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Technique

An Ode to Hiking Maps

One thing that I seem to love are maps. When I’m not on the trail backpacking or hiking I’m most likely planning my next adventure, or when I head home from a trip I always seem to find myself staring at sets of maps to find out what the name of that peak that I saw in the distance was, or just where that other trail lead from a fork when I went right and the other trail went left. Usually, this results in maps spread out across the house for days - Once I find out just what the name of tha
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Giveaways

Harmony House Backpacking Kit, I Hike, & Trail Tested Giveaway

Note: Contest ended 6/13/12. Results can be found Here. Missed out? You can Pick up the Harmony House Kit from REI. The books can be found over at Amazon: Buy I Hike at Amazon Buy Trail Tested at Amazon New TrailGroove contest! Please read below for all the details on how to enter. Grand Prize Winner: 1 Harmony House Backpacking Kit 1 Signed Copy of I Hike by Lawton Grinter 1 Signed Copy of Trail Tested by Justin Lichter Second Place Winner: 1 S
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Giveaways

Tax Day Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations to Stick, winner of a brand new Trail Designs Ti-Tri Sidewinder Stove System and an Evernew 1.3L titanium ultralight pot! Check out our original Sidewinder Ti-Tri Giveaway Blog Entry for the full details of the contest. Using a random number generator, a post from the Forum was chosen at 8 P.M. Mountain Time and the 8th post in our PowerPot Thread was the winner. Thanks to all who have contributed to the Forum and keep your eye on the site for additional contests that
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Table Mountain - 2.0

In our First Blog Entry we talked about Table Mountain, an interesting feature that both offered a lower elevation summit (About 7200 feet) and was close to town. This combination made for a great cabin fever expedition prior to spring, following a mostly off-trail route that required tricky navigation to keep from crossing private land. We made good progress on our first attempt, but then ran into deeper snow around 6500 feet and were forced to turn back with fading daylight. A month
Aaron Zagrodnick

Aaron Zagrodnick

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Tax Day Giveaway - Trail Designs Ti-Tri Sidewinder Stove System Bundle

Note: Contest Ended 4/17/12. The results can be found Here. Missed out? Check out Evernew at Amazon Enter to win a brand new Sidewinder Ti-Tri stove system bundle from Trail Designs - Pot included! This is the exact combo we just reviewed in our current issue. Check out our testing results and see the system in action by reading Issue 1. Win this package and you'll receive: Evernew ECA253 Titanium Ultralight 1.3L Pot (more details here - perfect for two or large meals for on
Aaron Zagrodnick

Aaron Zagrodnick

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REI Flash 18 Winner - HikingTheTrail!

Congratulations HikingTheTrail, your name was randomly drawn from our member list and we've reached out to you for your mailing address. Please respond within 72 hours to claim the prize and we'll get this in the mail ASAP - Enjoy the pack! Thanks to all that joined us here at TrailGroove and participated in the contest! Missed out? You can Pick Up the Flash 18 at REI.
Aaron Zagrodnick

Aaron Zagrodnick

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REI Flash 18 Backpack Giveaway

Note: Contest Ended 3/18/12. The results can be found Here. Missed out? You can Pick Up the Flash 18 at REI.   Please Register to subscribe to this blog or post comments. Here is your chance to win a brand new REI Flash 18 pack just like the one we reviewed in our current issue. (Except in an eye catching Titanium Citron color scheme) You can find the review by reading Issue #1 or by going directly to the Flash Review if you prefer. All that you have to do to enter is registe
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Aaron Zagrodnick

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Table Mountain

We’ve been working day and night, falling asleep at computer screens, and hitting the trail as much as we can to get TrailGroove up and running. Everything that we thought would take a week when we first began scratching out our idea on paper took a month and everything that we expected to take a month took…Well, you get the idea. Starting something like this is always a risky endeavor - It can be a challenge to prevent turning your favorite pastime into something you just have to do
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