You probably already know, but in case you don’t: Sierra Trading Post is a valuable source of closeouts, discounts, seconds and overstocks in camping equipment, rugged workwear apparel and outdoor gear. Great coupon to take advantage of.

It’s always nice when a discount store offers even better deals with a site-wide coupon. Here is a good opportunity to save a few bucks at Sierra Trading Post! On top of the 35%-75% savings that you already save at Sierra Trading Post (visit site), you can use this coupon offer for November to save even more. It is not necissary to use a code at checkout. Just click the banner below and the discount will automatically apply to your purchase.

Be sure to click on the banner to redeem this savings at checkout. Here are the coupon details:

COUPON DEAL: 10% OFF WEB ORDERS OF $110 OR MORE.
Cannot be combined with any other offers.
COUPON TERM: Now through December 7th, 2006.

I like watching the Extreme Sports category on Digg.com. Some good ‘Diggs’ get posted on all kinds of hairy things in the world of mountain and extreme sports. Check out this one I just found tonight: “Are you kidding? Damness!! This thing is about 360 feet long (you realize how long that is?) and 75 feet high at its highest point. The 75′ apex is where the skaters begin their run-ins, to a 180-foot-long roll-in then ramp that launches them across a 70-foot huge gap.”

I know plenty of skiers who would shy away from a 70 foot gap, but with skateboards!! Takes some pretty large sacks to commit to a skate ramp this size.

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Holy smackers. Two Backcountry stores are running 15% off coupons for most all snowboard and ski clothing at DogFunk.com and Tramdock.com respectively. These codes are good on almost all clothing except stuff from Burton and on sale items. Here are a couple of specifics:

• Save 15% On All Clothing at Dogfunk until November 30th! (excludes Burton) Use Code 15A-1-G2JNK
• Save 15% On The North Face Clothing at Tramdock - until November 30th! Redemption Code 15G-1-FJR9K

So that’s that. Outfit yourself now for this winter or cross a couple of xmas gifts off the list.

Just a quick heads up…a podcast just went live about the pic of the month contest on the AltaCam.com site. We blogged about it here on November 1st.

Take a listen to Jesse’s interview/podcast. He goes over the details of the contest and talks a little bit about the AltaCam site in general. Contribute your photos for free and have a chance at winning a gift card from Backcountry.com, and your photo featured on the homepage of the AltaCam site.

Read the media release this podcast was about..

As we’ve mentioned recently a couple of times…NOW is the time to watch these gear merchants. Still clearin’ out all kinds of space for new inventory. Altrec just announced a killer sale on TNF. According to the email we received they should be able to thoroughly stock this promo for another two weeks. Officially, sale ends on November 17th.

Click on the following banner to save big on The North Face…

This is a quickie.. Just got a newsletter from Bike Nashbar and they have some insane deals on some biking gear and apparel. I know it’s heading into the winter months, and with the time of year you know that now is the time to buy! Killer deals so gear up for the spring cycling season. Here are a few features:

Sports Instruments Alta Sports Altimeter, Save 45 Smackers

Save 70 Smackers on Briko Starter Sunglass with Thrama Lens

Last night it was the one year anniversary of the death of a dear friend, Alta ripper and all around good soul for the planet. Greg Stearns was on a mountain biking trip in Canyonlands NP (on the White Rim - a 100+ mile, multi-day sagwagon-supported trip) near Moab, Utah when he stepped off a cliff in the night and was killed. Sunshine Beth (with us on the trip) wrote a tribute at the start of 2006 that was eventually published on GravityFed.

Greg is pictured above in the OGE Blog header playing horseshoes with K.C. Spiro (K.C. on left) at a location that was surely one of his favorites on earth: Murphy’s Hogback Camp (where he spent the last hours of his life a year ago yesterday)

Greg, we miss ya brother…

Gary M

Attention Alta skiers and ski photographers. Here’s a cool idea from a grassroots online community for Little Cottonwood Canyon skiers. The guys at AltaCam announced their monthly contest guidelines today for the pic of the month contest. Pretty cool. The ski forum community will vote and each month a winner will have his/her photo posted on the homepage of AltaCam and get a $75 gift certificate from Backcountry.com.

“The rules are simple. Email or send photo submissions to AltaCam by Friday, November 24th at midnight MST. Both prints and digital photos will be accepted. To have photo prints returned, include a self-addressed stamped envelope. For more information, additional contests guidelines, and details on where to send photo submissions visit the Pic of the Month Contest page on AltaCam.com.”

An official press release made it out through the PRWeb.com distribution channel this morning. Read the entire article…