Travel
ArchiveWeek of February 27-March 5, 1997 Bike-rental options on the Big Island Small outfitters for water play in Belize What to expect for Mount Mitchell hiking Fly-fishing and more in Pennsylvania…
Week of September 28-October 5, 1995 Rock climbing in Thailand Why the Caymans still rule the world of scuba Dengue fever in Costa Rica? Whitewater canoeing in Manitoba Kentucky’s gorgeous…
Week of July 2-8, 1998 Urban stargazing for amateurs Ski mountaineering in South America Finding a kayaking camp Stellar hiking in Wyoming’s Wind River Range Ski mountaineering in South…
Week of July 30 — August 6, 1998 Planning early for fall foliage peeping Purchasing advance tickets from ski area Scenic hikes in Olympic and Rainier National Parks Purchasing advance tickets from…
Week of August 21-27, 1997 Christmastime skiing in New England Cycling opportunities in Colorado Whitewater rafting on the Gauley Heading south of the border in winter First-class skiing in…
Week of January 1-8, 1996 Sea kayaking tours in Hawaii Budget travel in the Pacific Northwest Affordable skiing in Utah Summer jobs in the outdoors Kayaking Utah’s…
Week of July 18-25, 1996 Rock art in the Valley of Fire Inexpensive outdoor trip packages Boating the Boundary Waters Winter snow action in the Rockies River paddling…
Week of May 16-22, 1996 Adventure-of-a-lifetime trips Rapid transit on the Kern River Trekking in India Dinosaur National Monument Puerto Rico’s El Yunque rainforest Red Rock…
Week of April 23-29, 1998 Exploring Iceland by foot Self-guided hiking in the Pyrenees Dengue fever dangers in Thailand Searching for all-women travel groups Exploring Iceland by foot…
Week of June 18-24, 1998 Packing for a fall biking trip in France Northern Utah’s Bear Lake and Flaming Gorge Adventuring in the Dominican Republic Seeking an educational wilderness experience…
Week of June 25-July 1, 1998 Family fun on Hawaii’s Big Island Adventure Travel Companies for male travelers A wheelchair-accessible trip to the Great Smokies Weekend whitewater canoeing escapes from NYC…
Week of July 30 — August 6, 1998 Planning early for fall foliage peeping Purchasing advance tickets from ski area Scenic hikes in Olympic and Rainier National Parks Scenic hikes in Olympic…
Week of November 5 — November 11, 1998 Rock climbing in New Mexico No-frills Jamaica Fattire holidays in San Miguel de Allende No-frills Jamaica By Amy Marr Question: Our family…
Week of September 17-23, 1998 Late season leaf peeping Adventure touring in Alaska Extreme adventures for the holidays Adventure touring in Alaska By Amy Marr Question: Can you help me…
Week of November 16-23, 1995 Colorado’s best family-oriented ski areas Cheap around-the-world airfares Nova Scotia in midwinter Tricks for flying with your kayak Safe sea kayaking in Canada’s Gulf Islands…
Week of October 26-November 2, 1995 Subterranean rafting in New Zealand Hiking amidst Mayan ruins of the Yucatán Finding voodoo ceremonies in Haiti Thanksgiving camping at Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park…
Week of December 1-7, 1995 Getting ready for Mt. Kilimanjaro Wildlife tours of the Southwest Snowboarder’s guide to Banff Summer camps for grown-ups Affordable skiing in the Northwest…
Week of January 1-8, 1996 Sea kayaking tours in Hawaii Budget travel in the Pacific Northwest Affordable skiing in Utah Summer jobs in the outdoors Kayaking Utah’s Escalante River…
Week of January 23-30, 1996 Backcountry ski tours in New Hampshire Big Bend in winter Rafting Africa’s Zambezi River Best hikes in the Pacific Northwest Fat-tire touring in Colorado…
Week of February 14-21, 1996 Camping at Point Reyes Seashore, CA Alabama backpacking destination The new Crater Lake Lodge Camping on Florida’s barrier islands Bike touring Nova Scotia and…
Week of March 6-13, 1996 Tips on Great Smoky Mountains park Back to windsurfing school The primo treks on this planet Springtime getaway in Moab The lodge life in…
Week of April 4-10, 1996 Leavenworth: Washington’s backyard Bavaria The Midwest’s best paddling trips Hiking Mexico’s Copper Canyon Outdoor travel in Greece North Carolina’s Nantahala Outdoor Center…
