Ultralight Hiking Blog

Allgood’s gift guide by Whitney "Allgood" LaRuffa

Allgood’s gift guide by Whitney "Allgood" LaRuffa

It’s the season of celebrating, and this time of year wouldn’t be complete without giving that special hiking partner in your life a gift for them to enjoy out in the boonies.  While it can be hard...

A group of hikers eating chips and salsa

New Things I Discovered in 2022 - By Whitney "Allgood" LaRuffa

This year I was fortunate enough to get to hike not once but twice in the Land of Enchantment.  In April I hiked 220 miles of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) along the official route through the...

10,000 miles of Thru-Hiking:Gear; Deschutes Zero-G

10,000 miles of Thru-Hiking:Gear; Deschutes Zero-G

Without much practice or knowledge of free-standing tarp-style shelters, I brought what amounted to a thin sheet of fabric on my thru-hike of the infamously grueling Continental Divide Trail, a 3,...

Dyneema Composite Fiber DCF

DCF Shelters Are Back

  Six Moon Designs is excited to announce that we are bringing back Dyneema Composite Fabric (Formerly known as Cuben Fiber) shelters to our product line.  After a pause over the past few years to ...

The Minimalist - New for 2018

The Minimalist - New for 2018

Ultralight, Highly Configurable and Elegant Design all summarize the new Minimalist Pack.