Hiking Cooling Gear

Six kilometres into a July slog up the Bruce Trail escarpment, most hikers stop caring about scenery and start bargaining with the sky for a breeze. It never comes. The trees block what little wind exists, your shirt is doing an impression of a wet towel, and the water bottle in your hip pocket is … Read more

Somewhere around kilometre eight of a July hike through the Bruce Peninsula, the humidity stops being a minor annoyance and starts being the whole conversation. Your shirt is soaked, your pack straps feel like they’re welding themselves to your shoulders, and the breeze you were promised by the trail map simply never shows up. This … Read more

Somewhere around kilometre six, every hiker has the same realization: whatever’s strapped to your back is either helping you or fighting you, and there’s rarely an in-between. A lightweight cooler for day hikes exists to solve exactly that problem — it’s a compact, insulated bag built to keep sandwiches, fruit, and drinks cold without turning … Read more