The Great Outdoors – August 2019

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Independent retailer
of the year
Retailers who operate
independently, with five
or fewer stores.
Previous winners: Keswick Boot
Company; Needle Sports;
Rathbones of Keswick; George
Fisher; Outside, Hathersage

Chain retailer of the year
Outdoor retailers with six
or more stores.
Previous winners: Cotswold Outdoor

Online retailer of the year
Your favourite places to buy gear,
maps and books online.
Previous winners: Alpkit; Go
Outdoors; Above & Beyond

Outdoor clothing or

equipment brand of the year

Gear brands with consistently

high-quality, good-value kit or with

commendable customer service.

Previous winners: Rab; Páramo

The extra mile award

Recognising individuals or groups

who go beyond the call of duty

to make a difference – from

employees who have provided

exceptional customer service

to volunteers who contribute

their time for the benefit of the

countryside and other walkers.

Feel free to share your stories to

help support your nominees.

Previous winners: Sarah Howcroft,

Gift Your Gear; Fix the Fells

volunteer lengthsmen

The Great Outdoors

Gear of the Year Awards

run concurrently with

the reader awards.

Our judging panel

will be assessing the

best new clothing and

equipment launched

this year, looking for

the most innovative

products.

Shortlists will be

published in the October

edition of the magazine

and winners will be

announced in December,

alongside the winners of

the reader awards.

Nominations close on 20 August. Voting will

then take place online from 13 September to

18 November. Winners will be announced

in the January issue of The Great Outdoors

Footwear product of the year

Previous winners: Tecnica Forge GTX; Teva Terra-Float

Universal Sandals; Hoka One One Tor Ultra; Hanwag

Lima Bio; Hi-Tec Zuuk; Salomon S-Lab Fellcross

Clothing product of the year

Previous winners: Patagonia Micro Puff Jacket; Haglöfs

Essens Mimic; Fjällräven Keb Eco-Shell; Yeti Mode Down

Jacket; Rab Strata Hoodie; Rab Stretch Neo Jacket

Equipment product of the year

Previous winners: Gregory Optic 48; Goal Zero Venture 30;

Osprey Atmos AG65 backpack; Jetboil Joule

Tech product of the year

Previous winners: Land Rover Explore smartphone

Camping product of the year

Previous winners: LifeStraw Flex; Cascade Designs Therm-

a-Rest Evolite sleeping mat; Nordisk Oppland 2 tent;

Nordisk Telemark 2 tent; MLD Trailstar

Innovation of the year

Previous winners: Berghaus ThinDown; PHD Sleep

Systems; Rab Paradox Pull-On; PrimaLoft Gold

Insulation Down Blend; Bruton Hydrogen Reactor;

RouteBuddy Digital Mapping

Sustainability and ethics award

Previous winners: Vaude Green Shape Core Collection;

Berghaus MadeKind; Mountain Equipment Down

Codex; Páramo Men’s Velez Jacket

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