How to Embrace the Suck and Enjoy Winter Trail Running

It's hard, it's cold, it's magic.

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In a Minnesota Park, Cabins in the Sky Are There for the Community

Built by the community, for the community.

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Did You Know Colorado Has a Banana Belt?

Unpeel a Colorado banana.

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No Such Thing as a ‘Snow Day’ When Your School Bus Is This Badass

When the snow piles up and roads become treacherous, the beloved by kids and detested by parents “snow day” is declared by school districts across the northern half of the country. Can’t have school busses out there slipping around or getting stuck in snow drifts, after all. But if your local school district springs for […]

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Harvesting Ski Cores From Avalanche Felled Trees

When trees were knocked down by an avalanche, this ski maker put 'em to good use.

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Alpinist Wanda Rutkiewicz, the First Woman On K2, Got There On Crutches

One of the most badass of all historical badasses.

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Cyclist in Alaska Fights Off 500-Pound Bear After it Bit Him

Scary scene ends as well as it could for both man and bear.

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Ditch the Camp Sandwich for These Sweet Potato and Sausage Savory Pies

Dirty Gourmet is three women—Aimee Trudeau, Emily Nielson, and Mai-Yan Kwan—who came together after a bike tour across Canada. They put together a big variety of camp meals, many of which can be found in their cookbook of the same name, with lots of different cultural and taste influences. While many of their recipes can […]

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‘Dear Rider’: The Life of Jake Burton and Snowboarding’s Ascension

Jake Burton gets the documentary treatment.

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How a Bunch of Michigan Surfers (Yep!) Got Together to Save Their Sport

When Michigan officials tried to ban surfing in the name of safety, these surfers stepped up.

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Lost Hiker Ignored Rescuers’ Calls Because They Came From ‘Unknown Number’

When caller ID works too well.

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In an Estonian Forest, These Megaphones Amplify the Sounds of Nature

An architecture project we love.

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I Think We Can All Agree This ‘Tacozilla’ Chinook Re-Issue Will Rock

We'll take two.

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Get Those Snow Chains Ready

It pleases Ullr, after all, as do these Security Chain Super Z chains, which might be the best.

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‘Summit of the Gods’ Takes an Animated Approach to Everest

New Netflix animated film looks like a gorgeous and haunting ascent into the world of obsessive mountaineering.

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Why Are We Still So Afraid of Prescribed Burns—The ‘Good Fire’?

Despite the evidence supporting prescribed fires in the American West, policymakers are slow to put it into practice.

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If You Don’t Already, You, Too, Can Learn to Love Snow Camping

Our own Shawnté Salabert, who leads wilderness courses about camping in snow, offers some advice to the cold adverse.

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A Trip, and a Bonding Moment With a Vanished Species

Exploring a remote Newfoundland island, one of the last strongholds of the extinct great auks.

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Surfing When It Snows

Brrrrrr. Bbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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Men? Mountaineer Miriam O’Brien Underhill Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Men

She pioneered and argued for "manless" climbing in a hugely influential 1934 essay.

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In Praise (And Search) of Independent Ski Hills

Long live the indies.

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Hey Toyota—Please Make More Vans Like This Heavenly Rig

We'd buy like 10 of these TownAce vans if we could, Toyota.

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Finding Fury

Mt. Fury, easily in the top 10 mountain names in the U.S.

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You Can Buy a Piece of Ski Art History With a James Niehues Original

Get your hands on some of the rarest ski art out there.

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The Frozen Mysteries of Lake Baikal

The biggest lake in the world is also the strangest.

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Maybe We Should Rethink Those National Park Bucket List Moments

This summer saw plenty of national park visitors trying hard to work through their bucket lists -- sometimes with disastrous consequences.

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Tom Morey, Boogie Board Inventor, Dies at 86, Leaves Perfect Burial Wishes

Tom Morey was the kind of eccentric genius required to invent something as fun as the bodyboard.

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New Radiohead Music Video Flips the Script on Wildlife Rescues

Everything in its right place.

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‘Thanks for the Thousand Dollars, Now Go Screw Yourself’

Powdr Launches “Fast Tracks” that let you pay to skip lift lines at Lanes at Killington, Snowbird, Copper, and Mt. Bachelor.

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We Love This Shotgun Seat For the Kiddos (Fun for the Adultos Too)

Literally miles of smiles.

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Total Immersion Via Bike

No better way to see homeland than with a bike.

