by HagePhoto
Dragging sleds laden with gear and supplies through a foot fresh snow is rarely easy, especially when you add in an uphill climb. But the old moraine hump would offer a place to dig camp above the very real threat of avalanche run out. It was hot work in the March sun and the warmer […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Mountain, skiing
by HagePhoto
What’s better than backpacking across Wyoming’s Wind River Range? How about packing across it with you and all your gear on horseback. Whether you’re a life-long horse person or equine novice, an extended expedition with your steed is a daunting proposition. The National Outdoor Leadership School, based in Lander, WY, offers field programs that continue […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, Commercial, Mountain, Photography
by HagePhoto
Earlier this summer we had the good fortune to produce some hiking and backpacking work in Utah’s canyon country. From the outskirts of Zion, to the soaring cliffs of Cedar Breaks and into the canyons of Bryce and Grand Staircase, we covered a lot of ground. We were thrilled that it looked like a couple […]
Categories: Active Lifestyle • Tags: Adventure, Backpacking, Camping, National Parks, Utah
by HagePhoto
If the ever increasing number of people out on our local trails riding fat tire snow bikes instead of nordic skiing is any indication, then it’s safe to say they are here to stay. With massive (4”-5”) wide tires running unbelievably low pressures, these bikes have extended the riding season around Alaska throughout the eight-month […]
Categories: Alaska • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Mountain Bike, Winter
by HagePhoto
There’s really only two reasons anyone should know about the Kenai River: either you live in Alaska or your a fisherman, for which it is a ‘bucket-list’ river. Otherwise the measly 80-mile long river flowing across the Kenai Peninsula into Cook Inlet is easy to overlook in a land with thousands of miles of more […]
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My first visit to Joshua Tree National Park 15 years ago nearly ended in that kind of tragedy. A buddy and I were down from Anchorage, Alaska to climb granite splitters in the desert sun. After a week of constant climbing, we needed to give our destroyed hands a break. A day hike through the […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Adventure, Backpacking, California, Climbing, National Parks
by HagePhoto
Last fall we put together a crew of stoked individuals for challenging traverse in Alaska’s Talkeetna Mountains. We’ve done the classic Bomber Traverse a few times and have been adding an experimental beginning to the route each time. Experimental as in ‘this may go or it may not’. The five-day route connects a unique series […]
Categories: Adventure • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Backpacking, Mountain
by HagePhoto
Across the valley, two brightly colored mountain bikers sit poised on a ridgeline above a twisting section of singletrack. Thanks to the slender rectangle of tech clipped to my photo pack, they are mine to control. We’re on a magazine shoot in the Lyell Range on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island and […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Adventure, Equipment, Mountain Bike, New Zealand
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For the past few years, we’ve enjoyed the support of Utah-based GoalZero to keep our gear powered in the field. What began as a way to bring power to impoverished areas of the Congo, GoalZero is now the leader in portable solar panels and batteries. It’s fortunate that we all get to benefit from this […]
Categories: Equipment • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Backpacking, Mountain, Solar Power, Sponsors
by HagePhoto
We’re truly fortunate to live this life. Sure, it’s a lot of work to run your own production business. But when we look back at what we’ve accomplished last year and where we’ve been, it’s hard to hold a grudge against all those 16 hour days and endless stream of airports. It was tough to […]
Categories: HageLife • Tags: Adventure, Alaska, Backpacking, Climbing, India, Japan, Mountain, Mountain Bike, Sierra Nevada, skiing, Southwest, Travel, Utah, Winter