Welcoming Outdoor Research Athletes & Guides!

We want to send a big welcome to all the Outdoor Research athletes that will be back at the 2018 Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest!  Not only are each of these people amazing climbers, teachers and guides but also absolutely awesome people.  We are so psyched to have so a stellar roster of OR athletes…

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Outdoor Research Gear Beta From The Pros!

There is so much gear out there?!  What is a climber to do?  Well we decided to ask some of the Outdoor Research athletes what their winter “must haves”, “go to pieces”, “dang I love this”, and “I can’t climb without this” products are this season!  So check it out, and see what winter essential you…

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Outdoor Research Athletes!

This morning we would like to welcome two of our talented Outdoor Research Athletes, Bayard Russell and Bryan Gilmore. It is great to have them back! Bayard loves teaching the finer points of climbing technique and tactics. He is psyched on all forms of climbing from adventuring to the most obscurest corners of the New Hampshire forest to…

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Outdoor Research to Bring the Talent

With their lightweight, durable, and well engineered product line, it is no wonder that New England’s top winter athletes are flocking to Outdoor Research (OR). If one were to look at the most challenging first ascents and hardest lines taken in the last two years in New England, OR athletes and ambassadors have done more…

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Get To Know Your Guest Guides!

Ice Fest is excited to welcome back Outdoor Research Ambassador Bryan Gilmore as a guest guide! He will be joining us as an instructor for Outdoor Research’s Mixed Climbing 101. When he’s not sending big in Patagonia or Chamonix he spends his time with his lovely daughter, teaching her the about the great outdoors. This committed dad sure makes…

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