Category Archives: About Us

The Sierra SocialHub is the outdoor gear and outdoor adventure blog from Sierra Trading Post. The same folks who bring you great deals on great brands share gear review, how to tips, expert advice, weekly gear giveaways and outdoor adventure stories on the Sierra SocialHub. We are real people who enjoy outdoor adventures and love talking about outdoor gear from all the major brands like Marmot, Mountain Hardwear, The North Face, Columbia Sportswear, Redfeather Snowshoes, Black Diamond, Asolo Boots, Leki, Haglofs, Teva, Chaco so many more.

Share Your Adventure Photo Contest April Winners

by Andy Hawbaker.
Share your adventure

We’ve announced the winners of our April Share Your Adventure Photo Contest. Check out these amazing outdoor photos, all of which were submitted by our fans. If you have a great photo of your recent adventures, enter our next contest here: Share Your Adventure. 1st Place Ron McCoy I am known among my riding friends for taking photos during many rides we share. Most of my photos are taken as I am on my bike, riding.  This particular photo was taken at the perfect time of the morning during our ride as we were cruising along at about 18mph as [...]

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STPLive #Gr8Picks

by Andy Hawbaker.
STPLive

Tune in 4pm MDT Wednesday April 17th, 2013 for another great STPLive event. This week will be our #Gr8picks series where we pick a few of the cool new items on Sierra Trading Post and show you the features that make them great picks. This live event is a great time to see some of the cool new outdoor gear that is arriving each day at Sierra Trading Post. You won’t want to miss this live event because we usually offer a special discount on the items we’ve chosen. This is a great opportunity to get your hands on some [...]

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STPLive Q &A on Family Camping

by Andy Hawbaker.
Tips for making camping fun

4 pm Wednesday April 10, 2013 we will have another STPLive Event. This live broadcast will be a Q & A on family camping. In these live Q & A events, we ask the questions and you have the opportunity to participate in the conversation be answering the questions by tweeting your response to Twitter #STPLive. We invite you to join the conversation and share your experiences camping with your family. Whether you have your own children, think back to your own childhood or enjoy car camping without kids, your experiences may help someone else to better enjoy camping with [...]

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Photo Contest Winners

by Andy Hawbaker.
Photo contest

At Sierra Trading Post, the only thing we love more than being in the outdoors is seeing the photos our fans share of their adventures. Each month we run the Share Your Adventure Photo Contest and we ask our fans to vote for their favorite photos on our Facebook page. Below are the three photo contest winners for our March contest. 3rd Place – Alyssa Biel “The flying squirrel you see here is attempting the leap on the climb John’s Jump in the Needles of the Black Hills of South Dakota. I’ve never made the leap myself, but I hear [...]

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STPLive: Winter Wrap-up

by Andy Hawbaker.
Winter Wrap-up

Spring is here and although many areas are still receiving some snow, most people are beginning to focus on their spring and summer activities. It is time for a winter wrap-up and to properly store your ski and snowboard equipment so it will be in top shape for next season. Also, now is a great time to wash your ski jacket and repair any holes in your ski pants. Tune in to our next STPLive Video Broadcast for tips and advice on how to properly wrap-up the ski season. The STPLive event is 4pm MDT Wednesday March 27, 2013. We’ll [...]

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#STPLive 3/20/13: Spring Adventures

by Andy Hawbaker.
STPLive Spring

This week’s Sierra Trading Post Live event is a Live Question and Answer Twitter Chat on the topic of looking forward to spring and summer adventures. We will have a live video feed at 4 pm MDT Wednesday March 20th and you’ll have the opportunity to join the conversation by answering our questions through Twitter. We will read some of the twitter responses on the air and we’ll share some valuable information about getting your gear in order for spring. We’ll give you some trip planning advice and help you get excited about all of your upcoming summer hikes, bike [...]

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STPLive Wednesday 2/27/13

by Andy Hawbaker.
STPLive GR8Picks

We are excited to bring you another STPLive event at 4pm MST Wednesday February 27, 2013. This week we are going to be showing off a few of our favorite new pieces of outdoor gear. We’ve looked through the new items recently added to Sierra Trading Post and picked out our own Great Picks. If you tune in on Wednesday at 4 pm MST, you can watch a live video broadcast where Sierra Trading Post Videographer, Chris Martin and I will each show you the details on our great picks. Then we will give you a special coupon code to [...]

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Share Your Adventure Photo Contest February Winners

by Andy Hawbaker.
Adventure Photo Contest

We’ve announced the winners of the February Share Your Adventure Photo Contest. These are the top three photos chosen by our Facebook community. Do you have some great photos from your recent adventure? Keep reading to learn how to enter our photo contest. 3rd Place – Alex Eichman “This was taken on Cloud’s Rest in Yosemite National Park. My husband and I made this 14 mile round trip hike on our honeymoon. At 9,926 feet we had an incredible panoramic view of the park.” 2nd Place – Elizabeth Dougherty “This is on the hike up Mary’s Peak this winter break [...]

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Exciting New Updates to STPLive

by Andy Hawbaker.
Red Feather bts 5

Have you been tuning in for our STPLive live broadcasts? If you haven’t you’ve missed out on some great live video broadcasts where we give you information about an outdoor brand or outdoor activity, then we take your twitter questions live on the air. We’ve featured Marmot, Redfeather Snowshoes, Komperdell Poles and ALPS Mountaineering as well as a live interview of past National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Andrew Skurka. These monthly events were so fun to produce that the Voice of Sierra social media team has decided to put on a STPLive event each week. That is right, for [...]

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New Sierra SocialHub Blog

by Andy Hawbaker.
New Sierra SocialHub Blog

Have you ever received something new and just couldn’t wait to show it off to all of your friends? Well, today marks a new beginning for the Sierra SocialHub and we couldn’t be more excited. If you are a regular reader you know that we’ve had some recent issues with our previous commenting system, photos that were disappearing and other various problems. That is all fixed and we have a new look and feel for the Sierra SocialHub. The good news is that going forward it will be easier to comment and interact with this blog, easier to search for [...]

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