As wildfires rage, land managers take drastic measures. | Continue reading
Goodbye to a writing and mountaineering force. | Continue reading
The Colorado River is sending a message—will we listen? | Continue reading
Lake Baikal, a rift lake in Siberia, is the deepest lake on earth, at over a mile deep. It’s also huge at the surface at nearly 400 miles long. When the surface freezes in the winter it becomes | Continue reading
Patagonia, the iconic sportswear company that’s built a worldwide reputation on outdoor athleticism and environmental activism, will no longer supply Jackson Hole Mountain Resort with its products after a resort owner hosted a fundraiser for the right-wing House Freedom Caucus. P … | Continue reading
This film came out a few years back, but we still love it. With the baseball season rounding the stretch for home (is that a mixed metaphor?), seemed appropriate to run it here. The summer is winding down, fall will be here before we know it, perfect time to cozy up in a van. Dan … | Continue reading
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Sams would be the first Native American to lead the National Park Service. | Continue reading
Millican Dalton knew how to make an impression. When a correspondent from the Sunday Chronicle newspaper came calling in 1933, the self-styled “Professor of A | Continue reading
A vaccine failed once—can this new preventative treatment succeed? | Continue reading
This is an awesome new perspective of whitewater. It also is all kinds of dangerous, with entrapment being a real possibility even in well-scouted runs. But the views are incredible. | Continue reading
This fire season nix the campfire. You may be amazed by what you don't miss. | Continue reading
The Appalachian Trail, North America’s most famous hiking route, stretches over 2,189 mountainous miles (3,520 kilometers) from Georgia to Maine. In any given | Continue reading
Who needs a train when you have this? | Continue reading
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park gets the Dark Sky treatment. | Continue reading
Sometimes the only thing between a trip to the ER and a nice ride is a fistful of candy. | Continue reading
No music, no narration, just the sounds of two feet hiking. | Continue reading
Turn your car into a mobile cabana. | Continue reading
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Ireland's most ambitious rewilding project comes from an unlikely source. | Continue reading
Riding waves nowhere near the beach. | Continue reading
You thought Amelia Earhart was badass? Markham flew across the Atlantic against the prevailing winds, surviving a crash landing. | Continue reading
One of the fires he set may have been an attempt to trap firefighters. | Continue reading
People in the PNW are all for increasing fish passages to save salmon and orcas — but when action conflicts with the ways they live, things get complicated. | Continue reading
Lightning—how does it wor | Continue reading
We’ve covered what remote work and housing costs have done to mountain towns across the West. Ski towns in the winter, river towns in the summer, dependent heavily on seasonal tourism, with most locals not making a ton of money, but housing not costing a ton either. It wasn’t goi … | Continue reading
SRAM has just dropped the most comprehensive component system for gravel riders yet, and I’ll get to the granular in a second. First, the head fake. SRAM call | Continue reading
Night climbing, spe | Continue reading
The adventure that kicked off mountaineering as we know it. | Continue reading
Craft brewing is embracing non-alcoholic beer, great news for outdoor athletes looking for a buzz-free après. | Continue reading
The newest “36 Hours” film from Kitsbow follows three riders as they retrace stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurt’s routes throughout gold rush-era California. | Continue reading
Barry Lopez was one of the best nature writers in the country—here his wife chronicles his final days. | Continue reading
The son who was forced to leave his father and two others high on K2 last winter has made good on his vow to recover his father’s body, though whether the trio touched the summit of the world’s second-highest mountain in winter remains a mystery for now. The fallen climbers came … | Continue reading
The best things in life involve slow | Continue reading
This area of Germany, now a UNESCO World Heritage site, is in the Ore Mountains, a low-lying geographical feature. Last winter, filmmaker Joerg Daiber toured the area for the first time and made this incredibly cozy film. A snow globe o a town. | Continue reading
Oboz, Osprey, and Outdoor Research, have teamed up with 52 Hike challenge on a new campaign to get women over 50 out on the trails at least once per week, for the next year. Though, to be fair, that’s what 52 Hike Challenge is normally about—hiking every week for a year, that is. … | Continue reading
Tenkara simplifies the heck out of backcountry fishing. | Continue reading
More than 100 years ago, this Southwest river rat invented techniques we still use today. | Continue reading
Backcountry fishing, no motors (or reels) required. | Continue reading
Cascade Mountain Tech's trekking poles trek all over the damn place for way less money than you'd think. | Continue reading
Dear Readers, Judging by the mask-free faces I’ve encountered lately, I’m guessing that life is returning to normal for many of you humans. That is the reason for this letter, on behalf of my fellow cervids and the many other species who share your cities, neighborhoods, sidewalk … | Continue reading
The prAna Alamedas are only pair of pants you really need. | Continue reading
Calling all non-athletes to take on endurance adventures. | Continue reading
This film came out some years back, but we missed it the first time around. A Life Well Lived aptly describes the affable Jim Whittaker, fi | Continue reading
Small is the new big. | Continue reading
To ease the pain of loss, putting his feet where his subjects' hooves are. | Continue reading
It’s no secret that aerobic exercise can help stave off some of the ravages of aging. But a growing body of research suggests that swimming might provide a unique boost to brain health. Regular swimming has been shown to improve memory, cognitive function, immune response and moo … | Continue reading
How far would you go for perfection? | Continue reading