Georgia Coast Sea Kayaking Local Beta: If you're out for a multi-day trip, be careful about where you choose to camp. Many islands along the coast are state or federal wildlife refuges and have specific access and camping policies. Some islands allow free camping, but some require a fee and some are privately owned and don't allow camping at all. Check your intended campsites with staff at a local kayak shop before your trip to see if you'll have any problems. Also be ...Read more	Mount Baker Backcountry Local Beta: Mt. Baker has long been a Mecca for ski bums and dirtbags on a serious budget. If all you care about is skiing and snowboarding as much as humanly possible while spending as little as possible in the process, you can sleep in your vehicle in certain parts of the resort's parking lots. Baker doesn't have many big resort amenities (one of the reasons it is so popular) but the Tap Room, located in the Heather Meadows Day Lodge... Read more	New Hampshire Ice Climbing Athelete's Perspective: "Out west and in the Canadian Rockies the rock behind these ice climbs is just not very good, but here at Frankenstein we're climbing on these routes that form over really good granite. It just makes for this awesome kind of mixed climbing – very technical and delicate." - Bayard Russell Read more	Bugaboos Alpine Climbing Athelete's Perspective: "The Beckey-Chouinard is probably the most classic alpine rock climb in North America. It has so many classic features to it -- the commitment factor of the wild East Creek Basin, the huge exposure, and a fifty meter pitch of 5.10 finger cracks three thousand feet off the deck. It doesn't get more special than that." - Evan Stevens Read more