Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of course, the ideal situation is to have both in your quiver of kit, so you can choose the most appropriate for each adventure.

Yeah, that s a good point. Three-season tents such as the otherwise excellent Marmot EOS 1 ($225; marmot.com) often have too much mesh to be good winter tents. But it does have a full-coverage fly, so ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A shelter is a critical component of anyone’s outdoor adventure gear list. While a standard backpacking ...

There’s glamping, there’s camping and there’s bivvying. One step up from cowboy camping (that is sleeping in the wild), a bivouac or bivvy is the most basic outdoor living set-up, favoured by extreme ...

Serious campers, hikers and long-distance athletes know that one of the best ways to stay fit and healthy as you move through the wilderness is by getting a good night’s sleep. A bivy sack (“bivy” is ...

One of the innovative young brands that really impressed during the recent ISPO Munich show, Advenate, has developed several multipurpose tools for backcountry snow sports. The headliner is an ...

A couple of decades ago, choosing between a one-person tent and a bivy sack was pretty easy. The differences between the two types of solo shelters were more extreme than they are now. Early bivy ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. There’s glamping, there’s camping and there’s bivvying. One ...