Week of October 10-16, 1996 I want to be an Eco-Challenger Acadia hiking is short but steep Spring break on Santa Catalina Island Self-guided bike touring in Italy…
Week of May 2-9, 1996 Pilgrimage to mountain biking mecca: Moab, Utah City dwellers’ salvation: Canoeing in New Hampshire Adventure hikes at the Grand Canyon East Coast beach vacations…
Week of May 29-June 5, 1996 Biking routes in New Jersey The great Western raft trip, defined Catskills camping tips Still the best: Baja for sea kayaking California’s snowy…
Week of June 13-19, 1996 Grand Teton guides Preparing for Manitoba Fat-tire rides in Crested Butte Hiking in Illinois Paddle trips with kids Four Corners mountain…
Best of the Adventure Adviser Week of July 3-9, 1996 Hotspots in Nowheresville, Iowa Lodges. Near Seattle. Way cool. City dwellers’ salvation: Canoeing in New Hampshire The poop on dogs in…
The Rugged Outback: How Tough Is Tough? Working the cattle .avi format (656K) or .mov (743K) Video courtesy Northern Territory Tourist Commission The where, when, and how…
Week of October 31-November 6, 1996 Pampered honemoon seclusion Backcountry fun in the Canadian Rockies Thanksgiving on Maui with teenagers Moderate hiking trips in January Mexico: Too many…
Week of November 7-13, 1996 Exploring the Dominican Republic’s parks Kayaking and rafting near Juneau Choosing a mountaineering school Off the map in Baja Sur Mexico Kayaking and…
Week of August 8-14, 1996 North Cascades for tourist-free beauty Keeping hydrated on the Inca Trail Knobby-tire spinning abroad Folk music and camping in Rhode Island Squish the…
Week of December 12-18, 1996 Kayaking the Tatshenshini Last-minute stays in Sun Valley Guided ascents in the Swiss Alps Weather on Mount Whitney in March Sea kayaking in…
Live well in the wilds at these five perfect perches
 Outside magazine, May 1998 Another Day Under the Black Volcano Picture a life in the shadow of the rumbling Soufri`ere, from whose vicissitudes come ash and rock and a possible scorching death. Would you flee, as have most of your neighbors? Or…
Outside magazine, October 1994 Inns & Lodges: The Bungalow, Montana By Hunter Cynthia On 80 acres beneath a vast, reef-shaped sandstone mountain, The Bungalow bed-and-breakfast appears to be a miniature, two-story version of Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful Inn. Which is really no surprise, since it…
Wet as You Wanna Be Inflatable Journeys The Hysterical Parent Falling out of the raft Never go out on the water without a personal flotation device (PFD), helmet, and sports sandals or tennis shoes. Your guide will school you…
Waterworlds, Family Vacations 1998 Sea Kayaking To follow the straight and narrow, just secure your spray skirt and grab a paddle By Jonathan Hanson WATERWORLDS…
On the Road with Huggies and a Binkie, Summer 1998 Tips from the Trenches By Anne Goodwin Sides ON THE ROAD Tips from the Trenches…
Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide The Value File For a high action-to-dollar ratio, try these six weeklong family trips from $640 to $1,358 Any parent who has priced a package to Disney World knows that kid-oriented…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Wilderness Education: The School Bell Tolls… Five ways to get the backcountry skills you need By Dana Sullivan Thus far your treks up marked trails, where other campers are within shouting distance, have gone off as smoothly as…
Outside magazine, July 1996 It’s the Environment, Stupid Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, national nanny, and Green Party candidate for president, wants to be your commander-in-chief By Miles Harvey Of all the comebacks by 1970s icons in recent years–from John Travolta to Tom…
Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide Where in the World? From trekking in the Andes to sea kayaking in Samoa, 21 family odysseys ODYSSEYS Outside’s Family…
