About Tim Sprinkle

Tim Sprinkle is a Denver-based writer and editor whose work has appeared in dozens of publications, including Outside, Backpacker and Wired.

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Gear Review: HornyToad Toad Traveler Bottle

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What is every stainless steel water bottle on the planet missing?

Recipes for the end-of-day cocktails, of course.

HornyToad has the problem solved with its Toad Traveler bottle, which comes complete with 22 cocktail recipes printed on the side. Never … Continue reading


Gear Review: Patagonia Insulated Powder Bowl Jacket

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A good backcountry snow jacket really only needs to be able to do two things: keep you warm, and keep you dry. Patagonia’s Insulated Powder Bowl jacket does both with style, with an insulating layer bonded to a two-layer GORE-TEX … Continue reading


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Gear Review: Bear Naked Treats

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The Bear Naked brand began in 2002 with a line of homemade, all-natural granola, all whipped up and sold directly by co-founders Kelly Flatley and Brendan Synnott. A decade and a corporate buyout later – Bear Naked was purchased by … Continue reading


Gear Review: Canada Goose HyBridge Jacket

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It’s amazing how far the technology behind goose down insulation has come in the last few years. What was once limited to bulky, once-size-fits-all, worthless in the rain, products has now evolved into a do-anything material that can be found … Continue reading


Gear Review: KEEN Howser Wool Slippers

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My experience with KEEN footwear can be summed up in one word: comfort. From their sandals, to their hiking boots, to their approach shoes, everything with KEEN starts with that signature, wide toebox, and comfort is the name of the … Continue reading


Mountain Safety Research

Gear Review: Icebreaker RedRam Base Layers

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As opposed to those made from more traditional synthetic materials, merino wool base layers offer a number of distinct advantages. They are breathable, they’re warm, they’re sustainable and, perhaps most important for the day-to-day user, they are naturally stink proof.… Continue reading


Gear Review: Obermeyer Kenai Shell

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There are generally two things I look for when shopping for a winter shell: light weight and breathability. And, for the most part, most products on the market these days meet my needs. Obermeyer’s Kenai shell adds the elusive … Continue reading


Gear Review: Outdoor Research Northback Gloves

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As far as I’m concerned, nothing ruins a good winter trip faster than a lousy set of gloves (except maybe leaky boots, but that’s a story for another review). If they leave my fingers cold, or make my palms sweat, or make it tough to use my hands, I’m just not interested.

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Gear Review: Columbia Majik Wands Gloves

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In reality, there probably isn’t much new technology out there to improve on the concept of the glove. Manufacturers got the whole wind protection, insulation formula down years ago.  But that isn’t to say that the Majik Wands glove from Columbia doesn’t do a great job of doing what gloves do best.

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Gear Review: Seattle Sports DryDoc Waterproof DigiCase

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At first glance, the task of protecting a smartphone in the outdoors seems pretty straightforward. Simply toss it in a zip close sandwich bag and hit the trail. But the reality is a little more complicated.
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Snowshoeing Around the World: A Profile of Crescent Moon Snowshoes

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Sometimes it seems like only cars and couches are made in America anymore.

Oh, and Crescent Moon snowshoes.

Based out of Boulder, Colo., Crescent Moon has been designing and building snowshoes in the Mile High State since 1998, growing from just three models to more than a dozen today. And, despite shipping some 20,000 sets of shoes in 2009, the company is an unashamedly small enterprise, occupying a cramped industrial space that’s packed floor to ceiling (literally) with shipping boxes, inventory and snowshoes in various states of repair.

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Curing Winter Sports Injuries With…Stem Cells?

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For winter sports athletes, nothing can ruin a season quite like a knee or other joint injury. At best, you’re looking at 6-12 months on the sidelines: going under the knife, working through months of rehabilitation and then trying to get back in shape before the snow melts.

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