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TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS: MEET THE ANTI-RESOLUTION premium
TIPS FOR KEEPING YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS: MEET THE ANTI-RESOLUTION (read: how-to-set-realistic-new-years-resolutions) Welp, it’s that time of year again! We’ve survived the holidays, but we’re just starting to notice that our wallets are looking a little bit thin…while our our waistlines are maybe feeling a bit thicker than we’d like. In the immortal words of […]
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Step Up Your Camp Cooking Game! premium
How to take your camping trip to the next level with fast and easy delicious meals for the whole family   Hello and welcome to the world of outdoor cooking!  I’m Chef Corso, head chef and founder of Outdoor eats,  A company and community focused on helping you eat well outdoors.  I’m a classically trained chef, training […]
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Kelty’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide premium
Looking for something Epic to spruce up your holiday gifts? From backyard shenanigans to backcountry camping, give the gift of adventure. Check out our Holiday Gift Guide for this year’s must-haves, pro tips, and more. ASHER 35: YOUR GATEWAY TO THE GREATER OUTDOORS It takes a bold guy to start a brand in his garage, […]
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DITCH THE PEEPS AND ENJOY THE CHANGING SCENE: SHOULDER SEASON BACKPACKING TIPS premium
There are reasons everybody wants to go camping in the late spring and early summer, and none of them are wrong—the days are long, the weather’s nice, and *some* schedules are looser. Which is all cool, until you’re trying to share the “solitude” of nature with 1,000 other happy campers.  It can feel like doggone […]
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December 27, 2021
4 Essential Road Trips for Every Kind of Traveler premium
Your friends here at Kelty HQ loooove us some shoulder season. That’s the term travel buffs use to describe off-peak times, when the weather and/or adventuring conditions may not be QUITE as ideal—but when modest crowds and lower prices offer a pretty sweet trade-off. But even though the late fall through early winter is OUR […]
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Pro Tips: Hiking with Toddlers 101 premium
By: Abby Barnes Adventure Mom @abby.outdoors Shares Her Top 7 Secrets to Hiking with Little Ones Say it with me, “Babies are portable!” When you become pregnant, so many people love to tell you about all the things you can no longer do with a baby. My favorite response to these people: “Babies are portable.” […]
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SURVIVING THE WEIRDEST SUMMER OF ALL TIME: CAMPING WITH KIDS EDITION premium
Unless we’re talking specifically about Chuck E. Cheese establishments, the phrase “closed until further notice” is not typically something that parents want to hear—particularly with summer’s hot breath on the backs of our necks. We’ve all fought the good fight through this year’s bizarro spring, our offspring surviving on a steady diet of Pop-Tarts and […]
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7 REASONS CAMPING AT HOME IS ACTUALLY PRETTY GREAT (+ A FEW GOOD THINGS THAT CANNOT BE CANCELLED) premium
So, it’s possible that your March hasn’t turned out *quite* as planned? SAME. So far, 2020 has felt a bit like being thrown from the frying pan into the dumpster fire. PJs are the new power suits, our peaceful home sanctuaries have been invaded by endless Zoom calls, and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to practice […]
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5 THINGS TO TRY INSTEAD OF WAITING IN A LIFT LINE THIS WINTER premium
There’s nothing like a gnarly lift line to put the kibosh on a bluebird ski day. Now, we all have that friend who would hock a kidney for a perfect powder day, crowds or not. But if that’s not you, there are LOTS of ways to enjoy that chilly white stuff without making an advance […]
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September 19, 2019
10 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BACKPACKING premium
Our founder, Dick Kelty, would have been 100 this year. As an OG outdoor entrepreneur,  lifelong adventurer and undisputed life of the party, Dick set an incredible example for how to grab life by the GORP…and GET. AFTER. IT.  In celebration of his would-be hundy, your friends here at Kelty have compiled our top 10 […]
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3 REASONS TO PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY + 3 THINGS TO DO INSTEAD premium
If you’re reading this post (probably on your phone, am I right?), we probably don’t have to tell you that nature is basically AWESOME. But for those of us who live in a city and work indoors, staring at some kind of screen all day long (not to mention the “downtime” we spend scrolling through […]
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HOW TO RAISE AN ADVENTURE DOG premium
August 26 may be National Dog Day, but it’s just another Monday to us Kelytans; we basically worship at our dogs’ feet 24/7/365. Still, the so-called Dog Days of Summer are a perfectly good time to turn some focused attention to our canine companions—and what better way to do that than to meet some good […]
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