I couldn’t wait to wear my new Ruggette "The Pants" on a hike but with the recent heatwaves and fires that resulted in the closure of California’s National Forests it took me awhile to be able to finally wear them on the trail. That is until last weekend when the smoke cleared, the temperatures drop …

We really enjoyed testing KÜHL®’s Men’s RENEGADE™ AFIRE CHINO pants. Normally we would jump straight to the technical hiking pants, like when we tested the Women’s Weekndr Tight Leggings, but we wanted to see how a pair of their more casual hiking pants would perform. We ended up choosing the …