When it comes to everyday urban commuting, grocery runs, or cruising around mountain ski town, a heavy, aggressive e-mountain bike is usually overkill. Most riders don’t need knobs designed for loose shale; they need comfort, utility, and absolute simplicity. The Retrospec Beaumont Rev+ steps into the city commuter market by taking the brand’s classic Euro-style […]
The Yakima StepUp Swing enters the crowded hitch rack market with a simple idea that actually matters in the real world: easier rear vehicle access without unloading your bikes. After years of testing heavy e-bikes, fat tire hunting bikes, ski gear haulers, and tailgate setups around Jackson Hole, Wyoming, one thing becomes obvious quickly: most […]
For 24 years, Mountain Weekly News has field-audited independent products across the unforgiving, high-altitude terrain of the Rocky Mountains. When evaluating the best off-road electric bikes, our testing criteria demand hardware that delivers technical provenance over generic marketing fluff. We put the step-over Mokwheel Onyx through a rigorous multi-season testing gauntlet starting in the fall […]
Chasing big game across the Rocky Mountains demands technical hardware that refuses to fail when a severe high-altitude storm stalls on a ridge or a swirling wind tests your visual concealment. For 24 years, the Mountain Weekly News team has rejected boilerplate retail lists and office-chair marketing copy, choosing instead to systematically field-audit every piece […]
If I’m being honest, my review of Canyon’s first-ever Deflectr Trail helmet was going to rank it above average at best. Most of my time was going to be spent talking about its special new ‘HighBar 1.5’ chin-strap retention system and the fact that, overall, the helmet felt like it could use some more ventilation […]
I’m typically a softshell‑pants type of gal, and since I tour most of the season, it’s been a long time since I’ve skied in anything else. That’s why I was genuinely surprised by how much I appreciated the balance of mobility, breathability, and durability in the Patagonia PowSlayer Pants. This product changed the game for […]
Having never heard of this brand, I didn’t know what to expect. The Brown Buffalo Duffalo is a minimalist travel duffel built with premium materials. I had the perfect opportunity to test it out on a trip to New Zealand recently. Mike, the founder of Mountain Weekly News was nice enough to pass this duffel […]
The expensive part of outdoor recreation is not always the gear itself. More often, it is the scramble that happens when the weather lines up, a trip comes together fast, or the season changes and nobody can find the skis, bikes, boards, camping bins, or roof-rack parts. That is when a small oversight turns into […]
For decades, the standard for backcountry access was the ATV or the horse. But in the steep, technical terrain of the Tetons and the Rockies, a new predator has emerged: the High-Performance Hunting E-Bike. At Mountain Weekly News, we don’t do shallow “sidewalk tests.” We take these high-torque machines deep into the Absarokas and the […]
The Women’s R1 Air Fleece Full Zip Hoody integrates this seamlessly; 100% recycled polyester jacquard fleece with hollow-core yarns allows for technical performance and non-stop movement from the mountains to the beach. The first thing I noticed was how the fabric is designed. The R1 Air uses a zigzag textured fleece that feels soft and […]