Plan on spending time in the Great Outdoors this winter? Rather than lug around a bulky GPS device to help you navigate while hiking, biking, fishing, climbing or hunting, high-tech watchmaker Suunto has just unveiled the Suunto GPS X10 Watch which is being billed as the smallest and lightest wrist-mounted GPS unit on the market. Recently awarded a “Best of Adventure Gear” 2009 nod from National Geographic Adventure Magazine, this outdoor hands-free tool is compatible with mapping services such as Google Earth, where you can export your journey and view it with 3D satellite imagery, and National Geographic Topo, the latter of which also lets you download a predetermined route from a PC to the X10 via USB before setting out to your destination.

The GPS unit will show direction, altitude, speed, barometer pressure, remaining distance to either your destination, or to preselected locations, as well as distance traveled and estimated time of arrival. And, when it’s time to call it a day, its handy dandy Fine Home option will guide you back to your starting point, while the Track Back feature takes you back through each waypoint. The X10 can store up to 50 routes or 500 waypoints, and also features for your outdoor pleasure a stop watch, thermometer, and a digital compass. For outdoors types, you can pick this up at Suunto for about $600 Bucks not bad if you spend a lot of time outdoors.

Buy the Suunto GPS Watch HERE for less!

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