Adventure
ArchiveDPS' Stephan Drake tests the Spoon behind Alta, Utah. from DPS SKIS on Vimeo. If you've cracked open your Outside magazine Winter Buyer's Guide, available on newsstands everywhere and on your iPad as part of…
Ok, maybe I'm reporting about the mountain lion that was tranquilized on the University of Colorado campus because I'm an alumni. But come on, a mountain lion on a college campus is kind of amazing, right? (Yes, they come down into Boulder often, but…
Our plan. Take the 2011 Quidditch World Cup home to Santa Fe, New Mexico. All we need is you.
British adventurer Dave Cornthwaite spent almost three months stand-up paddleboarding the length of the Mississippi River. We break his trip down by the numbers.
La Nina’s back. Salomon Freeski TV gives us a taste of the powder the West can expect again this season.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=S2oymHHyV1M%C2%A0 You hear stories of mountain bikers' close calls with wildlife—like the mountain lion that leapt on some poor schmuck's back from high ground or the mother bear that chased off a hapless rider when he startled her cubs—but I've always written them off as urban legend. I figure that…
With a new Hollywood movie taking aim at birders, Michael Roberts steps up to defend his kind
At just 16, Mikaela Shiffrin is already being called the fastest skier the U.S. has ever produced. Can she back up that hype on the world stage?
Hidden waterfalls? Kayaker Heather Herbeck on what the removal of Washington’s Condit Dam may bring to whitewater paddlers. A film by Andy Maser.
Recently, the argument for the Keystone XL pipeline has been framed as the economy versus the environment. BILL McKIBBEN takes a hard look at the job creation numbers and calculates a different reality—stopping the pipeline could lead to a brighter economic future.
What to do with nearly 42,000 captive mustangs that could be forced off the government dole
By Patrick Symmes, Guest Blogger Taking a child kayaking is the easy part—kids and water mix well. But like trout, kayaks only thrive in beautiful places, and that means hard driving and long going. Kids don't always deal with a long drive as well as a wet splash. Passing through…
A quick look and the outdoor cred and environmental records of the Republican candidates
Touted as the largest one-day amateur cyclocross race in the world, Oregon Bicycle Racing Association reported 1,497 racers at Cross Crusade series opener last sunday. Held at Alpenrose Dairy in bike-frenzied Portland, Oregon, racers ranged from ages 11 to 68 (excluding a few dozen rippers in the Kiddie…
Gear4Rocks Links Cams’ appearance doesn’t inspire trust. With their bare-wire stems and roughly-finished lobes, the cams looks like what they are: cheap climbing gear made by a near-anonymous company in eastern Europe. Sketchy, but at $36 a pop, they’re the most affordable cams on the market. And honestly, they’re…
You can't always get what you want, but you can get a pair of limited edition Rolling Stones themed K2 Sideshow skis if you're fast. To mark their respective 50th anniversary celebrations, K2 and The Rolling Stones have collaborated on the ultimate rock and roll tribute skis: The K2…
From Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine, the Appalachian Trail is almost 2,200 miles of White Blaze, Trail Angels and Lean-Tos. And somewhere in West Virginia, in a town named Harpers Ferry,…
Last August, two athletes died during the swim leg of the New York City Triathlon. Since then, articles on event safety have piled up—and two more athletes have lost their lives. Is it time for USA Triathlon to rethink its rules?
For those of you adverse to getting into a sleeping bag with with mud caked on your legs, dirty and tired from a day in the woods, here’s a piece of gear will prevent that pre-sleep complaining. New Hampshire based Nemo plans to release its new Helio…
Courtesy of National Park Service, via National Parks Traveler When planning a National Parks vacation, you probably go to the nps.gov Web site to find a campground, map prospective hikes, and check for warnings. Former National Park Service director Roger Kennedy,…
photo: Blair Beakley By the time you read this, I’ll be 5,000 feet down in the Grand Canyon, rafting the Colorado River from Lee's Ferry to Phantom Ranch. My husband and I have been dying to do this trip for years, but it was…