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After making billions of dollars in revenue from our national parks, Delaware North Companies is aiming to extort the federal government for even more. Enough is enough.
Fastest American marathoner cites chronic fatigue, low testosterone
A new tool from Germany threatens to out-useful MacGyver's pocket knife
A Breckenridge distillery accidentally started an international competition that involves lining up hundreds of people to all do a shot of alcohol at the same time. Now the town has to defend the title.
Upstart companies are offering to ship customers primo boxes of hand-selected outdoor tool and toys
Time spent in nature and participation in adventure sports is known to have a profound effect on those who struggle with ADD/ADHD. The Academy at SOAR is a boarding school in North Carolina for children with ADD/ADHD, and in this video director Joseph Geier leads students on a…
Formula 1 Driver Max Verastappen, the youngest driver ever to start an F1 race, recently got the opportunity to drive his Red Bull car somewhere no other F1 car has been—a ski slope. You won't believe it until you watch. Video…
Outside editors pick their favorite winter gear from this winter season
A man wakes up on a muddy logging road in the middle of the mountains. His truck is dead. His phone is out of range. He’s got no food. How did he make it out?
This van comes stock with everything you need for the ultimate surf trip
Our continued fascination with the highest mountain on earth spawns a virtual reality “experience”
Can a private company trademark public property? That's the question the feds are scrambling to answer after a longtime concessionaire in Yosemite claimed rights to the names of some of the park's most iconic locations.
SPACE is a travel film from Gnarly Bay and Howl Collective that serves as a reminder to make the most of every day and treasure the planet we call home. …
Listen to the River, from Wild Confluence Films, is the story of a classic summertime river adventure gone awry. In 2015, a crew of friends set out on the South Fork Flathead River in Montana's Bob Marshall Wilderness for a week of packrafting and fly fishing. After a…
As technical director for the American Mountain Guides Association, Dale Remsberg's job is to make sure the country's elite guides are on their game.
Twelve insights for scaling massive vertical faces
People coming back to life after being frozen stiff. Frogs that cryopreserve for winter and then reanimate. The emerging frontier of extreme cold is offering revolutionary new insights and therapies for everything from deadly exposure to peak athletic performance.
Stay warm in all kinds of conditions, with these versatile down-alternative outer and midlayers
The conservation-minded science illustrator already has one of the most ambitious natural history murals under her belt, and she's just getting started
A special collab trailer made to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the national parks
We get really excited about the big-ticket items at Outdoor Retailer (just check out our Gear of the Show list for proof), but there’s a lot of great, usable stuff that doesn’t require a second mortgage
Achieve the endurance of a distance runner, the grit of a climber, and the skills of a slalom racer
In this video from the Department of the Interior, Secretary Sally Jewell talks about her experience with Mount Rainier National Park, and the lasting effect it had on her. Now, she's encouraging everyone to find their park, just like she did with Rainier.
Think climbing Everest is hard?
A backcountry plank handmade in New England
“What the heck is RSS?” Don't be put off by the acronym. It's short for Really Simple Syndication, and it's a really fast, efficient feature that lets you collect your favorite Web content in one place. Instead of wading through Google results to get the outdoor-adventure stories you…
The amateur cyclist completed his mission Saturday after breaking the previous record by over 1,000 miles
River trips have long been a venue for partying, but a new federal report illuminates a darker trend of sexual harassment that has persisted for years
The most city-proof bike we’ve ever ridden
Don’t let the church steeples and quaint New England vibes fool you: Stowe can party. The town serves up some of the best skiing on the East Coast, including Vermont’s highest peak, Mount Mansfield, which pulls down 314 inches of fresh a year. And the après cene is just as…
Not many places can blend a Wild West sensibility with ski-town chic, but Steamboat Springs is successful on both fronts. The mountain of Steamboat dominates the horizon with almost 3,000 acres of skiing, while working ranches consume the valley. As for the town itself, you can still find a bit…
Tahoe is a sprawling place that encompasses ten resorts and chunks of two states, but the scene is centralized within South Lake Tahoe, where dive bars feed casinos that lead to nightclubs that empty back out into the casinos.
Jackson Hole Resort is billed as the hardest inbounds skiing in the United States, and the après-ski scene can get just as rowdy as Corbets Couloir.
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know that Canyons is now part of Park City, and a new gondola connects the two ski areas, making it the single largest resort in the country—7,300 acres, but who’s counting?—and Deer Valley is still here, too.
Sure, Aspen was founded for silver mining in the late 1800s, but you could argue that the town was really founded for post-ski partying.
