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A Tale Of Two Portlands

Uniquely different yet connected, find out about the other Portland.

At a dinner party in 1845, an argument arose between two men, Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy. Co-founders of a new settlement on the west bank of the Oregon Country’s Willamette River known as “The Clearing,” each man wanted to name the settlement after his respective hometown. Pettygrove was from Boston, Massachusetts, and Lovejoy from Portland, Maine. They settled their disagreement with a coin toss, which Lovejoy won, and named the new town Portland, Oregon.

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PostedFebruary 17, 2020
AuthorSarah Whaley
TagsContributors, Hike

Creative WYLD

Explore Maple Grove Hot Springs, an off-grid retreat center on the Bear River of southern Idaho, with this fall’s Creative WYLD - a unique field trip organized by our friends at WYLDER and focused on creativity and entrepreneurship.

For over a year, we planned, schemed, and curated an incredible lineup of speakers, chefs, artists, and entrepreneurs to take part in our 2nd annual Wylder Field Trip. For 3 days and 4 nights, we gathered to learn about creativity and entrepreneurship in a riverfront setting at a hot spring retreat center in southern Idaho.

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PostedOctober 28, 2019
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsContributors, Hike

Camel Finds Water: Behind the Build

Relying on little more than intuition and a rough sketch, our friend Trevor Gordon went to work restoring an abandoned 20' fishing vessel.

In May of 2018, I walked through a field of mustard seed up to my chest, close to my home in the Santa Barbara, CA harbor. In the middle of the field sat a 20’ broken up old fishing vessel, hardly visible below the weeds.

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PostedMay 1, 2019
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsContributors, Work, Photography, Hike

In This Wilderness

Follow along as our friends from META take a break from the daily grind to cross Wyoming by motorcycle.

Countless unread corporate emails, an obsessive boss, my loving family, and the Denver skyline — all slowly disappeared in my rearview.  Ahead of me, six riders from different walks of life, all with a common focus; the Wyoming National Parks; and the miles ahead of us on a collection of Triumphs.

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PostedFebruary 5, 2019
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsPhotography, Hike, Contributors

Wylder Field Trip: Alaska

Join Jainee Dial and Lindsey Elliott for the first Wylder Field Trip - an intimate group retreat to Homer, Alaska with a key focus on cultural ecology.

This September, we sent some of our boots to our friends at Wylder as they journeyed into the wild landscape of Homer, Alaska. From glacial hiking to chartered salmon fishing, this field trip brought the group a greater appreciation and understanding of the Alaskan eco-system.

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PostedJanuary 7, 2019
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsHike, Contributors

Revelations Of A Rookie Bikepacker

Frankie Foss heads to Haida Gwaii on a tandem bicycle named Betsy fo her first bikepacking trip.

Inception of the trip occurred, as many grand adventures do, over one too many bottles of wine in our friend Ben’s Vancouver, BC apartment. The idea was to explore a remote archipelago off of Northern British Columbia’s notoriously rugged coastline via bicycle. It’s called bikepacking, and yes, it’s a thing. Our rookie status required us to start with the simplest of tasks. First up, discover what the hell this thing called bikepacking actually is.

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PostedSeptember 5, 2018
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsContributors, Hike

Blue Hour On The Columbia River Gorge

Photographer, Charlotte Gane, discovers the beauty of winter in the Gorge.

Recently I moved to Portland, Oregon. After a stressful week, I decided to wander the Columbia River Gorge. Sometimes photography can be a distraction that keeps you from being fully present in the moment. It’s a fun challenge for me to try to be fully aware while also capturing images that are in my mind.

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PostedMay 1, 2018
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsPhotography, Pacific Northwest, Hike

Lost & Found: Discovering Freedom on the Lost Coast Trail

Tyler Allen encounters wildlife and a wide variety of terrain while backpacking through a 25-mile stretch of undeveloped coastline in Northern California's King Range Natural Conservation Area.

Essentially, we had the cheapest beachfront home money could buy - only ten bucks, the price of our wilderness permit. It’s funny to think that in one of the largest countries in the world, we found ourselves straddling the very edge of the land, hiking alongside an abyss that could have easily swept us away.
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PostedMarch 28, 2018
AuthorJay Linnberg
TagsContributors, Photography, Hike

Exploring Baja California Sur

Photographer Adam Wells heads to Baja California Sur to test our new Mountain 600 EnduroWeave boots:

To find Baja Sur simply follow the California coastline as far south as you can go. This large peninsula defines the western coast of Mexico and creates the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez.

 

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PostedMarch 21, 2018
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsPhotography, Travel, Hike, Contributors

2018 Topo Designs x Danner Collaboration

Building upon a successful partnership with Topo Designs, we’re excited to announce our latest boot and pack collaboration featuring a new Mountain Light boot and Daypack. Pairing materials like Horween® leather, 12oz cotton canvas and  flecked paracord, this collection infuses technical features and traditional styles.

