Devon O'Neil is a correspondent for Outside magazine.
Around 10 A.M. on Friday, September 15, 2017, Ginger Chase-Watkins called the Old Town Bike Shop in Colorado Springs looking for her husband, Tim Watkins. She hadn't heard from him in more than 24...
Matt Wells has many nicknames, chief among them Uncle Fuzz, but it isn't until his old buddy Jerry Roberts calls him "abuelo" that reality sinks in.
As a kid, you can’t control where you grow up. To land somewhere like St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, takes luck—and in my case an adventurous mother.
On the other side of a traumatic adventure mishap lie nightmares, a never-ending recovery, and sometimes an entirely new perspective on existence itself.
K2 has never been skied from top to bottom—but two daring adventurers hope to change that.
How one of the world’s best mountaineers made a last-second decision that would take his life
The two neighboring Colorado resort giants are snapping up ski areas around the country, positioning themselves as the two titans of North American resort operations
The spring Everest season is shaping up to be an exciting one: Ueli Steck is returning to complete an epic traverse; Kilian Jornet wants a speed record; and the mountain will be packed with climbers...
James Coleman is snapping up small ski areas in Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. As warming temperatures shorten the winter season and the West contends with drought, we had to ask: Why?
With ski season bearing down and diehard shredders around the northern hemisphere heading into resort sales offices to pick up their passes, we wondered how many actually understand—or even read—the...
To those outside the snowsports world, the news barely registered. K2, the most storied brand in American skiing, was up for sale. Again.
Climate change is affecting America’s recreation meccas—from Yosemite to Yellowstone—in profound ways. As the planet heats up and weather patterns shift, so will the ways we interact with the...
A 65-year-old Miami woman has been living in a tree on her property for the past decade. Now, she’s fighting with the county to stay put.
The second edition has more amenities than the original, but is still light enough for a Subaru to tow
It’s a hot, windless Saturday in September. You and your buddies wanna go play on the lake, but no one’s got a boat or a Jet Ski. No matter: charge up an octocopter, lash on a tether, and hit the...