Before heading into the snow this winter, give your gear a once over to ensure it’s up to the task

Prepare your gear for winter adventures

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Mark Watson

Mark is Wilderness’s gear editor and a dedicated storyteller, documenting his adventures in both words and photos.

By Mark Watson

It’s easy to put your gear away and forget about it until it's next needed. But tramping in winter is a more serious proposition than in summer and it pays to check your gear well before leaving home.

Discovering a problem with your crampons when you’re high up on shady snow slopes late in the afternoon is a good way to sabotage a winter weekend trip. It’s easy to overlook gear maintenance when some of it is only used seasonally, so here are a few items to think about before you venture into […]

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Mark Watson

Wilderness gear editor Mark Watson divides his workdays between graphic design, writing and photography. His passion for tramping, climbing, cycling and storytelling has taken him all over Aotearoa and the world in search of great trails, perfect moves and epic light. He has published four books and his photographs have featured in numerous publications. Especially motivated by long distance travel, he has tramped Te Araroa and cycled from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.