Ski Moms Unite

Chasing powder—and toddlers.

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Eco-Conscious Off-Roaders, the New Toyota RAV4 Prime Is for You

It’s seemed this way for a couple of years now, but now it really feels as though electric trucks and SUVs capable of off-road travel and with a range big enough to satisfy the adventure crowd, is around the corner. The Rivian surely is coming to market, eventually. Tesla’s Cybertruck, despite a recent announcement that […]

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Campfire Mulled Wine Is the Perfect Way to Ride Out a Storm or Chilly Evening

Make it in camp, make it on the stove, this libation is going to warm you six ways to Sunday.

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River-Running Badass Ellen Falterman Has Bold Plan to Row Around the World

Might take six years, might take eight, she won't know until she finishes.

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Be Calmed By These Outrageous Storms

It's soothing when you aren't actually there.

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The Biggest Waves In, Oh, Forever, Maybe, Are Pounding Portugal’s Coast

And surfers with ice water in their veins are there to ride them.

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Review: MSR Hubba Hubba NX 2-Person Backpacking Tent

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Trump Administration Officially Opens Tongass National Forest to Logging

The nation's largest forest under threat.

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Life, Interrupted, by Surfing and a Silent Danger

Life can take turns for the beautiful and the dangerous, sometimes all in the same day.

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Interior Department Promotes Trump One Week Before Election

2020, you still keep surprising us, and not in a good way. With just one week to go before the presidential election, the U.S. Department of Interior has taken the shocking and dubious step of promoting the Trump administration’s “conservation record” on its social media channels. (This public domain video was posted to Interior’s Instagram […]

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Double the Exposure, Double the Beauty

Like so many wonderful analog technologies, photography film hasn’t died, it just lives on in the hands of younger, curious generations and the handfuls of folks who appreciate the process as well as the result. Mike Borchard has been working on very cool project of double-exposing surfing photos with Hawaiian flowers and other flora, and […]

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What I Learned After Forgetting to Pack the Coffee—Again

How to turn a disaster into not-quite-a-disaster-but-close.

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Here’s How the 2020 Western Wildfire Season Got So Extreme

Is it the new normal? Is there such thing as normal anymore?

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Hey, Cactus Buddy, It’s Okay to Let Your Guard Down a Little Bit

Why so prickly?

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The Grayl Is the Most Efficient Water Filter We’ve Tried

Easy, dependable, lightning quick, the three biggies when it comes to water filtration.

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Sidelined by Cancer, Finding Adventure Through a Child’s Eyes

Stuck on the couch, writing a kids book on adventure opened a big, big world.

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Building Treehouses With Friends

Living the treehouse dream.

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Santa Cruz MTB Community Raising Funds for Area Fire-Ravaged Trails

Do some good for a fire-challenged biking community and maybe you'll win a dream bike for your efforts.

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Calls for Black Diamond to Recall Avy Beacon Mount After Possible Malfunctions

A malfunctioning slider that turns the beacon off, without the user noticing, may be to blame.

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Lahout’s, America’s Oldest Ski Shop, Isn’t Going Anywhere

As always, support your local outdoors shop.

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Our New Favorite Fireside Blanket

Forget burn holes in your blanket or clothes, and cozy right up alongside that fire.

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Marie Tharp’s Discovery of Undersea Mountains Shook—and Changed—the World

Her mapping of the sea floor shocked Cousteau and changed our understanding of mountains forever.

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The Beauty of a Stark Winter

We're ready for snow.

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REI Boosts Used Gear Store With Trade-In Credits for Your Old Stuff

Bring it in, get a credit, keep it out of a landfill for awhile longer.

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Making Your Own Outdoor Toys Is the Best Kind of Addiction

Teach a person to fish, and they'll fish their whole lives, or something like that.

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The London Philharmonic Has Nothing On These Forest Critters

Quiet, please, take your leafy seats.

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Bikepacking (and Backpacking) Is Running Away from Home for Grown-Ups

Remember escaping on your bike as a kid? Yeah, that was the best.

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Bikepacking the Nordic North Sure Looks Cool

Cyclist Tobias Woggon has long been fascinated with the north—and, well, duh—and he recently combined his loves of cycling and food with a series of bikepacking trips to Greenland, the Faroes, and other northern latitudes. This video gives a short glimpse of those upper-planet climates, and it’s just perfect: no talk, no filler, just great […]

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Looks Like La Niña Plans to Serve Up a Dry Winter

Might be a good season for bikepacking, though.

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How Fast Can a Bike Go, Anyway?

Indulging a need for speed.

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How Nature Sounds Different After Climate Change—A Podcast

What does nature sound like as species vanish?

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No Roof Rack? Pssh, No Problem, Says Sea to Summit’s Inflatable Rack

These inflatable racks install in moments and take up no space, making ferrying surfboards or kayaks possible for the rack-less.

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Will Colorado Bring Back Wolves? It’s Up to Voters

Won't you be my neighbor?

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Running Through a Divided America Is a Good Way to Discover it

3,700 miles on foot through America might be the best possible way to really learn about the country.

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The Best Ultralight Hiking and Running Jackets of 2020

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11,000 Feet Over Death Valley: Hiking Telescope Peak

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The Island That Humans Can’t Conquer

A faraway island in Alaska has had its share of visitors, but none can remain for long on its shores.

