![With different modes and color settings, the BioLite AlpenGlow Lantern was able to match the mood to this sunset in the Eastern Sierra (Mono/Monache and Paiute/Numu land). [Photo] Miya Tsudome](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xbiolite-alpenglow-lanterns-1-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OK-qU4a6Tf.jpg)
Mountain Standards Gear Review: Miya Tsudome is a former rock climbing guide who now makes a living as a photographer, and she’s also a van-life… Read More »BioLite AlpenGlow Lanterns: Functional mood lighting for your tent, car or campsite
![Nina Williams--who is sponsored by Gnarly Nutrition--climbs in the background of the author's BCAA supplement at Rifle Mountain Park, Colorado. [Photo] Derek Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xgnarly-nutrition-bcaa-supplement-1-1-930x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic.WtcdWwYa8g.jpg)
Mountain Standards Gear Review: Digital Editor Derek Franz has been using the Gnarly Nutrition Pre and BCAA (branched chain amino acid) dietary supplements for the… Read More »Gnarly Nutrition BCAAs: A dietary supplement geared especially for vegans, alpinists and older athletes
![The author wearing the Ombraz Classic sunglasses on a hike last spring. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ombraz-sunglasses-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz has been wearing the unusual “armless” Ombraz Sunglasses since last spring. Instead of the typical rigid arms that are on… Read More »Ombraz Sunglasses: “Armless” and highly functional
![The author showing off the Scarpa Ribelle HD boots in the Canadian Rockies. [Photo] Kate Erwin collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/scarpa-ribelle-hd-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Kate Erwin has been using the Scarpa Ribelle HD boots in the Canadian Rockies. The crossover style is similar to Scarpa’s Ribelle OD but with… Read More »Scarpa Ribelle HD: Boots that can keep up in the mountains
![Chris Kalman sporting the Acopa JBs on his and Zach Harrison's new route, Pump Drunk (5.12-, 115') in Northern Arizona's Pumphouse Wash (ancestral homelands of Pueblo, Sinagua, Hohokam, Hopi and Western Apache, among others). [Nelson Klein]](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/acopa-jb-1-1-930x620.jpg)
Chris Kalman continues his quest to find the best all-day, all-around climbing shoe. Everyone knows that a certain brand’s TC Pro has set the standard… Read More »Acopa JB: A high-top climbing shoe that competes with the TC Pro
![Clint Helander using the Mystery Ranch Tower 47 backpack in Alaska. [Photo] Clint Helander collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mystery-ranch-tower-47-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Alaskan alpinist Clint Helander tested the Mystery Ranch Tower 47 backpack for all sorts of activities. The pack is designed as a crag pack for… Read More »Mystery Ranch Tower 47: A dream pack for climbers who like organization
![Derek Franz sets up his Zenbivy bed during a backpack trip in Colorado's Elk Range. [Photo] Mandi Franz](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/zenbivy-light-1-2-930x620.jpeg)
Alpinist digital editor Derek Franz has been using the Zenbivy Light bed system for the past year. As a guy who prefers to avoid the… Read More »Zenbivy Light: A quilt that pairs with a sheet to become a cozy bed
![Tad McCrea storms the ice cream factory with the new Petzl Quark ice tools on Super Domo (WI5 M5/6, 500m), Cerro Domo Blanco, Patagonia. [Photo] Jon Griffin](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/petzl-quark-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Alpinist Tad McCrea has been using the latest model of the Petzl Quark ice tools for the past year. As a longtime user of the… Read More »Petzl Quark ice tools: An alpinist’s dream tool that handles it all
![Whitney Clark emerges from a couloir on Carson Peak in California. [Photo] Tess Smith](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xlowa-alpine-expert-gtx-boots-ws-1-2-810x620.jpg.pagespeed.ic._frUyRB59L.jpg)
Whitney Clark used the women-specific Lowa Alpine Expert Gore-Tex boots in her snowy stomping grounds of the Sierra Nevada Range. She appreciated their lightness and… Read More »Lowa Alpine Expert GTX boots: Light, comfortable and sensitive
![Scott Coldiron stays warm in the Valandre Troll jacket while sorting gear in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, Montana. [Photo] Brian White](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/valandre-troll-jacket-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Scott Coldiron has a lot of experience when it comes to staying warm on frozen alpine routes. He’s been using the Valandre Troll jacket in… Read More »Valandre Troll jacket: As warm as a down coat can be
![The author posing with the Sea to Summit Flame sleeping bag, which is made specifically for women. [Photo] Katherine Erwin collection](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/sea-to-summit-flame-iv-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Kate Erwin used Sea to Summit’s Flame IV women-specific sleeping bag in British Columbia’s Purcell Range last October and found that the mapped-baffle design was… Read More »Sea to Summit Flame IV: A warm ultralight sleeping bag tailored specifically for women
![The Unparallel Up Lace resemble the well-known Five Ten Anasazi Lace in design and performance. [Photo] Chris Kalman](https://alpinist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/unparallel-up-lace-1-2-930x620.jpg)
Chris Kalman checks out a little-known shoe company named Unparallel that makes climbing shoes eerily similar to the well-known designs made by Five Ten. He… Read More »Unparallel Up Lace: A new company presents a new take on a familiar shoe
