20 Valentine's Day Gifts, from $16 to $550

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Box of chocolates? Boring. A bouquet of roses? Useless. Try harder this year with gear your partner will actually love. The best part of all? This stuff should facilitate adventures for the two of you for years.


Pom-pom hats are the de facto uniform of the mountain town. Which means you can never have too many in your shed. 

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This knife has a sleek stainless steel blade and beechwood handle that look nice and should last at least a few decades. 

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Yeah, it’s a $30 cup, but it’s the last cup you’ll ever need to buy. It works almost too well, keeping hot beverages hot and cold ones cold for hours. 

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This phone lets your partner share her location or call for help and even offers off the grid two-way texting. Spring for the unlimited data plan.

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This bandana provides extra warmth and/or sun protection, whether she's climbing or skiing. While you'll want a Buff for any serious weather, the Jumbo works great the rest of the time.

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For fast climbers, we recommend Black Diamond's ultralight cams, which are 25 percent lighter thanthe standard camalot.

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River rats have long held the Paco Pad close to their hearts. It’s durable, self-inflating, and after sleeping one night on the 1.5-inch, high-density foam, it feels about as good as the mattress back home. 

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We’ve been wearing the same pair of these moisture-wicking, temperature-regulating, made-in-the-USA bison down socks for years. The best part? For every product sold, United By Blue removes one pound of trash from oceans and waterways.

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If your person hasn't replaced her helmet in the past two to five seasons, get her the Half Dome. It offers all the protection you need at an affordable price.

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This vest is lightweight, breathable, and offers the option of a water reservoir in the back or bottles in the front pockets. There’s plenty of storage for food, a jacket, and a cell phone.

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Hear us out. For reasons we’ve mentioned before, the pee funnel should have a home in the pack of every adventurous woman. The small plastic device lets her pee standing up, anywhere, anytime.

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At 132 liters, this duffel is great for a mountaineering expedition, or a weekend trip where you want to pack easily and excessively. It’s waterproof and has backpack straps for easy hauling.

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What's better than the gift of access? This pass gets one car free entry to 2,000 federal recreation sites across the country. It will pay for itself after three national park visits or a four-day climbing trip in Red Rock Canyon.  

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A great addition to any home or office, this plant is easy to grow, hard to kill, and pretty to look at.

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Sure, it's expensive but this bomber looks damn cool. Plus, it's stuffed with quality Primaloft insulation and the interior is lined with cozy flannel. 

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When you’ve run out of clean clothes and your tent is full of dirt, the gift of de-greasifying one's hair feels like the ultimate luxury. 

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This charger is powered via USB or solar panel, has two ports, and can fully juice a phone up to six times and a headlamp up to twenty times.  

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When in doubt, a candle always makes a great gift. This one comes in a beautiful engraved glass and wafts orange-scented for 100 hours.

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With technical features like Polartech Powerstretch and an athletic cut in a cozy package, what's not to love about this hoodie?

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This is the uber classic, de facto textbook on the sport of climbing. Read this and then sign up for that mountaineering course on Mount Rainier.  

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