Christopher Solomon (@chrisasolomon) is an Outside contributing editor.
Spitty will run down a dock and jump the length of a 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V, and, still airborne after more than 22 feet, grab a chew toy that hangs suspended a few feet above the water,...
A new study finds that humans need to give animals time as well as space
There’s no place in the world like McNeil River, Alaska. In summer you can sit beside the falls of the river and watch as 40, 50, even 70 bears mate, fight, and fish for their salmon dinner. Together...
The pipeline proposal is as ambitious as its predecessor, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
Refugees and top-ropes might seem a curious mix. The two-month pilot program that brings 11 kids to the climbing gym every Wednesday is based on a simple hope: teaching kids how to conquer a steep...
In the places that will experience the most change, forests likely will disappear altogether.
If you’ve ever topped out on a peak in Alaska’s Brooks Range, or floated through Idaho’s Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness, you’ve perhaps had the sensation that the surrounding wild country...
At 31, Adam Roberts was one of the most aggressive freeskiers in the Northwest. A ski model and an aspiring professional who’d attracted the interest of gear companies, Adam seemed to be everywhere...
In the first half of this year, the Trump Administration will open up more acres for potential oil and gas leasing across the West than it offered there in all of 2017.
A new report suggests that the answer is no, which could have dire impacts on hunted species across North America
Imagine 100,000 young people employed nationwide to fix trails and backcountry bridges and repair urban parks. That could be the result of a bill that just passed a major hurdle in the U.S. House of...
A semi-detailed list of everything we know (and we still have plenty of questions) about possible public land closures starting tomorrow if the lights go out for the feds
In the last 18 months, long-simmering disputes have boiled over amid claims of trespassing, political meddling, government bullying, and retaliation. Some worry that what’s happening there may...
Congress took a step closer to opening a portion of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling yesterday, when a Senate committee approved the legislation.
On Friday, the President told Senator Orrin Hatch that he planned to downsize two Utah national monuments. Here's why nothing's likely to happen soon.