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Fed up with tight National Park regulations—no BASE-jumping, no slacklining, no fun!—adventurers are getting cozy with a surprising new advocate: the Bureau of Land Management. Nowhere are the agency's lenient recreation policies on better display than Moab, Utah.
“I want one sunbeam coming out of crazy clouds the second after the rainstorm has passed,” says photographer Lars Schneider in this beautiful short film produced in collaboration with Peter Bender. Schneider lives with his family in Hamburg, Germany, but for…
When photographer Ryann Ford moved to Texas in 2007, she began driving across the state, accepting photography assignments in every corner. Ford would take the quickest, main highways on her way there and look for the more scenic routes on the way back.
They know their coffee, beer, yoga, and outdoor boutiques. We've picked the highlights.
Pop-up dinners are great—they’re even better when they take place in the great outdoors
Professional wildlife photographer Aaron Baggenstos travelled to Costa Rica to photograph the incredible biodiversity that teems throughout the country’s jungle
Nobody knows the state's 600-plus streams and rivers as well as backcountry fishing and Lahontan cutthroat trout expert Steve MacMillan
It's cheap, friendly, and you don't even need a passport
Everything you need to know to get there
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less
The rarely visited national park is home to tropical beaches, pristine coral reefs, some untapped surf, and not much else. Matt Skenazy went exploring and found a few good waves and a lot of mysterious South Seas mojo.
The company taking 75 “remotes” around the world for a year—for $27,000—has grown and come under criticism in its inaugural year. Is it an idea that can last?
10 reasons more than a dozen elite athletes call this high-altitude adventure playground home
Trail runner, life-balance pro, and car-camping dad Luke Nelson shows us how it's done
Circumnavigate St. John by sail, then revisit the gems with a paddleboard and a towel
For long-distance trail runners looking to play like antelope, it is heaven with a hydration vest
Grab a wetsuit and a paddleboard, and hit the little-visited lakes on the park's western edge
A three-day, 33-mile canoe float through Boquillas Canyon, the farthest-flung and mellowest route in the park
The best way to see a Yellowstone few people ever do
At Death Valley’s Furnace Creek Inn, it looks like you’re on the moon but feels like you’re in heaven
Hawaii's 33-room Volcano House got a multimillion-dollar face-lift
Here are a few of our favorite things about all it has to offer
The name may have changed, but all the stuff that made it legendary is still here
The 100-mile stretch along the Gulf Coast is full of adventure
All you need is some crowd-ditching, trail- and river-running, wonder-inducing intel
Take an Alaskan wilderness safari
For less than a thousand dollars, Jess Daddio and Adam Ritterthey upgraded their 2008 Ford Econoline
From diving dogs to pro climbers and kayakers, here’s how to make the most of a trip to Vail's upcoming GoPro Mountain Games
When it’s too stormy to surf in late spring along the coast, you hitch up the RV and head for the mountains in search of powder
Out west, it’s the perfect time of year for a multisport RV trip
76 GoPro athletes converged on the Gold Coast of Australia for the 2016 GoPro Athlete Summit
Badlands National Park is home to impressive herds of bison and dazzling rock towers
No Reception is a short film from the folks at Taylor Stitch and Mission Workshop about a mountain biking adventure on the North Coast of California. Originally, the purpose of the trip was to test new gear designed collaboratively…
At these distinctive campgrounds, you’ll get a place to pitch your tent—and so much more
This spring, Italians Stefano Conz, Giovanni Testa, Davide Bozalla, and Vittorio Michelini—aka Team Rust and Dust—set out to cover more than 2,000 miles across India in rickshaws. Hosted by an organization called The Adventurists, The Rickshaw Run gave 69 teams the keys to two-cylinder, seven horsepower stallions to take on a free-form route across India through, as the event’s website put it, “whatever shit the road throws at you.” Getting lost, getting stuck, and breaking down are guaranteed. Here, Team Rust and Dust shares a few of their fondest moments. They came in last.
Ashley and Richard Giordano quit their jobs, sold their belongings, rented their condo, and hit the road in a Toyota pickup
Will Jackson, Wyoming, or Billings, Montana, be chosen as the Best Town in America? It's time to vote.
The best of the season—don't get caught on an impromptu escape without them
Load up the gear, grab your girlfriends, and get ready for the best summer ever
Visiting Catalina Island is cheap, easy, and epic
There’s a set of islands in the middle of the chilly North Atlantic, some of which are so sparsely populated that the residents wouldn’t even fill a classroom.
A year ago, Brandon and LeAnn Morris decided to quit their jobs in Seattle and hit the road. Not an uncommon premise for anyone that follows any adventurous Instagram accounts, but they actually did it. Six months of passport stamps from Nepal, Thailand, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, and the list goes on. Through all of their adventures, Peru emerged as one of the couple’s favorites and particularly the Ausangate trek, which led them to the striated Vinicunca Mountains and eventually their next job. The duo has since started the travel business FlashpackerConnect, which leads trips out of Cusco, with the rainbow mountains being their featured trip. Five days of high altitude trekking and you are rewarded with this view. Here, a preview of what you might see along this relatively undiscovered trail.
