Ryan Wichelns

First Look: The 6 Coolest Winter Camping Products We Saw at Outdoor Retailer

Ryan Wichelns//February 13, 2020

We’ll be the first to admit: Winter camping is a little bit masochistic. But these new pieces of gear are designed to make it a little more bearable, if not dow... Read More...

Best Adventures Near Burlington, Vermont

Ryan Wichelns//January 9, 2020

Vermont isn’t exactly known for its city life. The tiny state is much more famous for its year-round adventures: Ski hills dot the mountains, peaks beg to be ba... Read More...

Head to Head: Rack ‘Em Up

Ryan Wichelns//January 9, 2020

A version of this story appeared in the winter 2020 issue of Uncommon Path. Skis and snowboards are big. The decision about which car-top carrier is right f... Read More...

10 Things to do in the Adirondacks

Ryan Wichelns//December 17, 2019

Adirondack Park is more difficult to define than most state—or even national—parks. For starters, it’s massive: The greenspace, codified in the state constituti... Read More...

6 Adventures in Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains

Ryan Wichelns//November 8, 2019

The last thing you might expect to see driving across the flat plains of Oklahoma are the bouldery, 1000-foot-tall Wichita Mountains. They bubble out of the pra... Read More...

Your Shorts Could Help You Get Rescued

Ryan Wichelns//November 7, 2019

The biggest piece of lifesaving gear you carry into the backcountry might not be something you even know you have. It doesn’t need batteries or a subscription. ... Read More...

Understanding Headlamp Brightness

Ryan Wichelns//October 28, 2019

The Problem Headlamp packaging has a lot of tough-to-decipher numbers and icons, but there are two specs that really matter: lumens and run time. Most headlamp... Read More...

Tested: The Best Headlamps of 2019

Ryan Wichelns//October 28, 2019

At the dawn of the computer age, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore looked at the already-rampant advances in the microprocessor and theorized that going forward, th... Read More...

A person stands next to two bicycles packed full of gear on a dirt road and points to Denali in the distance

Bikepacking 3,560 Miles to Ski Denali

Ryan Wichelns//August 8, 2019

For most climbers and ski mountaineers, a trip to the top of Denali takes about a month, door to door. Typically, the travel to Anchorage is the easy part—one f... Read More...

The 7 Coolest New Products for Backpackers We Found at Outdoor Retailer

Ryan Wichelns//June 25, 2019

We scoured the massive show floor of last week’s Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver in search of the most exciting pieces of backpacking gear hitting shelves... Read More...

A lone rock climber walks down a low-angle slab of grey rock with a large boulder and ridge in the background.

It’s OK To Step Back From Climbing

Ryan Wichelns//June 11, 2019

The last time I went trad climbing—more than a year ago now—it didn’t end dramatically. I didn’t whip and injure myself. I didn’t get spooked 100 feet up a pitc... Read More...

Should You Wear a Beacon While Skiing the Resort?

Ryan Wichelns//February 11, 2019

Riding the Lenawee Mountain Lift to the top of Colorado’s Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, I heard the sharp crack of explosives popping around Loveland Pass. On the ba... Read More...

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