Bikepacking

There's no shortage of ways to get a coffee fix, even in the most extreme locations. This one's a bit different – a dissolvable coffee paste that can be mixed with water, spread onto breakfast pastries or simply gobbled straight out of the tube.

The wilderness can instantly leave you stranded and in desperate need of rescue. Airmarker debuts a new survival beacon that can triumph where others fail, sending up a visual indicator of the victim's exact location, without battery or connectivity.

Optimized for the space-strapped needs of RVers and boaters, the new Flatbike Change Adventure folding bike is built to be an untethered force in 2-wheeled escape. Throw it in an RV, 4x4, packraft or train and start an epic multi-vehicle expedition.

Flextail has made it a mission to design battery-powered pumps tiny enough for even the most ultralight of camping trips. All those efforts have led to the new Zero, a pump so small it clips to a keychain and brings automated inflation everywhere.

Riders looking for a road bike that's as much at home in the city as it is on dirt tracks will likely find what they need in the shape of a gravel bike. Italy's Basso Bikes has now launched a lightweight pedal-assist model with a 220-km battery.

With the all-new Moonlite Elite, Nemo looks to create a backpacking chair that's equal parts lightweight and comfortable. The Elite is extremely light and packable but still offers a comfort-boosting recline function similar to the original Moonlite.

The Monti cooler uses the same highly light, collapsible design as a puffy jacket to keep 15 to 24 cans cold for up to 30 hours. It's the perfect way to ensure the beers you're hiking, pedaling or paddling into the backcountry stay crisp and cold.

Hyperlite Mountain Gear has introduced one of its most impressive packable shelters ever. The Hyperlite Mid 1 relies on Dyneema wunder-fabric to skin the fat while offering full weather protection. It weighs just over a pound, and pitches in minutes.

Interest in outdoor recreation has soared since the Covid-19 pandemic. It's no wonder, then, that manufacturers launched innovative products throughout 2022 to help athletes go farther, faster and deeper into the backcountry. Here are the highlights.

The versatile Adventure Fork can cook kebabs, sausages, chicken tenders, vegetables and other delectable foods over the fire on its own or combine into a spit to hold larger poultry and roasts at campsites reached only by foot, bike or raft.

We might get accused of blasphemy for saying it, but duct tape has its limitations. The MODL Infinity Tool can't replace duct tape, but it can step in on some of those jobs that stump the world's favorite adhesive fix-all.

Optibike has a new ebike with enough battery power to travel 30 percent farther than the official world record. The bike is called the R22 Everest because it's the "only ebike able to climb Mt. Everest on a single charge ... if there was a road."