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There's a world of difference between the harsh spotlight glare of a headtorch and soft ambient lighting that fills your tent with a comfortable glow. Big Agnes' mtnGLO Camp Lights have always been one of the smarter things you can add to your kit list – and for their 25th anniversary, the Steamboat Springs crew have wrapped them in the Alpenglow print: that distinctive Colorado mountain landscape in purples, oranges and deep greens, rendered in a graphic style that looks as good strung up at camp as it does on the shelf. String them around your tent or across your campsite for diffuse illumination, or pack them into the included pyramid carry case to hang as a lantern. Weighing just 56g, there's really no excuse not to bring them.
Big Agnes is a small, independent US outdoor brand out of Steamboat Springs, Colorado – a small ski-town that we've never visited but which we like to imagine is full of mountain-loving, trail-hiking outdoorsy types. That would make sense, since the company makes some of the best ultralight backpacking gear around, including the award-winning Copper Spur, Tiger Wall and Fly Creek tents. It is kit that has clearly been designed by a gang of folks who love sleeping in the dirt just as much as we do here at WildBounds.
Oh, and if you're still wondering where the heck that name Big Agnes comes from, we did try to find out. Depending on who you talk to, it's either an affectionate tribute to a legendary truck drivin' mountain mama, or a 12,000 foot peak in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness. We kinda like the first one better.