Garmin Blog • December 10 2025

Tips for using inReach devices in the winter

While snowy landscapes can be beautiful, colder temperatures and drastic weather can become dangerous quickly. Here are our top tips for using inReach satellite communication devices in the winter.

Garmin Blog • February 27 2025

2024 inReach SOS year in review

Since 2011, inReach satellite technology has helped individuals stay in touch globally, send and receive messages outside of cellphone service areas, navigate routes with detailed mapping, and track and share journeys.

Garmin Blog • February 12 2025

inReach used to escape Jasper National Park wildfire

In July 2024, avid adventurer and nurse Brittany Farrish was 3 days into a planned 4-day backpacking trip in the Fryatt Valley of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. She couldn’t have imagined what the next 24 hours would bring.

Garmin Blog • May 21 2024

Deep trouble: A heart attack while diving

Husband-and-wife divers Eric and Nicole DeHaven were on a dive nearly 2 hours off the coast of a small Belize island when Nicole had a heart attack. Now they’re convinced an inReach satellite communication device should be an imperative part of all divers’ kits.

Garmin Blog • December 11 2023

One year, one inReach user, two lives saved

Roughly one in every five inReach SOS triggers is a customer helping a third-party individual. Parker Clark experienced that firsthand after using his inReach device to coordinate rescues for two complete strangers in the span of just 7 months.

Garmin Blog • April 19 2023

Mountaineer trapped on ledge for 6 Hours

Despite being prepared and experienced, Andreas Stabno found himself in a situation he never thought he would — trapped on a precarious mountain ledge with nothing to do but hang on and wait.

New England • January 20 2021

Ways to embrace the cold that are normal only for New Englanders

There are certain things that people in New England (and other cold climates — we see you, Minnesota) are known for doing that might make our southern and western neighbors shake their heads and sigh.

Garmin Blog • November 15 2019

Couple escapes grizzly bear while on canoe trip

When Todd and Kerri Mozinski left for a weekslong canoe trip, they told friends and family to expect them back in 40 days. Five days in, sitting awake through the night as an 8’ grizzly bear circled their camp, they realized that perhaps they had misjudged that guidance.

New England • November 5 2017

Guide to the AMC Huts | White Mountain Adventures

The White Mountain National Forest is a New England treasure. Its 750,852 acres encompass dense hardwood forests, sparkling bodies of water, and magical alpine peaks (including the highest in the Northeast, Mount Washington). It’s an adventure lover’s paradise.

New England • October 4 2017

Hiking Mount Katahdin | Up and down and so much more

Just like life, hiking is less about the ups and downs, and more about the nuances in between.

The Martha's Vineyard Times • July 15 2015

Baby on board

Enza Katharine Horenstein has quite a story to tell about her first trip to Martha’s Vineyard. She arrived on the Island Friday by way of the Steamship Authority’s Island Home ferry and the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after her mother went into labor on the boat.

The Martha's Vineyard Times • July 1 2015

Menemsha fisherman cleans up balloons after the party is over

Stanley Larsen, owner of Menemsha Fish Market, has been catching more than seafood on his early-morning fishing trips. He’s been collecting balloons, and not of the celebratory variety.