Living Space: NEMO Aurora Highrise Six-Person Tent

With a capacious standing-height design, easy setup, and stand-out colourways, NEMO's Aurora Highrise 6-person tent will bring loads of happiness (and breathing room) to your family camping trip.

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THE GEAR SHED

TESTED: Bluetti’s EB3A Portable Power Station

Even in the great outdoors it’s difficult to get away from the need for power these days. And as an outdoor photographer, I always need more power in the wilderness.

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Gear Shed: MEC Volt 2-Person Tent

Pitched (haha) as a three-season tent for two people, the Volt 2 is a backpacking tenter’s dream come true (unless you're 6’4”).

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Gear Shed: MEC SERRATUS Pace 40L Pack

When it's (finally) time to get your kid their own backpack, we like the MEC SERRATUS Pace 40L ultralight.

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Gear Shed: Tentsile UNA Tree Tent

Tentsile took the tried-and-true aspects of their acclaimed larger models and fit them into a smaller package, using reduced-sized ratchets, straps and a single-pole construction.

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Shelter in Place: Finding Wintery Solace in Dark Times

words & photos :: Conor Mihell. Winter refused to release its grasp on northern Ontario in the spring of 2020, just as Covid-19 tightened its grip on society. Cold, northerly…

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Gear Shed: MSR Carbon Reflex 3 Featherweight Tent

words & photography :: Todd Lawson. Camping is one of the best things known to mankind. But without tents, there would be no camping, and without lightweight tents, there would…

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Gear Shed: Platypus QuickDraw Microfilter System

Platy’s new QuickDraw Microfilter System comes in two parts: the durable and taste-free 1L QuickDraw “dirty” reservoir and the hollow-fiber filter cartridge that attaches to it with one precise turn.…

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Mountain Lifer

Leave No Trace—But What’s a Trace?

words :: Jon Turk // illustration :: Dave Barnes. Tiny spring leaves formed an iridescent green sheath around the ocotillo stalks that swayed gently in the breeze. As we pulled…

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More Summer Visions Coast Mountains Squamish Estuary BC CHRIS CHRISTIE

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More Summer Visions from the Coast Mountains

Well, if there was ever a time to get outside and away from it all…. Summer in the Coast Mountains is about ditching the rat race and hiking, paddling, driving,…

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THE GEAR SHED

MiiR: Drinkware for the Ages, Not the Landfill

MiiR products rely on three things at their core: water, earth and the relationship people have with both. If all companies adopted MiiR’s model, the world would be transformed for…

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The Epitome of Untouched: Heli-Camping in the Alpine

No cabins, no crowds, and endless lines in “the most peaceful place in the world.” Words :: Todd Lawson // photos :: Michael Overbeck. “Surrounded by Castles” The…

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Paddling

Downburst Blues: When a Trip Goes from Calm to Chaos

Severe weather brings valuable perspectives to backcountry trips. Words :: Leslie Anthony. One August afternoon a decade ago, I was just starting a canoe trip with my then 16-year-old daughter,…

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Features

Floe State: Camping on Nunavut Ice

On our final trip to the floe edge, it’s obviously cracking up; the Nunavut landscape is constantly in flux and it’s deteriorating fast. We get as close as is reasonable…

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Food & Drink

One-pot Meals to Crush the Campfire

We all need to eat well on camping trips, and the one-pot meal is the most efficient way to get there. Face it: Likely you’ll be cooking in the dark,…

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The Great Outdoors

Two Minutes of Peace in an Uncertain World

words & photo :: Colin Field The first time it happened was a couple of decades ago. Camped on Babine Lake in northern B.C., I was brushing my teeth on…

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Stay & Play

The Simple Secrets of Successful Family Camping

words :: Kristin Schnelten. After a decade spent gallivanting about the continent with nothing much more than a camp stove and a dog, stopping to rest wherever I pleased—in tents,…

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The Great Outdoors

The Smoke Show: The Evolution of Music Under the Stars

words :: Drew McIvor // illustration :: Dave Barnes. I couldn’t have been more than 14 years old. It was the first summer I was more or less allowed to…

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Benny Marr Favourite Remote Campsites Manitoba

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Benny Marr’s Favourite Remote Campsites

The Ontario-born pro kayaker Benny Marr has paddled the wildest rivers all over the globe and slept in some crazy places. We asked him for his most memorable and remote…

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THE GEAR SHED

More Elbow Room: GSI Outdoors Selkirk 540 Camp Stove

After focusing for years on ultra-compact, ultra-efficient backpacking stoves, GSI Outdoors figured it was high time to fashion something to satisfy families and groups of friends looking for a classic…

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Living Space: NEMO Aurora Highrise Six-Person Tent

TESTED: Bluetti’s EB3A Portable Power Station

Gear Shed: MEC Volt 2-Person Tent

Gear Shed: MEC SERRATUS Pace 40L Pack

Gear Shed: Tentsile UNA Tree Tent

Shelter in Place: Finding Wintery Solace in Dark Times

Gear Shed: MSR Carbon Reflex 3 Featherweight Tent

Gear Shed: Platypus QuickDraw Microfilter System

Leave No Trace—But What’s a Trace?

More Summer Visions from the Coast Mountains

MiiR: Drinkware for the Ages, Not the Landfill

The Epitome of Untouched: Heli-Camping in the Alpine

Downburst Blues: When a Trip Goes from Calm to Chaos

Floe State: Camping on Nunavut Ice

One-pot Meals to Crush the Campfire

Two Minutes of Peace in an Uncertain World

The Simple Secrets of Successful Family Camping

The Smoke Show: The Evolution of Music Under the Stars

Benny Marr’s Favourite Remote Campsites

More Elbow Room: GSI Outdoors Selkirk 540 Camp Stove

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