Tracy Nguyen-Chung launched Brown Folks Fishing to create community among anglers of color; now she's hoping to change the fishing industry itself. | Continue reading
What's at stake if the EPA rolls back protection for backcountry streams and creeks? | Continue reading
Here's the rugged, overlanding VW that we never knew we wanted until now. | Continue reading
Sure, it might not be as good as what you'd buy in a store, but nothing is more rewarding than using gear you made yourself. | Continue reading
Susie Goodall set out from England with hopes to become the first woman to sail around the world solo and without stopping. This is her tale. | Continue reading
One of the most heated topics in the hiking with dogs world is owners hiking with their dogs off-leash. All too often, my partner Dave and I encounter a dog on the trail whose human is nowhere in sight, or oblivious, or comatose. The dog may or may not be aggressive, but he’s int … | Continue reading
Our public lands are a source for a whole lot more than recreation. | Continue reading
"The scale of this thing is just huge, and about as big as they come in Canada." | Continue reading
The Lofoten Islands in Norway boast stunning views and equally stunning surf. | Continue reading
A group of rafters lucks into a 40,000 CFS release through the Grand Canyon. | Continue reading
When golf courses go under, nature can take over. | Continue reading
Making a snowshoe out of foam, bits of hard plastic, and a velcro binding system is a pretty bold move, because at first glance the Eva Crescent Moon snowshoes look a bit like, well, toys. Or gimmicks. Real snowshoes have complicated strap-on binding systems, big metal teeth and … | Continue reading
Amy Johnson traded in a life shuffling papers to become one of the most daring pilots in history. | Continue reading
Changes in the structure of retailing, tariffs are impacting how and where brands show their goods. | Continue reading
The new Jeep is tougher and is an actual convertible. Let the battle begin. | Continue reading
Jean-Aimé Bigirimana rode the length of Canada from Newfoundland to the Yukon—on a single-speed. | Continue reading
Riding waves in Lake Superior in the winter can be like surfing in a giant slushee | Continue reading
Last year, Eddie Bauer released an interesting new down jacket, the Evertherm, made not with individual clumps of down, but flat sheets of down in one big piece (they called it Thindown). This means no need for baffles to keep the down in place, which in turn means fewer seams fo … | Continue reading
Scientists are baffled by a seismic wave event they've never before seen | Continue reading
Live life according to the first principle of driving a dogsled useful: Hold on tight and don’t let go | Continue reading
Ice and all its strange and wonderful forms have never been more beautiful | Continue reading
The Asian longhorned tick is here, it spreads unbelievably fast, and the CDC is concerned. | Continue reading
Vernan Kee decided to head back home to the Navajo Nation to heal and reconnect with his homeland, its people, and his culture. | Continue reading
A beautiful glimpse at the process of one of ski photography's best | Continue reading
What it's like when you're turned back by the blaze—and 88% of what you consider your second home is gone. | Continue reading
Since June, two hikers have been confirmed killed, one is missing presumed dead, and one has been missing since November 23, in the area near Longs Peak and Mt. Meeker, both near Boulder, Colorado. If the missing hikers aren’t found alive, that makes four deaths in that one small … | Continue reading
The Nordfjord (guess what that means) region of Norway is, apparently, mountain bike heaven. Thomas Vanderham and Remi Gauvin here give the place a going over, but in a mellow, contemplative clip. Norway is the real star here, it just so happens that there are two world-class cyc … | Continue reading
'Cause you could totally build your own weekend cabin. | Continue reading
Wetsuits are so incredibly cool. Tough, even. Not so much the thin, brittle wetsuit tops you might wear above trunks to fend off a lukewarm tropical breeze, but the five or six millimeter thick, hooded suits of neoprene armor that allow surfers to chase waves along the frozen sho … | Continue reading
Rob Krar is a Canadian distance runner, a force in the ultrarunning world. Back in 2017 he suffered a devastating knee injury that meant no running, no training, little physical activity. It also meant stealing from Krar his sense of purpose and identity. Krar’s mental health spi … | Continue reading
If you crash, need help, and can't call for assistance yourself, this new helmet can do it for you. | Continue reading
In early November, I was surveying the aftermath of the Mesa Fire in west-central Idaho with several carloads of people from all walks of western life. There were representatives from the timber industry, local elected officials, a team of “-ologists” from the Forest Service, and … | Continue reading
It’s exceedingly rare for a surf contest to hold the attention of even a dedicated lifelong surfer, let alone a landlubber with no interest at all in oceanic board sports. But this week, a spectacular, snarling big-wave break far off the coast in Maui, known appropriately enough … | Continue reading
Last month, Austrian mountaineer David Lama made the first ascent of Lunag Ri, a mountain near the border of Tibet and Nepal. It was Lama’s third attempt to bag the peak; two previous climbs with Conrad Anker failed to reach the top. This time, Lama did it alone. Much of the clim … | Continue reading
The Rivian R1T and R1S are all-electric pickups and SUVs with crazy range, potentially awesome capability, and a question: Do you need to own your own adventure rig? | Continue reading
Last year I interviewed a man named Obi Kaufmann for a profile in our print publication. He’s a wildlife artist and amateur ecologist who spends lots of time in the backcountry but absolutely refuses to wear modern technical gear. He just can’t abide by synthetics. It’s all denim … | Continue reading
It seems unfair that after swimming 1,500 miles, Ben Lecomte had to cut his open ocean swim short. But when Lecomte waded into the Pacific in Japan on June 5, he was planning to swim all the way to San Francisco, California, roughly 6,000 miles of away, depending on about a milli … | Continue reading
For much of the 20th-century humans got really good at dam building. Dams—embraced for their flood protection, water storage, and electricity generation—drove industry, built cities and helped turn deserts into farms. The United States alone has now amassed more than 90,000 dams, … | Continue reading
If you’re finding it difficult to return to regular life after the holiday weekend, perhaps this recording of a Norwegian icebreaker slowly churning through a crackling sea of ice will provide all the calm you need. It’s ten hours long too, so you can flip it on and leave it dron … | Continue reading
Born in present-day Romania, Florence Baker was sold into slavery to the Ottoman Empire, then became an explorer of Africa, and dedicated abolitionist. | Continue reading
Nothing is more useful than the fanny pack. | Continue reading
Why is fashion even remotely relevant in the backcountry, anyway? | Continue reading
It pleases Ullr, after all, as do these Security Chain Super Z chains, which might be the best. | Continue reading
I wake up. I get out of bed. I have a shower. I brush my teeth. I get dressed. I go to the kitchen for breakfast. A boring start to another day. I throw the kitchen window open. Birdsong and fresh summer air bursts into the room. I smile. It’s time to go! I eat … | Continue reading
Surfing, and I say this as a lifelong, saltwater-in-my-veins hardcore surfer, has to be about the most environmentally hypocritical outdoor pursuit you could find. We care deeply, ostensibly anyway, about the ocean and the natural environment that imbues our very existence with m … | Continue reading
Dream big, live small - that's how adventure photographer Kat Carney makes #vanlife - er, #trucklife - work in her Chevy Suburban 4x4. | Continue reading
There are a whole lot of uniquely Australian quirks in this story. A teacher from Perth named Jono Ride (great name), set out recently on the Bibbulmun (quintessentially Aussie) Trail, a 621-mile rope of singletrack that wanders through the Perth hills down to Western Australia’s … | Continue reading
Bears putting "bear-proof" coolers through the ringer? Yes, please. | Continue reading