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For more than 60 years, Wild Montana has been working with communities across the state to protect Montana’s wilderness heritage, quiet beauty, and outdoor traditions. It’s a mission that began in 1958 when our founders, Ken and Florence Baldwin, sent a letter to 100 friends, inviting them to join a citizen-led effort to protect the Madison and Gallatin Ranges. Since that time, our commitment to grassroots conservation has proved instrumental in the passage of the 1964 Wilderness Act and in the designation of all 15 wilderness areas in Montana. We currently have more than 5,500 members and hope you'll join us to continue this important work.
The Conservation Alliance’s mission is to engage businesses to fund and partner with organizations to protect wild places for their habitat and recreation values. Their vision is to protect and restore America’s wild places.
During the middle of peak training for a 100-mile race, it wasn’t uncommon to wake up at 4:30 AM for an early start in the mountains. Training for the San Diego 100 was underway, and a 20-mile training session was on deck. I sat in the driver’s seat of my SUV. The heater was on full blast. Honestly, I didn’t want to take a step outside. Before we get back to that, let’s talk about the shoes I wore on that rainy but extraordinary adventure: the Katabatic LT GTX.
Oboz Footwear joined forces with Flickr to bring you a competition aimed at capturing those unforgettable adventure memories. We are inspiring photographers to take a hike, connect with nature, and capture the special moments along the way through an immersive outdoor event and global photo contest.
I spend most of the year patiently waiting for—and training for—summer trips. I had seen friends hike the 38-mile Trans-Catalina Trail and decided that this year, I’d shake off my Colorado snow and hike it myself! The TCT winds across Catalina Island, located just off the coast of Southern California in the Pacific Ocean. Catalina is a special place—inhabited for around 7,000 years, used as a filming location for over 500 films, TV shows, and documentaries, and home to a variety of diverse ecosystems.
The night before had been blanketed in a dense fog. One of those heavy, damp veils that clings to your skin and leaves everything soaked. My friend and I had made plans the night before but neither of us expected much with visibility at zero.
Recently Oboz Ambassador Derick Lugo chatted with Jocelyn, owner of Summit Footwear in Invermere, British Columbia, one of the shops selected to be an Oboz Store Solemate for the year. Read on to hear some of their conversation about this small-town store that’s been selling shoes for 50 years, and the employees’ passion for getting customers into the right footwear.
Your eyes are trained to find a white trail blaze. It could be on a sign, a tree, or even on a rock. Heck, you’ve even been walking up to 20-miles a day and haven’t missed one yet...Except that time you took a blue blaze trail to a shelter and didn’t come back the same way. Let’s not be sticklers about that now. I’ll save that for a different blog post.
Discover essential tips and techniques for leaving no trace on the trail with Oboz Footwear. Learn how to minimize your environmental impact and preserve the beauty of nature on your outdoor hiking adventures. Help us preserve nature and keep the wilderness wild for generations to come.
