated by high pressure and sunshine with the inevitable heavy dose of inversion, our…
Getting a deal on lift tickets when you don’t have a season pass is the name of the game. If said deal can also go to…
Camp 4. Many outside of the of the climbing community won’t know what the significance of Camp 4 in Yosemite National Park is to climbers but…
Remember the first pack you ever threw over your shoulder at the start of a hike, long or short? If your experience was anything like mine…
I remember when I first heard of LARABAR. My friend Nate was going off to climb Denali and told me that the only energy bars he…
We’ve all been there – you put on a performance top fresh from the dryer and head out for a trail run or perhaps a day…
Eight years ago I received a phone call from the boys at Teton Gravity Research (TGR) and it went something like this: TGR: “Hey man, do…
NOTE: Actually, Chainlove.com is dead. It’s since been rolled under Backcountry.com’s SteepandCheap.com site. The guys at Backcountry.com have gone too far this time. I had heard rumblings…
For most it’s time to hang up the skis for the season, literally. Each year skiers commence a search for the best and easiest way to…
If you’re like me you’ve managed to pick up a few Nalgene water bottles over the years. The first ones were nothing fancy, made from a…
Few things are as fulfilling as buzzing down a nicely buffed out section of single track. Wind in your face, trees rushing by, dust kicking up…
This has been an epic winter by any measurement. Alta has received 638″ so far with another storm on the doorstep. Mid elevation stashes like Mt.…