Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2011

Trailspace was in Salt Lake City August 3-7 for Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, the world’s largest outdoor gear industry gathering with more than 1,000 brands and 21,000 outdoorsy folks.

We're still bringing you coverage of hiking, backpacking, paddling, trail running, and climbing gear, equipment, and apparel (whew). It all started with the Open Air Demo (Wednesday, August 3) at Jordanelle State Park, and continued with four straight days of gear announcements and launches, demonstrations, and events in the Salt Palace Convention Center (August 4-7), and back to the Trailspace office.

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 Post-OR

• Comfortable paddling from Nova Craft, Kokatat, Teva

• New product lines from young and old-line companies like Eureka!, Wenger, and Brooks-Range

• Gear to Grow...and give away

• Not-so-new-and-shiny backcountry stoves from MSR

• Blazing New Backcountry and Camping Lights from Energizer, ICON, SureFire, and Brunton

• Stuff I Ate at OR: Some outdoor foods you may not have heard of or tried, yet

• Evernew and Jetboil offer titanium cooking systems

• Nemo's first sleeping bags come in whole new shape

OR Day Four

• The North Face's first mountaineering boot (really)

• Switch from Walk to Climb with Salewa Pro Gaiter Boot

OR Day Three

• MSR Introduces Three New Stoves
• Mile High Mountaineering Brings the Passion
• Hilleberg introduces first three-season tents

OR Day Two

• SteriPEN Freedom: smaller, lighter, rechargeable UV purifier

• Ruff Wear OmniJore for dog-pulling fun year-round

• ACR ResQLink is world's smallest personal locator beacon

• Ultralight Packs from Granite Gear, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, Terra Nova

OR Day One

• L.L. Bean limited-edition 100th anniversary outdoor gear

• Ultralight Shelters not just about the light weight

• Exped and NEMO help users live outdoors comfortably

• CamelBak's All Clear UV bottle purifier available for 2012

Open Air Demo Day

• Mad River Canoe launches Serenade 13, lightweight solo hybrid canoe
• Wenonah Recon solo whitewater canoe

• DeLorme InReach offers 2-way messaging

• Innova goes PVC-free with inflatable kayaks

• More Demo Day Impressions: footwear of choice and nonprofits

• The Gear Scene at Demo Day: We run for kids, eat s'mores bars, and check out the gear scene

• La Sportiva Vertical K minimal mountain runner, plus Salomon Synapse and Patagonia Fore Runner

Pre-Show

• Really Cool Ultralight Backpackin’ Tips from Mike Clelland

• Tent, Pack, and Bag Lines Expand: Brands like Hilleberg, Rab, Nemo debut tent, sleeping bag, tent lines; plus UK brands move stateside

• Kids Ride High with Osprey and Piggyback Rider

• Design Your Own Headlamp: Princeton Tec Spectrum lets you choose Fuel4 and Remix colors

• MSR Stoves Go Hybrid-Fuel and Micro: WhisperLite Universal and MicroRocket

• Hoopla over 4P Tent: Mountain Hardwear shelter weighs less than 2 pounds

• It's an Ueli Steck moment: And we're fascinated.

• Multifunctional Gear + Clothing: Gerber Steady multitool and Mammut Realization climbing shorts with harness