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The Making of, and Battle to Save, a Special Mountain Town

Crested Butte, Colorado's evolution from coal-fired mining outpost, to desired ski town.

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85-Year-Old Thru-Hiker Dale Sanders Just Lapped The Grand Canyon

Meet your newest adventure hero.

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Dean Goes Surfing, and Fills Your Stoke Tank for the Week

Yeah, Dean!

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Bring On the Emissions-Free Overlanders, Like The New Mercedes EQC 4×4 EV

Practical, emissions-free off-roading feels oh so close.

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Going Over the Falls of Fear

Running a Class V in a rubber ducky, she discovers...her spirit animal.

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Night Surfing Should Be Way, Way More Common

Wanna really feel like you're flying? Ride a wave at night.

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Illegally Serving BLM Head Illegally Remains At Post in Defiance of Court

A federal court ruled that William Pendley was illegally acting as BLM head, so Pendley is simply ignoring the court.

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From Kitchen Salesman to Guiding in Far Out Places

When regular life got boring, the author quit in favor of guiding fellow adventure seekers.

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The Last Ice Merchant of Chimborazo

Mining the sweetest ice in South America for 50 years.

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5 Smart Steps to Lightening Up Your Backpacking Gear Kit

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Grotto Curved Cabin, Ontario, Canada

Is it a lie? A clever ruse? Who cares! Slap some water on those hot stones and let the sauna-ing begin. The Grotto Sauna is the best kind of manipulation. From the outside, you think you’re getting an angular, modern cabin. You’re prepared for a well-executed, albeit staid space, with spartan furnishings and an elevated discourse on how […]

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Burton’s ‘One World’ Looks Like a Filmic Stoke Generator

The search continues.

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‘Gone Viking’ Follows Epic Journeys of the Misunderstood, Well, Vikings

Travel like a viking. You know, in book form.

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Why Do So Many of Us Talk Like Bros When We’re Outdoors?

That's some epically sick bro speak.

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Burkard and Batty’s Extraordinary Icelandic Bikepacking Mish Packing List

What're you bringing on a ride from one length of Iceland to the other?

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The Waveski is the Recumbent Bike of the Surf World

When standing, kneeing, or lying down on a surfboard just won't do.

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15 Seconds: A River Runs Through the Yukon

A small slice of eternity along the Tatshenshini River, Yukon, by Stuart Wyllie.

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My Ultralight is More Ultralight Than Yours

There is no shame in the Backpacking Mulligan – we all need our comfort items.

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Bear 747 Crushes the Competition in Fat Bear Week

This beautiful specimen of athletics, endurance, and training wins by a landslide.

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The Joshua Tree Is the First Plant Protected Due to Climate Change

Climate change is poised to hit Joshua trees hard, so California is fighting back.

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Just A Little Fam Bike Ride

Video evidence that parents can be adventurous too.

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Mountain & Prairie Podcast Features Adventure Journal

Hey, ho, peoples. One of our favorite podcasts is Mountain & Prairie, run by the ever-curious Ed Roberson, whose interests span far past the typical adventure mindscape. Ed talks to conservationists, ranchers, land workers, all kinds of folks in an attempt to understand the Rubik’s cube that is the American West. Recently, Ed pointed his […]

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Specialized’s New Stumpy Looks Great But Really We’re Excited About the Video

Cool-looking bike, even cooler promo vid.

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Update: Judge Allows MEC Co-Op Sale, Despite Grassroots Effort to Block It

SAVE MEC initiative has its day in court, and loses, paving the way for sale of cherished Canadian outdoor brand.

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Winter Cave Diving in Sweden, Anyone?

Tour a fascinating and beautiful cave system, beneath a blanket of Scandinavian ice.

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A Few More Words About Powder Magazine and Powder Skiing

With the news that Bike, Powder, and Surfer magazines are being shut down, as well as the print edition of Snowboarder, that last few days have seen an outpouring of sadness online, via text, and through phone calls and emails. Folks I haven’t talked to in decades have reached out, more than a few confessing […]

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The Lessons of the Redwood Summer Protests, 30 Years Later

A summer of protest ultimately marked a turning point in environmental activism.

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Peru and Bolivia In a Charming Stop-Motion Journey

Ah, the joy of the new.

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Bike, Powder, Snowboarder, and Surfer Magazines Shut Down

Owner American Media pulls the plug less than two years after buying the titles

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Rivendell Bikes Offering Black Reparations Pricing for Black Customers

Bay Area bike brand takes bold stand.

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Warm Up Camp With These Easy-To-Make Pumpkin Pancakes

Forget about those packets of lousy instant oatmeal—these yummy cakes will start the trail day right.

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Are Humans Great Endurance Runners Because of Our Hunting Past, Or Not?

Don’t believe the hype. Humans’ prowess at endurance running has little to do with our ancestors’ quest for meat.

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Jetpack Being Tested as SAR Tool in Northwest England—No, Seriously

Why drive, hike, or run to a rescue when you can fly?

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It’s Not a Baja Overlanding Trip Until You Mess Something Up

Two favored memories from Baja overlanding trips gone nearly wrong

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So, Pendley Is Out As BLM Acting Chief—Will His Policies Go With Him?

We take a deep dive into what, if any, of the BLM's pro-extraction policies may be overturned in the wake of Pendley's ouster.

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Courting Death Packrafting the Surprisingly Wild Potomac

The ancient river beckons.

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