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We heard that the volunteers at the Woolly Mountain Bike Club in St. Croix Falls, WI had been grooming their singletrack trails all week, pulling a custom grooming device behind a vintage Skidoo Skandic snow machine. By the sounds of…

45North sponsored rider and Alaska Iditasport 350 record-holder, Jay Petervary, won his first Arrowhead 135 in some of the most extreme conditions the event has seen. We were there to follow Jay along the entire course and create a photo…

Zippers are a clean and simple way close the outer shell of technical footwear and clothing products. We YKK zippers on the Fasterkatt and Wölvhammer because they do an excellent job sealing the outer boot while also allowing the user…

Today it is our pleasure to announce the two newest products in our collection of winter cycling softgoods: Cobrafist pogies and Bergraven gaiters. Designed for winter fatbiking, both products are centered around our mission to deliver unparalleled comfort and control…

June 2013. 85 degrees outside. 10 degrees inside. We chose to do our summer training inside.

The time had come for my first winter endurance race, Rovaniemi 150. In 1997 I did my first road cycling race. If someone would have told me that 16 years later I would end up doing a 150km winter race…

There are a few trails I have competed on in the past that have created a soft spot in my heart as I crave to do them again, and will, with any opportunity. The Iditarod Trail is one of them…

The Rovaniemi 150 is a winter endurance race in the arctic wilderness of Lapland in far Northern Finland. It is also a qualifying race for the Iditarod Trail Invitational: the most difficult winter race in the world. 45North has sponsored…

Four years ago, some members of the MTB-Turku group got an idea. Vajosuo, one of the bogs of National Park of Kurjenrahka in Southern Finland, is a great place for challenging mountain bike rides with its duckboards and technical trails,…