Outside magazine, August 1996 Inns & Lodges: Tall Ship Malabar Floating Bed & Breakfast Travers City, Michigan By Kathy Martin In Great Lakes maritime lore, passage on a Lake Michigan steamer or yacht demanded a healthy tolerance for mischance–the lake chalked up…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Scuba Diving THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ECUADOR On Darwin, the northernmost of the Galßpagos’s 13 major islands, every precarious niche of its black, volcanic cliffs has been colonized by blue-footed boobies. The air above is so thick with…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Summer EURO SURF ‘N’ TURF You could traverse Europe by motorcoach and Eurail, but the sightseeing’s better by board, bike, and boots SURFING IN THE BAY OF BISCAY, FRANCE Old world, new…
Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide Don’t Spare the Bubbly When it comes to rafting, take all the wet you can get RAFTING Seven Rivers…
The Trip-Finder, January 1999 Malawi Horseback Riding in Nyika National Park Outfitters Price Accommodations Equitour 800-545-0019, www.riding tours.com $2,000 camping, rustic lodging Africa Adventure Company 800-882-9453, www.africa- adventure.com $2,025 camping, rustic lodging…
The Trip-Finder, January 1999 Oman Exploring the Empty Quarter Outfitter Price Accommodations Adventure Center 800-227-8747, www.adventure- center.com $1,670-$1,720 camping Geographic Expeditions 800-777-8183, www.geoex. com $2,750 camping, tourist hotels The Route: An eight-…
News for Adventurous Travelers, February 1997 Where the Lone Star Meets the Sea Warm sands, empty dunes, randy cranes, and fishing cowboys–this is the undiscovered South Coast of Texas By Paul Kvinta The next time you paddle your kayak through the…
Outside magazine, June 1992 Our National Parks: Denali National Park By Alston Chase and Debra Shore Box 9, Denali Park, AK 99755 907-683-2294 Established 1917 6,000,000 Acres The Big Picture: The guidebooks say that Denali is Athapaskan for…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Mountain Biking: Fat Tires on the Divide A 3,000-mile border-to-border trail makes its Montana debut By Bob Howells You can’t yet ride a mountain bike the length of the Continental Divide, but if you have such a hankering,…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 La Ruta Tropical A mountain-to-jungle-to-reef meander through Mexico and pints south A vacation south of the border doesn’t have to mean a mega-resort crammed with sedentary chaise-loungers. In Mexico, there are Pacific beach towns and mountain hideaways that you…
Outside magazine, September 1994 Rowing: There Must Be Some Mistake By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard and John Alderman) It was a melancholy day for the ascotted, cognac-sipping cultural elite along the banks of the Thames last June as Yankee boats tore up the mile-plus course…
Outside magazine, June 1995 What Happened Out Here? A death in the wilderness raises disturbing questions about boot camps for troubled teens By Christopher Smith When a Utah judge raps his gavel on May 22 to begin a preliminary criminal hearing into…
Outside magazine, August 1999 ERADICATION The Cat Is His Hat One man’s crusade to kill feral felines. And get rich in the process. The Passing of the Jumar While scaling the legendary 5.14a route…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 From Here To Antipodes On the other side of the world are other worldly sights-Tasmanian Devils, spirit houses, and the greates reef of them all AUSTRALIA High summer kicks off here in December. But when the Christmas picnic…
CHOICE RIDE: ROCKIES The Snodgrass Mountain Trail Colorado’s best climb is spectacular. Just beware the columbines. By Rob Story Many of the most famous Colorado biking towns are…
Destinations, April 1997 Foreign Travel: See the South Pacific. Bunk with a Chicken. A new hut-to-hut system makes for memorable island overnights By Tony Perrottet B u l l e t i n s Creature…
Outside magazine, September 1995 Mountain Biking: The Trials of Stamina Man By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard) As endurance specialist John Stamstad pedaled the first of 61 laps around a quaint dirt-and-pebble carriage-road loop in Maine’s Acadia National Park last May, he began to…
