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Mt. Blanc in Chamonix, France

Photo Diary: REI x HOKA at UTMB

This summer, REI staffers Fan Zhou, Emily Frugé, Jeffrey Schmidt and Kailee Esser traveled to Chamonix, France, for the 2023 Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, sponsore...
Picture of people camping in the snow at night.

In Praise of Camping in the Cold

A low rumble down the valley rattles me awake—it’s not loud nor physically jarring from where I’m camped on the West Fork of Alaska’s Ruth Glacier, but the dist...