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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 the area, and gained a reputation…
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 with only 24-hours…
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
Seele Aus Stein (“Soul of Stone”), an official selection at Telluride Moutainfilm 2015, is a short film from Taylor Zann and Rainier Films that profiles iconic barefoot climber Bernd Arnold. In the film, Arnold, who has more than 980 first ascents in his 67 years, reflects on overcoming fear and…
In 2015, filmmaker Jeremy Prusso took his family on a trip to Utah's Maple Canyon. The journey spawned his latest film, Maple Canyon, which touches on the importance of spending time outside with family. “You just want them to have what you have, to see…
Humbled is a short film from Joshua Bond about the joy of visiting an epic adventure hub during the off season. In this case, Bond and his friend visited Chamonix, France, to prove that it's worth a visit just to explore the incredible singletrack, even if you aren't racing in…
We put the new Gore-Tex Active fabric through its paces during a two-week test in Vermont and B.C. and found that there's no better option for athletes who move fast and light
Mother Nature's stewards are gaining power in politics
For endurance athletes, unhealthy thoughts about body type are often disguised as the question: “How can I be faster or more powerful?” Nordic skier Hannah Halvorsen wants to address these body image issues in her community.
Crush a last-minute race to bring the new year in right
Amazing feats by our favorite athletes, scandals and fights, and one very embarrassing accident
It’s powered by an electric motor, but still drives like a Porsche
Our reviewer dissects the claims behind the newest crop of super clothing for the gym to find the products that actually work
This short-travel 29er isn’t just the most technologically advanced race bike on the market. It’s also way more fun than most cross-country rigs.
Two weeks ago, Kelly Slater proved man-made waves are no longer just for waterparks
Melancholy Gorge journeys through the moody New River Gorge of West Virginia, the site of the oldest river and mountain range in the world. Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan created the film in collaboration with the International Dark-Sky Association as a part of…
A fully customizable home you can restructure at any time
Got a drone for Christmas? Cinderblocks, freezers, and sub-zero temperatures are just a few of the obstacles it might have encountered before ending up under the tree.
Salty air speeds up corrosion on bolts at rock climbing routes near the ocean, making them potentially deadly. But groups around the world are finding a unique solution.
The best way to avoid hangover pain is to drink sensibly. But if you can’t follow that rule, we tested the most recent products to take a shot at relief.
We teamed up with Instagram to determine the most-photographed national parks of 2015. Here we present our favorite images from the 25 parks that appear most frequently in your photo feed.
Our favorite adventures of land, sea, and air from 2015
Jeremy Collins is something of a dirtbag Renaissance man. He’s put up bold first ascents in his home crag, northern Arkansas’ Sam’s Throne.
Long used as a way to help emergency responders find people buried in avalanches, Recco technology is coming to summer gear
This iconic drink deserves the right drinking vessel
There are lots of good options on the market, but one pair consistently wins our tests
Instagram readers share epic outings for the new year
Whatever you're looking for, one of these pieces of innovative gear will do the job
The world’s best athlete might just wear the word’s best shoe
Key pieces of packing help for life on the road or trail
These seven essentials will prepare you for most driving mishaps
In this excerpt from the 2013 book ‘Climbing Fitz Roy, 1968: Reflections on the Lost Photos of the Third Ascent,’ the late cofounder of the North Face, Doug Tompkins, reflects on his pivotal journey to Patagonia as a young dirtbag