Mountain Hacks

Experience, experience, experience. You can gather it by trial and error, or help yourself to what others have already learned. Here's everything we know about boots, packs and roaming the hills.

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Are Low Shoes Enough? And What About Your Ankles

They're light and comfortable. But how much ankle support do they give? Aren't higher boots better for the mountains? It depends. Height isn't the only thing that decides stability.

Pick comfy footwear

One pack for everything? Or seven specialists?

Volume, weight, carry system, how the space is divided, gear loops and so on. Every type of pack has something. And none has everything.

What each pack can do

Caught in a storm in the mountains: what to do?

It all starts with a plan. Knowing how to avoid the storm. And if that doesn't work out? Then follow a few last-resort moves.

Handle thunder and lightning

How to read the clouds and forecast the weather

Look up and you'll see the future. Because there's no such thing as a storm out of nowhere. Know your clouds and you'll know what's heading your way.

Get to know the clouds

Why waterproof boots still get wet

Boots with a membrane, yet your feet still get damp. Doesn't it work? Oh, it does – the membrane does its job. Physics just has limits we can't get around.

Why your boots feel damp