Sick North Face jacket. The hood works like a flexfit hat and needs no adjustments to cinch it down...whatever, the ninja breather is the radest part anyway.

Extended cuff. No cinching or hook-and-loop closure on the wrist. Just a streamlined design with a hand stirrup...or whatever those things are called. Monkey thumbs? That name's no better than hand stirrup.

New North Face boot based on a pack of theirs from the '70s.

Nau's collared down shirt. I mean this is a nice way, but it's kind of like a leisure suit. "Hey, look at me, I'm skiing! Hey look at me, I'm wearing a puffy shirt to work!"

It's like that awful show on Bravo, but it's at OR and they're making outdoor gear.

Sea to Summit's sleeping bag liners made to add serious heat for late fall and early spring backpacking.

Gear to facilitate Leave No Trace practices is bigger than ever. Here's a bunch of water-hauling and waste management stuf from Sea to Summit

Either Black Diamond went to shit or this knock-off company is going to get sued sometime soon.

The Garmont Masterlite is filling the gap between AT racing boots and ski mountaineering boots. Super light but substational enough for dedicated touring.

Loki glove eating my hand. All of their stuff is like this. Gloves and facemasks are built into all their jackets. Remind me to cut my nails if you see me.

Alite, the San Francisco purveyors of fine camp chairs, showed up with a tent at OR this year.

The climbing demo area. Some rough-horsing going on. (combination rough housing and horsing around)

Mmm. Burlap. Adding some texture to bouldering.

I can't stress enough how much these people love slacklining.

Tall Boy. Still a Classic.