News for Adventurous Travelers, December 1996 Inns & Lodges: Chipeta Sun Lodge Ridgway, Colorado By Robert C. Wurmstedt Late-afternoon sunlight fades quickly from the ghost towns along the deep Uncompahgre Gorge, in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. Follow Colorado 550 along the…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Scouting Reports: Fern Canyon, California Though acclaimed outdoor photographer Robert Mackinlay has lived in northern California for most of his life, his job has taken him to enough of the world’s remote places that he knows a unique spot when he finds…
Outside magazine, June 1996 O Canada.Com By Katie Arnold Travelers planning a foray into the great white North can now access more than 75 official Canada sites on the World Wide Web. Four of our favorites: Before You Go. For general information,…
News from the Field, December 1996 Recreation: Come to New Zealand, Lose Your Lunch Introducing the utterly questionable sport of zorbing By Bill Donahue First you’re shoved into a ten-foot-high clear plastic ball. Next you roll to the edge of a…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 FALL STEALTH SAFARIS When it comes to critter spotting, the quiet approach is the way to go On Foot As the low, rumbling growl reverberated from…
Outside magazine, June 1995 Mushing: Locals–Who Needs ‘Em? By Todd Balf (with Martin Dugard and Alison Osius) As the first non-Alaskan to win the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Doug Swingley didn’t go out of his way to empathize with the grieving hometowners…
Outside magazine, February 1994 Desert Hikes: Sweet Nothingness By Mike Steere Parsimony, the natural theme of the continent’s driest and hottest places, is its own kind of wealth, and those willing to brave the low deserts of the American Southwest come into inheritances…
Outside magazine, May 1995 Travel: Beam Me Up, Venture Capitalists Stargazing idea men and their way-out-there schemes for twenty-first century adventurers By Steve O’Keefe Admit it: every time you see clips of Alan Shepard bashing golf balls on the Moon back in…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Into The Big Empty On a roll to nowhere in California and Nevada By Phil Garlington The roads that take you there are shoulderless, straight as yardsticks, black as tar, and skunk-striped. They’re narrow and seemingly endless, these…
The Downhill Report, December 1996 Best Place to Learn How to Ski Buttermilk at Aspen, Colorado A hop, skip, and off-the-lip jump from Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk draws about 1,000 first-timers each season, including, as you might imagine, various people from the greater Beverly…
Destinations, June 1998 Across the Strait and Narrow By Patty Sullivan The last frontier has always drawn its fair share of adventurers and explorers, both reasonable and insane. But no other spot in Alaska has held quite the mythic allure of the…
Outside magazine, July 1994 Smart Traveler: Flying the Mother Load How to get big gear on board By Mike Steere Taking along your own equipment can turn a mere vacation into a honeymoon: oneness in paradise with an expensive thing you love. But love,…
Outside magazine, March 1996 Skates That Cruise the Learning Curve Quick, high-performance rides to take you from early T-stops to in-line confidence By Andrew Tilin Skates that keep up with you–that should be your watchword at the local in-line shop. That’s because…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 LET’S SKI A DEAL: DOING THE BOBFEST On January 20, 2000, the overcaffeinated, underfed independent moviemaking world will descend on Park City, Utah, for the start…
 Outside Magazine, January 1999 Powder Burn Whatever the suspects behind the worst act of eco-terrorism in U.S. history hoped to accomplish by torching Vail, their agenda likely didn’t include helping the company that owns the resort and…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide No Seaweed Body Wraps Here It’s not the foofy frills that matter — it’s the mountain By Peter Shelton Fuggeddaboudit. some mountains got the goods, and some sidestep their insufficiencies with theme parks…