HikerDeals' Best-of-the-Best Outdoor Gear Deals:
- Sierra Trading Post: Extra 15% Off Fishing, hunting & Work Gear
- Moosejaw: 10% off with coupon code MOOSE, extra 10% off sale items with code SUPERSALE
- Sierra Trading Post: Extra 10% Off Boots, Shoes, Gear, and Workout Apparel + January Coupon 10% Off $100+ Orders
HikerDeals Bargain, Deal, and Sale Archive for January, 2006
40% Off Asolo Odyssey and Fsn80 Mid-Duty Backpacking Boots for Men and Women
The men’s Asolo Odyssey Gore-Tex Hiking boots have a careful balance of materials to be alpine-trek tough and summer-boot light. At just 3 pounds, 4 ounces per pair these boots are 39% off – just $99.95 – per pair. Check out the high boot cuff and ghillie lacing which are sure to add a lot of support and comfort to the boot.
The women’s Asolo Fsn80 Gore-Tex Hiking boots are 40% off, just $89.95, at Sierra Trading Post. With a full Gore-Tex liner and built with a blend of Cordura, suede, custom sole, and ghillie lacing – the Fsn80 boots weigh just 2 pounds, 14 ounces per pair, but they’re sturdy and supportive enough to carry mid-sized packs on the roughest alpine terrain.
Moosejaw Mountaineering Outdoor Gear Sale and Coupons
Two coupons for all the packs, sleeping bags, boots, North Face, Arcteryx, and everything else at Moosejaw:
- Use coupon code MOOSE – 10% off regular priced items and 5% off sale items.
(expires 3/1/2006)
- Use coupon code SUPERSALE – 10% off all sale items. (expires 2/4/2006)
Just $9 for the Black Diamond Lunar Headlamp
The Black Diamond Lunar Headlamp is a lightweight (5 ounce) and waterproof (yes, it meets the “IPX-7 Waterproof Standard” – which means it’s still dry after immersion for 30 minutes at 1 meter of depth) headlamp that runs on standard AA batteries. It’s just $9.04 from Steep and Cheap – but grab it ASAP because as usual, it’s a one day only sale.
Spring Cycling Jacket Clearance – Windproof Biemme and Cannondale, 62% & 47% Off
Two great cycling jackets are on sale at Sierra Trading Post now (plus, the current coupon for 10% off $110+ web orders is available). Both the Cannondale and Biemme jackets are cut with high necks and long in the back to keep things covered up when you’re riding a bike. They also have trim cuts so they don’t flap & billow in the wind (or slow you down like a mini-parachute might) and they have rear pockets in the jackets – a key thing missing from a lot of jackets that cut the features and expect you to wear a jearsey with pockets underneath and then pull the jacket up to get to food and other stuff.
- $79.95 for the Cannondale Facet jacket (pictured above), it’s 47% off and is even water resistant with Nextec’s EPIC fabric, plus a zippered front pocket and on-arm cell phone/radio pocket.
- $124.95 for the Biemme Iowa jacket with Windstopper membrane,
is 62% off and has a very light fleece lining inside the super-breathable Gore Windstopper shell fabric
Regional Vacation and Outdoors Guides from GORP.com
Any problems thinking up something to do over the weekend? I usually have more trouble thinking of things to do over 2-3 day weekends than I do with a full week of time off. A great place to start is the GORP.com Outdoor Weekender Guides.
The Guides can be searched by region, city, and state and have a huge variety of things to get you outside. From parks and trails to take the dog for a walk on – to cliff-top beach hikes – to hike-in hot springs with campgrounds just a mile or two from the road.
In my case the City Weekender guide for Los Angeles already found one trailhead I didn’t know about that’s just 4 miles from home and a network of dirt roads and paved trolley & railroad-repair roads for riding through the Angeles National Forest, and those are less than 90 minutes from home. There’s also a campground in the Santa Ynez Recreation area that’s in a perfect spot for an after work arrival, about 20 miles southwest of Santa Barbara (enough outside Santa Barbara to avoid weekend beach traffic). Found through the Weekender Guides it has several small, tents-only areas and sounds like a perfect alternative to the normally crowded, RV-filled campgrounds in SoCal. I won’t give a direct link to it or it may not be open when I want to go, but I will say that’s the area is about an hour up winding mountain roads and hosts two hotsprings and several trailheads.
Alpine Ski, Boot and Binding Sale – Salomon, K2, Line, Rossignol, and Even More Salomon on Clearance
Bringing gear-store backroom deals to those of us who don’t live just-off-mountain BackcountryOutlet.com has cut prices on a ton of alpine skis, boots, and bindings.
The deals are on current stock only and right now include 50% off the Salomon Scream Limited ski, 57% off the Salomon X-Wave 10.0 ski boots, and 67% off the Salomon X-Wave 9.0 boots. Twin tip, park skis include the Line Chronic for just $314 and the Salomon Seventwenty for just $297, yes both are about 50% off. For powder houds there’s even 68% off the Rossignol Bandit B3 wide bodies and 31% off the Salomon AK Rocket powder masters. For those of you who are lucky enogh to have feet of wet spring powder, even the Salomon 920 bindings, with their DIN rating of 20, are just $260 (53% off). The whole list of sale ski gear is here …though it probably won’t be around long.
