Adventure
Archive The Emakumeen Bira doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But this hilly five-stage, four-day UCI-sanctioned race through Spanish Basque country, held annually since 1992, is one of the most important events in women’s professional cycling—the last big race before the Giro d’Italia Femminile, the Tour de France…
Tim DeChristopher has to wait just a little longer to learn his fate. Yesterday, the Justice Department announced that DeChristopher, the Salt Lake City-based activist who disrupted a federal oil and gas auction in December 2008 by bidding $1.8 million on parcels of land in eastern Utah, would be sentenced…
West Buttress Route on Denali After Everest, Denali was the climb I was most concerned about for the 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything. You see, it’s complicated. Dedicating my Everest summit to my mom and all the Alzheimer’s moms out there will…
Slopes at Squaw Valley and Mt. Bachelor to reopen July 2-4
(Noa Ginella on his way to 1st place in the SUP cross.) Last week I went to the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado, to standup paddleboard in whitewater rapids. It’s hard to explain why whitewater SUPing is so…
Admit that you’re taking your 10-month-old baby rafting and most people will look at you like that’s the craziest idea they’ve ever heard. And between the water and the wilderness, it can seem majorly daunting to pull off a DIY river trip with young children in tow. But…
Tour De France Preview: Doping scandals or no doping scandals, we still love the Tour. Here's why you should, too.
Before heading up to Alaska, Christopher McCandless spent time exploring the Western U.S. The following video clip highlights some of that journey, with narration courtesy of Hal Holbrook. For more about Christopher McCandless, check out the Back to the Wild DVD.
On August 18, 1992, Chrisopher McCandless died alone in a bus in the Alaskan backcountry. Before his stay in the bus that others now visit as a pilgrimage, he journeyed all over North America. This gallery features some of the photos and notes from his ramblings. To read more notes and view more photos from Christopher McCandless, go to christophermccandless.info.
Outside senior editor Grayson Schaffer shows you how to ski downhill with your dog.
Hi, my name is Katie and today I'm launching this blog, Raising Rippers, about bringing up adventurous, outdoor kids. Before our first daughter, Pippa (that's her below), was born, a friend of mine gave me the best parenting advice I’ve ever gotten: Start off as you mean to go on.
To catch a fish, Walker resorts to some sketchy – and ineffective – methods.
Outside senior editor Grayson Schaffer shows you how to ski uphill with your dog.
New rules about SPF can help you decide what to buy now.
A bird's eye view of drilling's effect on the Western landscape.
It's huge. It's nasty. And it's a beast to get up. Guide Peter Whittaker talks about what it takes to get up Mt. Rainier.
There's nothing so sweet on Isla Pargo as the sugar cane Walker's discovered.
Kayaker Brad Ludden teaches young adults with cancer to take on whitewater.
Walker offers a blow-by-blow of slime nugget preparation.
Mechanic Frank Sotomayor shows you what to look over before you go for a ride. Frankie Flats Repair Service, Santa Fe, NM…
The four-time ASP world champ chats about another great year while on an Outside shoot with photographer Robert Maxwell.
Was it a not-so-cordial conversation, or witness tampering?
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a The Survival Guru, shows you a primitive method of food procurement.
Filmmaker Allison Otto came back with a highlight reel from Outside in Aspen weekend. smalldogonthego.com…
Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Ivo Ninov guide Dave Hahn on El Capitan.
Mechanic Scott Haupert shows you what to pack before you hit the black top on your racer. Frankie Flats Repair Service, Santa Fe, NM…
Learn how to turn tricks from Stu Bilodeau at the Panorama Terrain Park. For more info, go to restlessjosie.com.
Our panel runs down the challenges, including the unwaveringly white face of adventure media
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you the correct way to put out a camp fire.
Outside's Grayson Schaffer, Abe Streep, Justin Nyberg and Stayton Bonner join Roaring Fork local Kara Armano for a bit of fishing. Music by…
Journalist and Army veteran Brian Mockenhaupt talks with Outside Adventure Film School about his experience with the Soldiers to the Summit climb of Nepal’s 20,075-foot Lobuche, which he wrote about in Outside‘s April issue.
Outside editor Grayson Schaffer explores a secret stash of backcountry powder in the mountains above Santa Fe. Music by Stayton Bonner…
In 1999, Camille Seaman gave up her seat on a one-hour flight from Oakland to L.A. and scored a round trip ticket anywhere in the world. She chose Alaska. Once there, she decided to walk from a coastal town named Kotzebue across the ice…
Tony Nester of Ancient Pathways, a.k.a. The Survival Guru, shows you how to carve food paddles.
Photographer Jeff Lipsky shoots Torah Bright, Courtney Conlogue, Jenna Shoemaker, Sara Mancuso and Alex Puccio for our October issue.
Grayson Schaffer and Mike Stewart of Wildrose Kennels offer up another training tip. Outsidek9.com…