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Sex, Severed Heads, And 5 Other Things You Don’t Know About Cairns

We’re rapidly approaching our 5,000th post on Adventure Journal, and that means our archives runneth over with wonderful pieces like this that appeared years ago, before many of our readers had ever even heard of AJ. So we like to pull them out occasionally and repost them on the homepage for new readers to enjoy. […]

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Alfonsina Strada, The ‘Devil In A Dress’ Who Rode The World’s Toughest Tour

She beat men, she beat women, she beat everyone.

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A ‘Slab of Misery On Wheels’ Campervan For Sale on eBay Is Wonderful Ad

This "Reminder Of ‘Terrible' Life Choices" could have been yours!

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The Trash Down There: Keeping Lake Tahoe Blue

A non-profit has recovered four tons of garbage below the surface of beautiful Lake Tahoe—and they want more.

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The Last Mountain: The Story of Tom Ballard

The story of Tom Ballard in a full-length doc now on the BBC.

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Elk That Had Tire Struck Around Its Neck for Two Years Is Mercifully Freed

The elk lost his antlers, but gained full range of motion from his neck.

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Update on the State of Adventure Journal

Hello, everybody. I’m Steve Casimiro, the founder and editor of AJ. Also, the photo editor, copy editor, fact checker, sales and marketing director, and vp of distribution, LOL. I’m gonna be blunt. As you know, these are challenging times for the media. If we don’t get significantly more subscribers to AJ in print, something major […]

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Wringing the Really Good Stuff Out of Autumn

Before winter sets in, embracing the sharpest of shoulder seasons.

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The Master Carver

Sometimes the old ways are still the best ways.

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Filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin Featured on NPR’s Fresh Air

Their new documentary chronicles the incredible rescue of 12 children trapped in an underwater cave.

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Opinion: The Hero Myth of Wildland Firefighting

It’s not heroic to fight a problem that could have been averted with responsible policy. It’s tragic.

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When Bikes Were Klunkers And Denim Was Spandex

See where it all began.

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75-Year-Old Former Bike Racer Finds Freedom, Peace in E-Bikes

A bike is a bike is a bike.

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Biden to Restore Bears Ears, Other National Monuments to Pre-Trump Era Size

Millions of acres of what once was public lands, now returned to public lands status.

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As Crowds Pile Into Parks, Officials Mull Management Options

Reservations, timed-entry and other solutions being considered.

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1,300-Year-Old Ski Found in Norwegian Ice

It completes a pair, the first half of which was found seven years ago.

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The Calculated Badassery of Big-Wave Pioneer George Downing

Downing was the big-wave surfer's big-wave surfer.

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We Challenge You to Watch This And Not Go For a Run Afterward

About as inspiring as a running film gets.

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A Vanilla Cider Cocktail to Warm Your Fall and Winter Excursions

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Fishlake National Forest In the Fall Is Your Little Secret

Hidden in the heart of Utah, Fishlake is a lot more than fish or lakes.

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Just How Fat Are the Fat Bears?

Katmai National Park and Preserve’s famous bears from Fat Bear Week are helping provide some answers.

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Bear Finds GoPro, Films Elaborate Selfie Video, Leaves For Hunter to Find

Person loses GoPro, bear finds GoPro, bear loses GoPro, man finds GoPro—the classic story.

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And Now, 3 Minutes of Serene Aerial Imagery of Our Dear Earth

Sssshhh. Relax.

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Pilot or Passenger? Riding With RockShox’s Wild New ‘Flight Attendant’

RockShox unveils new smart squish system that turns any rider into a full-on suspension wizard.

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Drunk Dude Missing in Woods Mistakenly Joins His Own Search Party

The true seeker finds only themselves.

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Please Don’t Pet the Wildlife

So many visitors to Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks these days, and so many possibilities for clueless people to tangle with wildlife.

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‘It Has Become Beauty Again’ Is a Tale of the Healing Powers of Bikes

"It Has Become Beauty Again" is beautiful, indeed.

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Book Review: The Mirage of a Town Without Cellphones

In “The Quiet Zone,” Stephen Kurczy investigates a West Virginia town largely cut off from modern technology.

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The Wildlife Ecologist Who Bikes to—and During—Work

Now this is a fun commute.

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Adventurer Jon Turk On The Myths We Love And Die For

Legendary adventurer on what makes us human, and preparing for the biggest expedition of all—death.

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