Winter Sale and an Extra 10% Off All Orders at Road Runner Sports
Road Runner Sports has their winter clearance sale on now. Plus, click through to get 10% off everything, no minimum order, coupon applied automatically at checkout (expires 1/31/2006).
Make Your Tent Last – Tent Care and Repair Tips
Here’s a great article on tent care and repair from GetOutdoors.com. They focus on things that a lot of people forget or just don’t know about, like preparring a new tent so it will last longer and repairing the tent in the field. I do have two things to add though:
- …after watching how easily and quickly tent fabric burns – I don’t like their idea of using a lighter to warm duct tape up so it will stick to the tent better. Since duct tape always leaves that sticky goo behind and just doesn’t stick well to wet fabric – it’s well worth the $6-8 price to pick up some tent repair “tape” from a gear shop. This stuff is usually ripstop nylon with adhesive on one side. To get the best seal, cut two matching pieces big enough to cover the hole and apply one to each side of the tent fabric.
- I’ll add to their point about airing out a tent after every trip. ALWAYS air it out – no matter how rushed or tired you are. Mold and mildew can ruin a tent (or make it so smelly that you can’t live in it). When tent fabric is wet long-term it weakens the waterproof coating on the fabric. You can end up scratching it or even peeling chunks of the coating off the fabric just by pulling the fly out of the stuff sack.
Kayak much? Extrasport Retroglide Sabre Life Jacket Just $64
The Extrasport Retroglide Sabre “Life Jacket” is 51% off at Steep and Cheap today.
I just paddle occasionally with several friends, who happen to live completely for weekends when they can find good water, but I do know that the key to a good life jacket/PFD is fit. This Extrasport Sabre is cut with a very low profile and has all the pockets you could need. It’s more for long-distance hayakers than freestylers, but it is just $63.66 (fyi: Large size is already sold out).
REI.com Dried Food and Energy Bar Discounts
REI.com and REI stores offer these 10% and 20% off discounts when you buy 12 or more of any dried trail food or energy bar/gel. Plus, these offers are in addition to REI’s 10%-back program for members (after the extra 10% back the prices are even lower than what I’ve found bars for at my local Trader Joe’s grocery store). Both are long-term discounts, they’re listed to not expire until 12/31/2008.
- 20% off regular price when you buy 12 or more – Energy Food (bars, gels, beverages)
- 10% off regular price when you buy 12 or more – Dried Food
Since this stuff stores for years, stock up ahead and don’t have to pay those rediculous local gear shop prices before a last minute backpacking trip. …and if you’re having trouble finding any dried camping food or energy food go to REI.com’s “Camping and Hiking” category > hit “More Categories” near the bottom > choose the “Food” category.
Both discounts are taken automatically at checkout from REI.com, just remember to enter your REI member number at checkout to get the additional 10% membership dividend.
Osprey Eclipse 26 Backpack, Supportive Daypack Just $68
The Osprey Eclipse 26+5 daypack is a 1600 cubic inch pack on sale for just $67.65 at Steep and Cheap (normally $148.95). The Eclipse 26+5 has fully padded shoulder straps and hipbelt (a thick hipbelt like most larger packs – so it will be comfortable even with 25 pounds in it), a great spacer mesh backpanel to allow airflow against your back, and has a detachable hydration pack. This Osprey pack is also designed for carrying snowboards vertically and for a-frame ski carrying and has Osprey’s lifetime warranty.
Just $58 for New Sierra Designs 7th Heaven Women’s Down Sleeping Bag
In some crazy super-clearance the Sierra Designs 7th Heaven Women’s down sleeping bag is just $58! It’s a 600-fill power down bag that’s rated to 0-degrees and has all of Sierra Designs’ bells and whistles: including and actual draft collar and dual draft tubes, the cool Flex construction and NightCap Hood which let the bag stretch around instead of acting like a cocoon, and even glow in the dark zipper pulls.
Plus, Snow Leopard Mountain Sports offers free shipping on any order over $25 with coupon myfreeship entered at checkout, so no shipping on this sleeping bag either.
CamelBak Blowfish and Rocket Hydration Packs on Clearance at PerformanceBike.com
Just $49.98, at 33% off, for the CamelBak Rocket hydration pack and its ultralight 195 cubic inches of storage. The Rocket is a close fitting pack that will keep gear stable for mountain biking or road cycling, running, and fast hike days. It’s also good for short hikes in the desert (like here in SoCal) where the biggest worry is drinking enough water to stay fresh enough to get back to the car and grab a burrito lunch.
The CamelBak Blowfish hydration pack is a big, fat hydration pack. It’s 44% off, just $49.98 on sale, it has a 100oz. water bladder, ventilated back panel, and an expandable main pocket (from 576-874 cubic inches) – for a long day hike or enough space for extra clothes on sketchy weather days.
Visit the Two-Heel Drive Site for Great Backpacking and Hiking Info
Looking for hiking news and a good summary of hiking trails, how to’s, or even snowshoe info? Check out Tom Mangan’s – Two-Heel Drive website. It looks to be a great source of links to hiking and backpacking info from all over the web.
Of course, I found the site because Tom mentioned and linked to Hiker Deals site recently. He thinks the deals and commentary here “looks to be generated by a real person rather than cut ‘n’ pasted from catalog copy”. Thanks Tom.