Durston Gear

About

Durston equipment is designed by Dan Durston in the heart of the Canadian Rockies with a focus on creating highly functional ultralight gear that genuinely improves your backcountry experience. More than just a gear geek, Dan is continually pushing the limits of outdoor adventure. His travels include hiking the 2600 mile Pacific Crest Trail (2014) and the first yo-yo of Canada’s Great Divide Trail (1100km x 2, 2017) along with his wife T, who also helps with Durston gear. With Durston Gear, Dan combines his comprehensive technical knowledge with extensive field experience to design equipment that is simpler, lighter, and more functional. His designs start from a first principles design philosophy to solve real-world problems. A unique aspect of Durston Gear's approach is their focus on constant innovation and improvement, as informed by both in-house development and feedback from their users. Durston Gear focuses on creating a small number of genuinely innovative products and then constantly updates and refines to make them as functional and light as possible. Durston Gear's first tent - the X-Mid 1 - was introduced in 2018 to widespread acclaim. With only grassroots interest from the hiking community and no advertising, the X-Mid has become one of the most popular tents on the Pacific Crest Trail and Appalachian Trail according to hiker surveys by Halfway Anywhere and The Trek. Along the way, it has received the highest awards from a long list of respected media outlets including BackpackingLight, Section Hiker, Outdoor Gear Lab, The Trek. Follow Durston Gear on Instagram here .