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You don't always need a tough mountaineering backpack, but in volatile alpine conditions, this style of hiking backpackchanges from a niche sub-genre to a core essential. Of particular benefit in the ...

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When winter settles in and the sidewalks turn slick with snow, there's something especially tempting about planning a quick escape (especially after the nor'easter that came through this past week).

One can wonder why backpackers do what they do. After all, they go to a lot of trouble, and sometimes expense, to find a place where they can sleep between two trees or lie on the ground. And winter ...