Mark Zuckerberg's foolproof strategy to get everyone to run more
Promises to axe sugar, not flavor
El Niño is bringing gigantic waves to the Pacific this winter, priming big-wave surfers for a season of epic—and dangerous—proportions
Small-batch chocolatiers are looking to ancient civilizations to revive a forgotten elixir
The five products we’re most excited about this year
Avian enthusiasts around the country are speaking out, penning op-eds, and even threatening Ammon Bundy and his Sagebrush compadres to get them to leave Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
A retired Navy SEAL teaches us how to turn common household objects into brutal weapons in a pinch, which is almost as funny as it is terrifying
The ultrarunner has a long history with the land surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. Now he's pushing to grant it official protections.
Five containers for your out-of-bounds drink of choice
This hilarious video from MeUndies tells the story of climber-turned-tree-house-builder Django Kroner. Kroner moved to Kentucky's Red River Gorge to pursue climbing, where he also began building tree houses. Yes, this is clearly branded content. But we're not getting paid to post it—and we think Kroner and his tree…
We love winter, but it's tough to beat autumn in Colorado. 'A Slice of Colorado's Autumn,' from filmmaker Toby Harriman, is an incredible aerial timelapse video that captures some of Colorado's most scenic vistas during peak foliage.
When the temperature drops, hardcore hockey players around the world leave behind climate-controlled rinks and return to the frozen ponds where the sport was born.
They’ll shoot 360-degree video, but that’s really just the start
An electric California cruiser that’s certain to turn heads on the boardwalk
The endless cascade of nutritional information—about localism, vegetarianism, veganism, organic food, the environmental impact of eating meat, poultry, or fish, and more—makes the simple goal of a healthy, sustainable diet seem hopelessly complex. We talked to scientists, chefs, and farmers to get the ultimate rundown on how you should fuel up.
The new genetic tool has the potential to increase resistance to muscular injury or stress fractures—even produce stronger, faster athletes—but it's a puzzle that could take decades to solve
The e-camper features some innovative tech, but it lacks the soul of the Vanagon and the Microbus
This clip is the opening scene of Outside Voices, a new film from Joel Wolpert about the life of ultrarunner Jenn Shelton. Shelton, best known for her part in the book Born to Run, lives in a small van known as “Hi-C” and travels the Mountain West spreading her…
A classic workout to build race-specific strength, endurance, and mental toughness
A special line of hand-crafted boards to celebrate the iconic resort’s birthday
With a more refined look, the Blaze goes after the all-day wearable crowd—and Apple. That might spook investors, but the bottom line is that this is Fitbit's best watch yet.
The new workout clothing has built-in sensors that the company claims will help you become a better, faster runner
Ounce for ounce, spider silk is five times stronger than steel and three times tougher than Kevlar. Now, a handful of companies are trying to harvest it to make the world's best new gear.
The display clips onto bike glasses to show data and turn-by-turn navigation
Remembering a leader whose talents were hard to match and whose enthusiasm was contagious
It's expensive, demanding, and in the eyes of the many cities that have refused to throw their hats into the five-ring circus, a total scam
Making nutritional information more prominent is only useful to the extent that people actually act on the information they receive
North Coast 500: A Pure Highlands Adventure is a short film from Calling Brands about the North Coast 500, a 500-mile loop around the whole north of Scotland. The route was designed by the North Highlands Initiative as a way to increase tourism for small businesses in…
Episode five of Salomon Freeski TV's ninth season is a throwback to season seven, when the Salomon team asked their skiers to drop everything and chase a monster storm in Japan. In Moment's Notice 2: The Chase to Chamonix, the same call was made and the crew headed to Chamonix…
Pro climber Tommy Caldwell is living the dream with his family in Estes Park, Colorado
It’ll chew up sand dunes and four-wheel-drive roads, then get your kids safely to school
That shaker pint you get at the bar is doing your tastebuds no favors, and craft glassware makers want to change that
About a year ago, 29-year-old Stephan Shay lost his full-time job. But then he found an 18.5-foot vintage rig named Lolita.
Things that make our lives easier might also be hurting us. A new class of tough designs saves the day.
This heart-rate monitor with pending FDA approval will count your every heart beat and breath, and it could become an invaluable training tool for serious athletes
The sport ends its most outrageous elements in a quest for longevity
Community-led recreation holds the secret to building sustainable local resorts
People thought Ned was a freak of nature when he was winning mountain-bike races at 40. That was 20 years ago. Now the sexagenarian is crushing fat-bike racers a third his age.
With so many fitness offerings to choose from, it’s hard to separate what works from what doesn’t