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Gear

Choosing the Right Fit for Sleeping Bags

Along with your sleeping bag’s EN Temperature Ratings, a proper fit is critical to your bag’s warmth, comfort and overall performance. A bag that’s too big will allow to move too freely around you and out of your bag, wasting…

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enjoying views while snow camping

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Ditch the Hotels and Go Snow Camping This Season

At the end of a long day on the mountain, you might dread the thought of spending a night out in the elements as the temperatures begin to drop. The idea of snow camping might not seem that appealing but…

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Thermarest self inflating sleeping pad on backpacking trip

Gear

How Do Self-Inflating Sleeping Pads Work?

These days, air pads may steal much of the spotlight as the new cutting-edge technology, but self-inflating pads are still a big part of our product line, with good reason. Given its heritage and popularity, we decided to answer some common questions about the technology that made us who we are today.

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Thermarest Dream Team Winter

Stories

Introducing the Winter Therm-a-Rest Dream Team

In the natural world, winter presents an annual challenge. Temperatures can become unforgivingly cold, resources run scarce, daylight hours are constricted and the living breathing world settles in to survive. Yet, for us humans—even with the challenge of COVID—life goes on…

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Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas

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Experience Fall Camping in Texas

The Lone Star state boasts 95 state parks and two national parks with extensive outdoor opportunities. You know the saying, “everything is bigger in Texas.” Well, the sheer size of the state means a lack of Yellowstone or Yosemite-like crowds.

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