The 12 Days of Giveaways

Jim Stanford wrote this on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Three French hens, two turtle doves, and a new pair of Dynastar skis!
Cloudveil is spreading the cheer and gear this holiday season, as starting today two lucky winners – one male and one female – [...]

Priorities

Jim Stanford wrote this on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

(Sorry-I-Missed-the-Meeting-Because-of-the-Stonefly-Hatch Mug)
Snow report of 13 inches. Opening day on your favorite trout stream. Invite for a five-day raft trip. There are some things in life you just can’t let work get in the way of.
For [...]

FirsTurn Soft Shell Wins Gear of Year Award

Sarah Hubbard wrote this on Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Cloudveil and Black Diamond both garnered the coveted Gear of the Year awards this year in Outside magazine’s winter gear guide. Both companies continue to produce incredibly progressive product collections on the cutting edge of [...]

Fishing Boots: Felt Soles vs. Rubber

Ned Hutchinson wrote this on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Ned Hutchinson, an avid fisherman and Cloudveil national sales manager, wades into the debate over rubber- and felt-soled fishing boots.

The knee-jerk reaction of banning felt-soled shoes to prevent the spread of didymo and other invasive [...]

Fall is Here

Suzie Hultman wrote this on Friday, September 4th, 2009

Well, not yet. We’re enjoying some nice weather here in the northern Rockies. But we know what’s around the corner. And just in time for your fall plans or your winter dreaming, Cloudveil’s fall 2009 [...]

Melted Snow, Vermont Trails and The Best Pair of Running Shoes I’ve Ever Had

Peter Wadsworth wrote this on Friday, July 10th, 2009

The sun has set on another ski season here in my little mountain town, Winooski, VT.

The last of the snow seen in that shot is now gone. The snow didn’t make it to June [...]

Use Your iPhone to Win Cloudveil Gear

Sarah Hubbard wrote this on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Cloudveil and the TheAdventureLife.org have paired up for a little interactive iPhone fun.
Between now and July 13, download the free iPhone application Ski Jump Lite and start practicing.
If you log the longest jump, you could [...]

Dispatch from Backwater Angler: Crystal Creek Jacket for Pennies

Admin wrote this on Monday, May 25th, 2009

One of Cloudveil’s retailers, Theaux Le Gardeur from Backwater Angler, made this blog post. We dug it.

A Gunpowder regular, who will remain anonymous, so as not to disclose his methods to his immediate family, just [...]

Livin’ Da Dream (and wearin’ da gear)

Andrew M. Israel wrote this on Friday, May 15th, 2009

Some lifestyle words to get the weekend started….
The Aspen Ideal; it’s a concept first attributed to famed industrialist Walter Paepcke in the1940’s.
Paepcke saw the Rocky Mountain splendor of Aspen, Colorado as a place for people [...]

The Slowest Mo

Admin wrote this on Friday, May 8th, 2009

Plastered all over the Internets yesterday: The slowest motion camera Captured Never Before Shot (And Never Before Seen With The Naked Human eye) Intricacies of Ocean Waves. Shot as a teaser for the BBC’s [...]