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ArchiveAdventure Found, January 1998 People Are Strange… The dos and don’t-even-think-about-its of group travel By Randy Wayne White You’ve booked yourself onto a kick-butt adventure-travel exploratory. You’re a stranger in a mixed bunch of…
Destinations, June 1997 Southern Exposure To find Smoky Mountain wilderness, follow the paths not taken. You’ll know them. They’re unpaved. By Parke Puterbaugh This is what often passes for a wilderness outing in the nation’s most visited national park: Tourists…
Outside magazine, August 1991 Idling Through the Hill Country Flamethrowers, enchanted rocks, and Texas Nirvana By Stephen Harrigan The best way to drive through the Texas hill country is aimlessly. Knowing or caring where you’re headed shouldn’t be the first thing on…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Skiing With Peter Jennings By Paul Kvinta Occupation: Living Room News Fixture Favorite Place to Ski: Whistler/Blackcomb. “That whole area is wonderful. One time I went salmon fishing in the morning, skiing in the afternoon, and then I…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Skiing: Give Me Liberty…and a Lot of Monster Air Kasha Rigby’s free-heeled assault on extreme skiing By Michael Finkel “Alpine skiers,” says Kasha Rigby, pioneer of extreme telemarking, wrinkling her nose in a gesture of nordic disapproval at…
February 1995 The Outside Trip-Finder 49 destinations, 96 outfitters, 163 trips, and one tenacious case of wanderlust By Meg Lukens Noonan Europe North America Central and South America Africa…
Destinations, September 1998 Hot Dam! Where to get that last whitewater fix of the season By Stephanie Gregory It’s still too warm out to mourn the end of summer, though we do get wistful for whitewater about now. But thanks to…
Outside magazine, July 1994 The Way Wet When it’s hot–really hot–hiding under the porch won’t do. You need water. By David Noland The dog days are back–those sultry, muggy midsummer afternoons when Sirius, the Dog Star, is riding high in the sky, influencing everyone…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Snowboarding: This Isn’t Baseball By Todd Balf With two rival race circuits splitting up the best international talent, several American riders, led by former world champion Mike Jacoby, were happy to devour the inaugural Grundig Snowboard World Cup tour, put…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 WINTER NORTHWEST SKIING FIRES UP “Give us amenities to match our mountains,” they cried. They’ve been heard First-class snowfall, coach-class resorts. From the day organized skiing first hit the slopes of Mount…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Maximus You can’t ski in the fast lane without plenty of high-speed quads Lake Louise Ski Area | Aspen/Snowmass Ski Area | Vail | Squaw Valley…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Trekking: Buried at the Top of the World In the wake of Nepal’s deadliest disaster, a search for answers By Adam Horowitz (with Peter Stewart) It was easily the worst calamity to strike the Himalayas in decades: a…
Or does it loathe that enraptured human touch? An earthy tale of fungal romance, fully consummated.
In the annals of unsuccessful exploration, no mystery has remained more puzzling than the endless wrangling among historians and New York literary agents over the fate of the legendary lost expedition of Colonel Sir Edward Fallow Pike. In light of the tremendous excitement over the recent discovery of an authentic fragment of Pike's journal in an Argentine wax
Skip the well-trodden tourist routes and join this trek through a pristine mountainous area virtually unknown to Westerners.
The Big Dig hits pay dirt—in the shape of a new island playground in Boston Harbor
It's climbing season again on Everest. And as hundreds of summit hopefuls converge at Base Camp, the great debate persists: Has the Big E become the Big Easy? Alpinists Greg Child and Dave Hahn take sides.
Go straight to the source and taste the good life at these organic farm getaways
Steve Galster and his comrades at WildAid do–and they're taking drastic action: going undercover, busting the traffickers, and poaching the poachers. It's high time wildlife conservation started fighting mean and dirty. Can you handle that?
06.12–19 GIRAGLIA ROLEX CUP ST.-TROPEZ, FRANCE A 243-mile sailing race from St.-Tropez to Genoa, Italy, around the island of Giraglia. The shoreside scene in St.-Tropez is peppered with the Bain de Soleil beautiful. 07.03–11 ALLIANZ SUSSE OPEN GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND At 3,000 feet,…
Living well is a European tradition, but playing hard is the continent's secret passion. We discover five towns where you'll be both challenged and charmed.
Combine your next visit to a national park with a bonus raid on a great state park or national forest—and get twice the escape
Our word-of-mouth report: adventure lodges that belong on your radar screen
Savor our top 20 wild Canadian adventures (including 5 new parks) for heaping helpings of glacial lakes, alpine meadows, swift rivers, and snowcapped peaks
Witness a singletrack revolution on the fresh trails of a land in transition
From secret surf stashes on the Pacific to untouched Caribbean isles—plus all the volcanoes and colonial plazas in between—Nicaragua has the makings of a sporting paradise. Come discover Central America's red-hot center.
Let one of America’s best sport camps propel you toward a bigger, richer life. Because nothing beats the buzz of learning something new.
Keep the GPS handy, fly rod at the ready, and don't forget your rubber boots
The highest points in heartland states like Kansas and Iowa aren't much to look at, but when you knock off seven of them in a four-day, 3,000-mile blitz . . . well, let's just say the little bastards have a way of kicking back.
