by Bill Amos(The following is adapted from the remembrance I gave at the celebration of Tyler's life 11/7/14)I've spent a lot of time over the ...

by Chris KalmanThere we were, seven pitches up a new buttress in Cochamo’s Anfiteatro, with at least two more pitches left to open before the t...

Can't stop Dustin! Climbing Hidden Falls in Eastern Oregon's Owyhee Mountains  Despite the strange weather...

I had erased the Lowe Direct from my tick list a long time ago.  Sphinx Mountain lies in the Madison Range of western Montana, 750 miles from my doorstep - not as far or remote as many places I've ...

Brent Peters of Yamnuska Mountain Adventures is the author (along with Kendra Stritch) of the soon to be published Ice Lines: Select Waterfalls of the Canadian Rockies.   Brent estimates he has cli...

Previously known as our wind shirt, wind jacket, orange jacket, light shell, etc, We've finally decided on a name. The Simplicity Jacket. Bam, it encapsulates everything we believe in here at NW Al...

“Hey Bill – got any really ugly bright fabric you can make me some pants out of?”   The power pants humble beginningsPhoto ©Bill Amos Bill sent me a text message with the above picture and a questi...

Brendan sends us this note from the field: I had the chance to test your wind jacket this weekend in some harsh leisure conditions. It performed very well. Brisk morning temps in the 60's at boa...

So we're implementing a new guest blogging program. We're asking some of our favorite people to blog about anything that's on their minds, the only caveat being that it has to be at least tangentia...