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PostedMarch 6, 2018
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsNew Product, Hike

Exploring Olympic National Park

Join Nathanael Billings as he takes you on a tour of his favorite spots in Washington's Olympic National Park:

Lately I’ve been finding myself in the mountains more and more... Of all the places to choose from in Washington, I always find myself roaming around Olympic National Park. Its uniqueness is only trumped by the solitude you find while walking its steep hillsides. You see, ONP (Olympic National Park) may be one of the most popular national parks in the United States...

 

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PostedAugust 30, 2017
AuthorJay Linnberg
TagsHike, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Contributors

To Yosemite and Back

Read how Allison Kelly Howe and Nathanael Billings battled the weather to take in the natural wonders of Yosemite National Park.

Being from the Pacific Northwest, where we live under a perpetual ceiling of clouds, I assumed anywhere in California would be sunny. I didn't even bother to check the forecast before Nathan and I made plans and packed up the car to road trip from Seattle to Yosemite National Park. I was so excited to have been granted the time off of work that I was convinced the weather would be on my side. Needless to say I was incredibly naive.  

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PostedJune 8, 2017
AuthorJay Linnberg
TagsPhotography, Hike

The Wild Fringes of the Tennessee-Georgia Line

Discover what adventures the fringes of the Tennessee-Georgia state line hold for Parker Hilton and Jenelle Kappe.

“What do you think about Tennessee?”
“My words hung on the line for a moment, as if they took an extra couple of seconds to zip across our home state of New Jersey. To put it frankly, my fiancé, Jenelle, and myself had both been in New Jersey for far too long. It was the longest stretch we’d spent there in years. Being pretty adamant travelers and van-lifers, stagnation was never really our thing.”
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PostedMay 19, 2017
AuthorJay Linnberg
TagsContributors, Photography, Hike

5 Days. 5 Hikes.

872 miles. 11 granola bars. A budget car. Colorado to Utah. A true test of a new pair of Danner Mountain 600's & myself, of course. A whole sh*t ton of time in the wilderness; alone. Alllll the makings of an epic adventure.
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PostedFebruary 24, 2017
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsHike, Contributors

Colorado to Canada: Along the Rockies

Chances are you have heard of little place in Canada called Banff National Park. There is even a better chance you have seen pictures of some of the natural beauty of this area. However, as many times as you have seen this area in pictures, there is nothing like exploring it for the first time.

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PostedFebruary 9, 2017
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsHike, Photography, Contributors

The Chalet at Lac De Taney

When you visit friends in Switzerland, and their family has a chalet in the mountains, you definitely find a way to fit a trip to the chalet into your schedule. The chalet is in a small village with a handful of other homes, a church, and a couple restaurants, tucked away in a high mountain valley next to a beautiful lake, Lac De Taney. 

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PostedJanuary 26, 2017
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsPhotography, Contributors, Hike

Steens Mountain Could Be the Edge of the World

Chris Zimmerman visits Oregon's 8th highest mountain.

In a remote corner of southeast Oregon, generally labeled as “barren scrubland” on many maps, there is a mountain that creeps to nearly 10,000 feet, only to end in a sheer dropoff down to a starkly contrasting 4,000 foot desert below.
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PostedDecember 5, 2016
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsHike, Contributors, Pacific Northwest

Voted Gear of the Year 2016

After 12 months of testing, Men’s Journal magazine revealed its new favorite products in tech, tools and toys. Here’s what it had to say about our Mountain 600 hiking boot:

On trails from Texas to Thailand, we've put thousands of miles on Danner's classic Mountain Lights — but now we have a new favorite in the Portland, Oregon bootmaker's retinue: the Mountain 600.
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PostedNovember 28, 2016
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsNew Product, Hike

Danner Snow Pack

For Fall/Winter 2016, we’re introducing two new mountain-inspired collaborations. The first collaboration is in partnership with Burton Snowboards - a company that has served a pivotal role in growing snowboarding from a backyard hobby to a word-class sport by creating groundbreaking products, supporting the world’s best riders and pushing more resorts to allow snowboarding. In addition, we also partnered with Danny Davis, Burton and Mountain Dew-sponsored professional snowboarder, Olympian and visionary of style.

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PostedNovember 1, 2016
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsNew Product, Hike

Danner x New Balance "American Pioneer Project"

We’ve joined forces with Boston-based New Balance for the Danner x New Balance “American Pioneer Project,” which includes the New Balance MiUSA 585 and Danner Light Pioneer boot. The collection is a celebration of two authentic American brands, on opposing coasts, creating two premium, domestically manufactured models that represent the spirit of American craftsmanship, heritage and quality. 

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PostedOctober 5, 2016
Authorcourtney wilson
TagsNew Product, Hike
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