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A Fall Hike at the Indian Steps Trail
October 10, 2016
By: Levi Opsatnic After a long, hot, and dry summer, I’d say that our recently cooler temps and erratic weather comes as quite a...
First Friday with The Crooked House’s Benjamin Fehl
October 6, 2016
By: Levi Opsatnic While Appalachian Outdoors is filled with the “outdoorsy” type, we all enjoy and appreciate someone who thinks outside of the box....
Getting From Trail to Town (and back again) in America
October 4, 2016
Many of us have been raised with the impression that only serial killers pick up hitchhikers. In truth, hitching is pretty common along long...
A Hike Through Shingletown Gap
September 23, 2016
By: Levi Opsatnic Living in State College literally affords a ton of hiking and other outdoor recreation options. Whether you’re trail runner, hiker, backpacker,...
FREE U – EXPLORING ISLE ROYALE
September 20, 2016
Wednesday, September 28th 7PM – 8PM Join Mark Schreiner as he discovers the secrets of the uninhabited Isle Royale, in northern Lake Superior: How...
Purple Lizard Maps: Rothrock State Forest & Pine Creek
September 13, 2016
By: Levi Opsatnic Here at Appalachian Outdoors, we love maps of all kinds. Whether it’s a Topo, USGS, state park map, or just a...
Exploring the Unknown
August 30, 2016
By: Bart Beck As the world becomes ever more globalized, it seems as though it becomes increasingly smaller, as well. At one point, it...
Five End of Season Specials
August 29, 2016
By: Levi Opsatnic If you haven’t browsed our website or been into our shop lately, you may not know that we’ve marked quite a...
Five ways to get your Fly Fishing fix when it’s too hot
August 22, 2016
By: Levi Opsatnic Unless you’ve spent the month or so few weeks inside of an air conditioned building, then I’m sure you’ve noticed that...
Product Review: Black Diamond’s Spot Headlamp
August 9, 2016
By: Levi Opsatnic For those of us who follow head lamp updates religiously, well, you probably have a pretty difficult job. It seems that...