From The Trail – Page 8 – Minimal Gear

Dec 21, 2022

How to Use Trekking Poles

2023 note: The sale of our trekking poles has moved over to our new brand Diorite Gear. Trekking and hiking poles are designed to give extra confidence and stability on the trail. Knowing how to use hiking poles can be very...

Dec 08, 2022

Team Spotlight: Becky

Who are you? Give us some highlights from your past I’m Becky, or if you catch me on trail, Gandalf! I’m a two time thru-hiker (the AT and PCT), extremely average trail runner (I did place second in a trail...

Nov 29, 2022

What Does It Mean When Something is Marked as "Refurbished" on Our Site?

Note: The sale of our trekking poles has moved over to our new brand Diorite Gear. If you’ve spent any amount of time perusing this blog, you’ve probably noticed sustainability is important to Cnoc. As a B-Corp, we think about our...

Nov 23, 2022

Why Cnoc Doesn't "Do" Black Friday

Black Friday is a phenomenon that started as a very US-centric event and in the last decade or so, has become a global day (or week, or even a month). I (Gilad, founder of Cnoc) grew up in Israel and then moved...

2 comments ·Nov 18, 2022

Trip Report: Gilad and Mika on the Timberline Trail

These days, when I head out to longer backpacking trips, they are mostly family trips so that my kids (8 and 6, in 2022) continue to get more comfortable backpacking. This is a trip report of a family backpacking trip we...