Chase your travel dreams with 48 handpicked adventures guaranteed to satisfy every type of wandering soul
With eleven time zones' worth of Tiaga, tundra, virgin peaks, and off-the-dial whitewater, Mother Russia is beginning to open her doors to adventure travelers. If you're brave enough to take her on, the next frontier beckons in the wild, wild East.
As the brutal battle over proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge grinds on, a former oil worker returns to the North Slope in search of the truth about the pro-exploration argument. His conclusion? (Brace yourself.) The unthinkable is the right thing to do.
Sex. Danger. Family values. This backyard soap opera has it all—plus feathers, razor-sharp talons, and a neighborhood obsessed.
Ten handpicked resorts that are rich in sun-drenched beauty, high on adventure, and fine-tuned for luxury.
Adventure Adviser, Colorado Sunset near Cripple Creek, Colorado Q: Where are the best mountain bike rides in the Royal Gorge and Colorado Springs area? I will be there in early June and wish to see some beautiful scenery while off-road biking in the mountains.
Ronni heard it first: the softly insistent, slightly descendant keloo-keloo of the quetzal, strobing from the cloud forest around us. We were hiking the five-mile Sendero de los Quetzales (“Path of the Quetzals”), a trail that winds through the 35,390 lush acres of Panama's Volcán Barú National Park in UNESCO's…
Ready to bask in the warmth of endless summer? Our online resource is your key to the Caribbean’s most idyllic getaways. Here, you’ll find great travel deals, gorgeous places to stay, and active adventures guaranteed to get your heart racing. Dive in, the water’s warm! Nevis: Unhurried and unsung hero…
It seems like all God's creatures have lost their way in the Holy Land. But a few hopeful Israeli and Palestinian conservationists are tracing a new path along the flyways and wildlife corridors of the Jordan Valley—and rediscovering an ancient road map that leads from terror to peace.
Ten North American spas that will recharge your mind, body, and soul
An overview of Outside articles that made the cut and were included in The Best American Travel Writing 2003
Twelve value-packed Caribbean resorts where your room comes with a view—and killer perks, too
Trekking hut to hut along South Africa’s shore is just what the witch doctor ordered
9. Ancient Crumbles in the Jungle Tikal, Guatemala Why I’m bounding up the steps of Tikal’s Temple of the Masks predawn on a chilly March morning is still not clear to me—let’s chalk it up to barroom advice that sounded completely rational after a few beers. But I…
To maximize the return on your investment in wanderlust, you need know-how and solid advice. We’re here to help. From saving on destination packages and high-value gear to insider trips and the bet reasons to blow a bundle, we’ve got the lowdown on affordable, rip-roaring, full-value adventure travel.
As a teenage Jack London fan, I fantasized about mushing a dogsled. Grown-up city life derailed my Iditarod dreams until I came across a photograph of someone skijoring: two large, smiling malamutes towing a cross-country skier down a forested trail at breakneck speed. It appeared I could live out my…
We stopped at a boulder below the saddle of 10,229-foot Heyburn Mountain as early-May sunshine broke past the ridge and washed over us: three backcountry skiers on a mission to schuss the wild peaks of central Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, and me, a snowshoe loafer in search of serenity. As my…
View from the California Riding and Hiking Trail Q: Now that fall is here we’re thinking of taking a backpacking trip through the desert. Any hints on where we should go? What about day hikes? — Nicole Frisbee, Denver, Colorado Adventure Advisor:…
Winding a thousand miles from India to China, the Burma Road was built to defend China in World War II, but the atomic bomb made it irrelevant and the jungle reclaimed it. Mark Jenkins vowed to do what no one had done for nearly 60 years—travel the entire Burma Road—and discovered the madness of present-day Myanmar.
The gray wolf may lose federal protection. Will killing it become the law of the land?
Escape urban gridlock in West Virginia, where country roads and mountain mamas are only a fraction of the attraction
Eileen and Tom Lonergan went out for a day of scuba diving, and never came back. The story behind the movie Open Water.
Could you please recommend a comfortable backpack/travel pack that meets the maximum airline carry-on requirements? Maybe with an internal fre? I need something that could also be used for trekking. John W. Jones Johnston Island, APO AP
What are you looking at? Q: How can I take a safari in Africa without being a millionaire? — Gudrun Nalitla, Reykjavik, Iceland Adventure Advisor: A: At first it seems hard to believe that a little drive through a…
Today's topic: We rank the Top 40 schools where you can hit the books AND the backcountry. Your assignment: Rappel off that ivory tower and take our cram course on America's most adrenaline-friendly colleges. You'll come for your B.A. (Bachelor of Adventure) and want to stay for life.
A modern speed demon breathes new life into an ancient Hawaiian sport
If it's Riviera glitter you're after, head to Monaco. But for endless climbing, epic singletrack, and wild seacoast adventure, set a course for Finale Ligure.
He grew up poaching alligators, he sells Cadillacs, and his friends run oil companies. But saving the bayous of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin is Harold Schoeffler's number-one deal.
Everybody loves the Klamath. Everybody wants a piece of it. And they're willing to go to war to get it. Editor's Note/Correction
1. Havasu Falls, Supai, Arizona Hike two miles to this perfect turquoise pool, with year-round 72-degree water, in Havasu Canyon. All About H2O The wet stuff is always there for us—it grows our food, puts splash and spirit in our adventure, and (by the way) keeps us alive.
A plan to save Guatemala's Mayan cities with a park and a posh eco-lodge has enviros and locals boiling
