It’s that time of December: the week you get all those emails from your favorite brands announcing you’re running out of time to order and still get gear in time for Christmahanukwanza. Heck, by the time you’re reading this, those deadlines may have come and gone days ago! Fortunately, we’ve rounded up 5 last minute gifts for outdoorsy folks so you can still make your favorite adventurer very merry this season.
5 Last Minute Gifts for Outdoor lovers
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E-gift Cards to Their Favorite Gear Shop
We love REI and Backcountry and Moosejaw. We bet they do, too. And fortuitously, they all offer the option to purchase digital gift cards in just about any amount that you can order online, then print or email so they can treat themselves to whatever new piece of outdoor gear or clothing they want, you don’t have to leave the house, and no one has to know you waited until the last minute to shop. Win-win-win.
An Outdoor Experience
We frequently get caught up in buying “stuff” or gift cards around the holidays, but consider gifting an experience instead. Like a NOLS course, REI Experience, educational course (like our new Backpacking 101 course), or an annual pass to state or national parks. Because frequently, experiences are far more meaningful than things. Also, they don’t take up any space.
An Outdoorsy Subscription
Are they into overlanding? Score them an OnX Offroad subscription. Hiking? Get them a year of AllTrails. Love gear? A lifetime REI membership. Do they love backpacking off-grid? Check out Gaia. There are apps and subscriptions for everything and it might be something they wouldn’t pay for themselves.
A Hotels.com Gift Card
Hikers love a hot shower and a real bed. Trust me, I know. So if they tend to travel for epic adventures and book a room from time to time, they’ll love a gift card that takes the sticker shock off of a night stay after a few days in the wilderness. Bonus points if they can choose their own stay. With a hot tub, perhaps??? Gift a Hotels.com gift card here.
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Alisha is a freelance outdoor journalist and photographer based in Ogden, UT. She loves backpacking, hiking, mountain biking, kayaking and snowboarding (even though she’s terrible at it). She’s also pretty sure she’s addicted to coffee. alishamcdarris.com