The Great Lakes Cooking Up Some Frozen Treats

Waves come in places you'd never expect. | Continue reading


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Relocated Black Bear Hiked 1,000 Miles to Get Back to Fave Digs

When was the last time you took a little four-state wander through the American South? | Continue reading


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Book Review: The Wild Salmon Chronicles

Langdon Cook's fantastic new book "Upstream" traces wild salmon through a human-engineered landscape | Continue reading


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A Bugaboos Traverse, Sketchy in All Directions

Cody Townsend flirts with deep sketch in the Canadian Rockies. | Continue reading


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Buzz Holmstrom, First to Solo Paddle the Grand Canyon, Built Own Boat

Holmstrom paddled 1,000 river miles in a boat he built in his mom's basement, for $20. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Enormous Avalanche Teaches Enormous Lesson

Markus Eder here was a *little* too amped to ski this line. So amped, he threw caution to the wind, tempting fate in a massive avalanche zone. Couple turns into his run, a huge shelf gives way and he instantly regrets his carelessness. Somehow, the dude outruns the avalanche. A l … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Good News for Bears, Birds, Whales, and People

Good news for people who...love good news. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Bikepacking in Search of England’s Last Healthy Rivers

Tracing the source. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Running From Prison to the Top of Mount Tamalpais

He spent 18 years staring at Mount Tam from inside San Quentin State Prison. Then he ran up the damn thing. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

YETI Coolers Are Buoyantly Washing Ashore By the Hundreds After Cargo Spill

Not bad PR for YETI, as the coolers are fine after a year at sea. | Continue reading


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Wildlife Watching Gets a Free Ride On the Backs of Hunters and Anglers

In Wyoming this year, however, the tourist industry has stepped up. It is now raising money for everything from wildlife crossings to helping fish spawn. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The Romance and Disappointments of the Intinerant Big-Wave Surfer

At the mercy of the sea, and the addiction of huge waves. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

You Need This Field Guide to Smells

In “Nose Dive,” Harold McGee offers a sensory guide to the many odors, often unnoticed, that swirl around us. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Roald Amundsen Had to Make Do With Being First to South Pole

When the North Pole was reached before he got there, Amundsen simply decided to be the first to reach both poles. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Powder. Backcountry. Coffee. Friends.

The four most important things of the winter. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Burton Snowboard Rental Program Delivers New Rides to Your Doorstep

Folks who ride only a few times per year and spend hours each winter at the rental shack counter standing in line, filling out forms, getting fitted, etc. have a new option when it comes to avoiding that shitshow: Burton Snowboards will happily deliver rentals of snowboards, boot … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

No Real Climate Benefit From 10 Years of Forest Carbon Offsets in California

Satellites show forest offsets might not actually be doing much for the climate. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (The Artisanal Firewood Video)

Sure you have firewood, but was it rubbed with heirloom spices? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

A Gooseneck Kettle Deserves a Place In Your Camp Coffee Kit

It's the little things that make the best coffee. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

What We Dream About When We Dream About Running

Charting a life path through dreams. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The US Forest Service Is Now Using Electric Ford F-150s

USFS crews get first delivery of Ford's hot new EV truck. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Dude Got Stranded Hiking, Lived on ‘Half Jar of Salsa for Two Weeks’

When you go out hiking, have you ever included a jar of salsa in your backpack? You might, after reading this. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Apple Sat Service Rescues Stranded Man; How Does It Compare to inReach?

With an iPhone 14, do you need a satellite messenger anymore? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

What I Think About When I’m About to Be Obliterated by a Giant Wave

Rushing through the stages from panic to acceptance when a mass of water looms. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

British Columbia Has Powder of the Surfing Kind Too

Cold and beautiful and..cold. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Norwegian Nature As Good Medicine

If you could bottle this up and prescribe it, you would. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Say Bye Bye to the Axe and Split Your Logs With the Kindling Cracker

The easiest kindling splitter you'll ever use. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Grizzlies Reintroduced in Washington? Feds Are Thinking About It

How will the grizzlies get here? What will their arrival mean for local ecosystems? And will I run into them while I'm camping? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

MegaSkillz Takes San Francisco

It's bike parkour and it's magnificent. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Matthew Henson, Peary’s Aide, Was Every Bit the Polar Explorer His Boss Was

As steam and rail shrunk the globe at the turn of the 20th Century the race was on to claim the last great prizes of exploration, and of the globe’s rapidly diminishing list of untouched extremes, the geographic North Pole was literally and figuratively at the top. The first to r … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

This Tent Will Swallow Your Whole Family—In a Good Way, We Swear

Stop settling for cramped conditions when camping. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Greek Climbing Is Something Else

Get us to the Greek...climbing scene. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Wanna Cross the Entire Yukon By Foot and Raft? These Women Said Yes

In its calmer moments, Bennett Lake, located in the southwest corner of Canada’s Yukon Territory, is a placid pool of aquamarine. When one of the area’s notorious storms blows in, however, its waters roil with a certain violence. For Leigh Swansborough and Clarissa Black, who wer … | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Unexpected Joy

When life closes one door, it presents you with a bicycle. Or something like that. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Adventure Journal’s Winter Issue Is Done and Is On Its Way to You…Maybe

But only if you subscribe. We can help with that. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

The Best Dropper Lever on the Market Is Now Even Best-er-er

It's just a dropper lever, right? The PNW Loam Lever says, "not so fast." | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Living With Grizzlies As Neighbors

For some, a place doesn't feel truly wild without brown bears. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Finding Hetch Hetchy, the Hidden Yosemite

A little north, a world away. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

You’re Gonna Want This Adventure-Ready Telescope From Nocs

Small, powerful, and only one lens makes this monocular a must-have bit of kit. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

What Can Conservation Learn From Science Fiction?

New works by Western authors explore the brighter futures of our swiftly tilting planet. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Ansel Adams Meets the Teton Crest

The beauty of the Tetons and the wisdom of Adams. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Impossible To Roast a Turkey Outdoors, Eh?—We Say You Can’t Screw It Up

Have Thanksgiving outside? Why the heck not? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

What Am I Thankful For? Public Lands

Public lands are the true blessing. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Cody Townsend and Crew, Once More Unto the Breach

What the heck is the Uber Tour, anyway? | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

He Thought Long Covid Ended His Wildlife Adventures, Then He Met the Bears

Lost bear meet lost human. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

Perfect and Terrifying and Lightyears From Any Medical Help

On a surf trip, be careful what you wish for. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

You Don’t Need Reservations to Visit Yosemite Anymore

For better or worse, Yosemite will again be open to all comers in summer 2023. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago

We Love The Kids Ride Shotgun Seat For Kiddos (Fun for Adultos Too)

Literally miles of smiles. | Continue reading


@adventure-journal.com | 1 year ago