We put together a bracket of our 64 favorite towns in the country. See how your pick stacked up.
Belgian photographer Johan Lolos spent a full year in New Zealand, posting pictures of his adventures on his Instagram account, @lebackpacker, working for the Lake Wanaka tourism department, and establishing a life where he gets paid to post. Here are his top shots from his year in New Zealand.
The 10 best spots in Mammoth Lakes to capture epic photographs
With its high peaks and pristine forests, there are few places more beautiful for cycling than Rocky Mountain National Park
Three days, sixty rides, and as much beer as you can (safely) drink
By European standards, Ireland’s County Donegal, tucked into the country’s far northwest corner, may as well be Mars. But for adventure travelers, it’s a hidden frontier packed with wind-bitten landscapes to mountain-bike, rowdy coastline to surf, and 500-foot sea stacks to climb. That is, if you’re brave enough.
You can’t drive to these backcountry lodges. This is a feature in our book, not a drawback.
Think you live in the best town in America? Prove it by entering your town in our Best Towns tournament. All you need is an Instagram account.
Mention Switzerland to any skier and their reaction is nearly universal. Their eyes widen as thoughts of huge vertical, fluffy powder, and quaint villages filled with fellow snow seekers enjoying après fill their collective imaginations. When the opportunity presented itself to tag along with a few stellar skiers to the Swiss Alps, I eagerly jumped on the team. Skiers Sven Brunso, John Trousdale, George Koch, and I travelled via rail to Adelboden, Andermatt, Disentis, and Engelberg. Deep snow, stinky cheese, new friends, cold beer, big climbs, and massive descents were never more than a walk, tram, or train away. Photographer Liam Doran shares some highlights of their trip.
Here’s what to bring, what to avoid, where to camp, and most importantly, expert advice on how to embrace the chaos.
You like the idea of sleeping in a tent on a frozen glacier midwinter. But you also really enjoy beds and hot showers.
I traveled to Samoa in late March for a week of exploratory fly fishing with Australian professional angler Jonathan Jones. Both of us were hopeful about the fishery—it looked promising on maps, with wide, sweeping flats dropping off steeply past the reef edge to cuts that just look fishy.
Bring your board across international borders to reach one of these legendary locales
Head to the desert, the mountains, or the coast to catch spring in all of its flowering glory.
The city gets a bad rap: flat, boring, concrete. The flat part? That’s true. But the rest couldn’t be more wrong.
Not ready to buy a campervan but still want to experience #vanlife? We’ve got you covered.
This summer, a Los Angeles cruise company is sending 1,500 passengers on a month-long voyage through the Arctic
The only commitment required on your part: a reservation
In this short video from Runaways Production House, four friends plunge deep into Australia's Blue Mountains to rig the first highline across Kanangra Falls, roughly 730 feet above the ground. The steps that help each man walk across the line differ, but as one slackliner tells himself: “Calm…
The 60 towns that will go head-to-head in a winner-takes-all contest to find the best place to live in 2016
Whether you’re after a tropical boat ride or an isolated hike through the mountains, now is the time to plan your ultimate 2016 trip and pack your bags.
Best Towns 2016: Prize Details and Official Rules
"Take your worst turbulence experience in an airliner and make it three to five times worse. I wondered if I’d stay in one piece."
Addiction comes in many forms. For Jay Valley, it manifests itself by way of Atlantic salmon fishing on the Népisiguit River in New Brunswick, Canada. It means being on the river by the break of day to lay stake in the best pools and staying put until the sun sets.
Hidden in the Jura Mountains, a sub-alpine mountain range along the France-Switzerland border, are stunning sections of singletrack. To share his experience of riding these trails, filmmaker Joonas Vinnari rigged up a camera and drone—the controller strapped to his chest—and self-captured the incredible footage seen in this…
You can hang in Cancun with the rest of the world, or head to one of these less well-known spots for a real ocean adventure.
Baja: The ultimate weekend escape. And it’s way easier than you think to get here.
Between Earth and Sky is an inspiring and visceral short film shot and directed by Australian filmmaker Benjamin Dowie in the French Alps while adventuring with his good friend and fellow filmmaker Mathieu Le Lay. During this same adventure, Le Lay produced Walk the Ridge, a short…
You’ll need fewer pints up here than you would at sea level
No, you don't need to be in Canada or Alaska to go cat skiing. And yes, it’s really good down here.
From epic skiing in Antarctica to a lazy beer-fueled canoe trip in North Carolina, these are the best places to visit this year
You don’t need to be in a big city to drink quality, locally-sourced booze. More and more craft distilleries are popping up in mountain towns.