Friday, December 30, 2022

How to Ditch Burnout and Recharge Your Stoke for Riding Bikes

Riding bikes for fun is a privilege, taking it for granted is the stoke-killer.

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Thursday, December 29, 2022

Free Spirited Solo Paddler Audrey Sutherland Did the Most Important Things

The first time Audrey Sutherland explored the rugged northeast coast of Moloka’i, she swam the 20-mile stretch. Forty-one years old, divorced, a mother of four, she swam alone with snorkel and fins, dressed in blue jeans and towing behind her an Army duffel containing a few essentials wrapped in a shower curtain and stuffed inside […]

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Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Why Aren’t You Using Your Vacation Days?

Companies pay employees not to work at least 10 days a year. So why aren't Americans doing more of that?

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Tuesday, December 27, 2022

The Found Gift of Night Powder

Thinking about skiing, missing skiing, ready for winter.

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Monday, December 26, 2022

The Tour de France Winning Smuggler Who Saved Hundreds of Lives in WW2

The Tour de France winner crisscrossed Italy on his bike, delivering messages and documents to the underground, and saved hundreds of Jews.

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Friday, December 23, 2022

Nightime Powder and a Tribute to Dad

Moonlit powder runs rule.

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9 Ways to Lower Your Travel Anxiety

Semi-Rad knows a thing or three about road, air, and rail time. Trust him on this one.

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Thursday, December 22, 2022

Sometimes the Hard Part Is Actually the Fun Part

Here's a little primer into the kind of mindset it takes to make adventure hardships kinda fun.

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Beyond the Summit—Traversing the Arctic to See What’s Left

An adventure athlete slows down a bit to take it all in.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

POV Wingsuit Footage That Will Make Your Head Spin

The Death Star run had nothing on this.

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80-Year-Old Climber Kris Machnick Reminds Us It’s Never Too Late

Kris Machnick used retirement as a springboard to begin ice climbing. Now at 80 years old, she's knocking off routes around the world to raise money for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease research with her 8 for 80 project.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Vasque’s Best Boot, the Breeze, Is Still the Bargain Hiking Boot Champ

Just a simple, reliable, rugged but comfortable boot. What else ya want?

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Resurrecting and Preserving Montana’s Beloved Alpine Trail Number 7

The gorgeous Alpine Trail #7 and its dedicated crew of protectors.

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Monday, December 19, 2022

How to Keep Your Bike Secure and Safe While Bikepacking

You're packed up everything you need. But wait, should you bring a lock? What kind?

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The Great Lakes Dishing Up Some Frozen Treats

Waves come in places you'd never expect.

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Friday, December 16, 2022

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?

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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

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A Bugaboos Traverse, Sketchy in All Directions

Cody Townsend flirts with deep sketch in the Canadian Rockies.

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

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 lesson learned.

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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.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

A Campsite Albondigas Soup to Warm Your Body and Soul

Savory, spicy, filling, and hot—exactly what you want when staring into the campfire on a cold evening.

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Good News for Bears, Birds, Whales, and People

Good news for people who...love good news.

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Bikepacking in Search of England’s Last Healthy Rivers

Tracing the source.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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.

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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.

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Monday, December 12, 2022

The Romance and Disappointments of the Intinerant Big-Wave Surfer

At the mercy of the sea, and the addiction of huge waves.

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Friday, December 9, 2022

Powder. Backcountry. Coffee. Friends.

The four most important things of the winter.

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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.

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

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, boots, bindings, and apparel right to your door. […]

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

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

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

A Gooseneck Kettle Deserves a Place In Your Camp Coffee Kit

It's the little things that make the best coffee.

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A Trailside Tiramisu That’s Way Easier Than You Might Think

If you have 5 minutes and a few ounces of space in your backpack, you can have tiramisu for dessert anywhere your legs can carry you.

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What We Dream About When We Dream About Running

Charting a life path through dreams.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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

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

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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.

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Monday, December 5, 2022

Norwegian Nature As Good Medicine

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

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British Columbia Has Powder of the Surfing Kind Too

Cold and beautiful and..cold.

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Friday, December 2, 2022

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?

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MegaSkillz Takes San Francisco

It's bike parkour and it's magnificent.

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

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 reach the Pole would secure […]

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