Camping in winter: faff or fun?
The Backcountry team’s favourite tips and tricks to make winter camping less freezing and more fun.
Gear review: Baltic Flipper
First off Packrafters sometimes choose not wear buoyancy aids, some even wrap their foam sleeping pads around themselves in an attempt to increase there safety in a risk benefit situation. Now I have struggled with the concept of this for a while, having worked in the outdoors for 15 odd years and attending lots of […]
Alpacka Ghost spotted at Loch Avon. Cairngorms
When the Ghost first appeared, I instantly wrote it off for anything that I would want to do! More fool bloody me is what I say to that. The Alpacka ghost tips the scales at 730grams and will fit in your back pocket, pair this with Alpackas trekking pole paddle combo and you have a […]
Rob’s top tips for a good bikepacking set up- part 1
So, finally I have got round to writing my top tips and handy hints for a good bikepacking set up. This has come about, I guess, as a result of the questions asked by many of our customers. Over the years we each have developed our own systems, refined them and have gradually found what […]
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