Mount McKinley, as the largest peak in North America had officially been named since 1896, is officially being renamed Denali. The 20,320 foot high peak is located in Alaska in the Denali National Park and Preserve. The name change was announced by President Obama after a [Read more]

Goal Zero, makers of portable solar power products, have begun working with other companies to integrate solar power into their products under their Solar Ready Partnership program. Goal Zero offers a selection of systems that you can piece together to power and recharge [Read more]

Chris Bombardier will be attempting to climb Mount McKinley (Denali) in a few months. This will potentially be his 4th summit in his pursuit of the Seven Summits challenge. Chris, also from Colorado, already successfully completed Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, and Aconcagua. As if [Read more]

The new ReVolt headlamp from Black Diamond will allow the use of alkaline batteries OR rechargeable NiMH AAA batteries. Even better, the headlamp itself acts as a charger for the rechargeable batteries, through a USB plug on the side. So, if you have access to a car, [Read more]

Back in October we told you about Google Street View Trekker, the backpack camera picking up where the Google cars can't quite reach. Well, Google is now accepting applications to "borrow" a Trekker camera. If you represent a tourism board, non-profit, government agency, [Read more]

Former Baltimore Raven star Ray Lewis was forced to abandon his attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjara in Tanzania, Africa. Lewis had planned to ascend the mountain as part of an effort to raise money for clean water projects. [Read more]

I had this same idea as soon as I first found out about 3D printers. So, it must be a good one, right? TinyMtn has created 3D topography profiles of many favorite US mountain peaks and National Parks. There's also one for Mt. Everest, naturally. The scales vary, but the [Read more]

Regional sandwich chain, Which Wich, has a pretty cool program that gives you a free sandwich for hiking one of the "14ers" mountains in [Read more]

If you're a hiker or backpacker that wants to expand your season by starting it a little earlier or extending it a little later, these shoe accessories are a must-have. This is especially true if you plan to tilt your travels uphill, where the snow arrives early and [Read more]