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Our US team member Dylan is our guest blogger this week. Dylan took part in Fort Collins, Tour de Fat last month. She explains below what this wacky and wild parade is and why you should definitely check it out in 2023. Although some of us dream of competing or watching the Tour de France in person, the city of Fort...

Slea Head Drive & The Blasket Islands - Tick it off your wild camping bucket list! Hello Crua Community Members, My name is Dani and I am the Social Media Executive at Crua. Let me tell you, when I first started at the company, I wasn't the most outdoorsy person, But I did enjoy camping. However, since starting at Crua...

It’s said that nature is the healer and music is the medicine. Connecting to nature is why we campers and hikers crave the great outdoors, to breathe clean fresh air and to clear our heads from the stresses of life.  But, sometimes on a tough hike, a little extra boost to get you through that incline or the long trek...

California, the sunshine state. Like most of you, we love taking the roads off the beaten-track. There are hundreds of places to camp in California that make it easy to have an adventure-packed weekend no matter the occasion or the company. If you haven’t been to see Yosemite Falls Trail yet, well then you haven’t lived! It is not for...

  Top 10 Things You Need To Know About Winter Camping In Snow Camping in the snow poses a unique set of challenges, even for an experienced camper, and heading out into sub-zero temperatures is certainly not something that should be done by those relatively new to camping. Don’t think that just because you survived three nights in a tent...

Here is 5 top camping road trip activities to turn “Are we there yet?” to “Ahh, but we’re not done yet”

It is that time of year again. There is nothing quite like being the only one overlooking a frozen, alpine lake, surrounded by snow, ice and the whistling wind through the pines. Yet, even these moments can’t justify a terrible night of camping. Camping in the winter needs to be treated with the right amount of respect since freezing temperatures...

About Bethany I grew up working on farms, walking long distances and playing sports. From my father, I inherited a long gait and strong work ethic. From my mother, a natural athletic ability and fierce competitive nature. She was a young girl of the 60’s and 70’s, and a part of the first wave of US female athletes able to...

After the year we’ve had our Earth is beginning to slowly restore itself. Even though staying at home wasn’t the way we had planned to spend our year, not only did we save lives we also helped save our environment. What a better way to celebrate Earth Day than spending it outside! Instead of staying indoors, we are asking you...

Camping and experiencing the great outdoors is one of the most exhilarating and life affirming passions that a person could enjoy. As passion grows, so does the anticipation for the next trip. If you are anything like us, you would have mapped out all the places you want to head to next. The hikes you want to take on, the...

Hiking is one of those wonderful activities that you can do virtually anywhere, regardless of your fitness level. You can do it by yourself or with others, and even alongside your family members -- children included -- if you want to.  There’s a ton of flexibility inherent to hiking, and I think that’s part of what makes hiking so appealing...

Erin Hamlin lives near Crua Outdoors in the United-States, we're proud to know her and wanted to wish her the best of luck for the Olympics Games held in PyeongChang, South Korea this year! Picture - teamusa.org    Who’s Erin Hamlin? Erin is a 31-year-old woman who comes from New Hartford, Oneida – New-York. By the age of 12, she started...

Photo cred to Red Chair Recruitment   Fancy cycling around the world? Dermot Higgins is doing just that! We are proud to have kitted out Dermot with some Crua gear for this worldwide cycle. When we first heard about Dermot's plans to cycle around the world, we were struck with envy! As we put our envy aside we wanted to...