A combination of Santa Ana winds and climate change is almost the perfect recipe for extreme fires

Cody Townsend thought his project, the Fifty, would be a mission to descend the 50 best lines in North America. But then climate change started to melt the snow right out from under his skis.

Pro cycling in the U.S. is actually kicking ass—you just need to look beyond the men's WorldTour

Pearl Johnson is now the youngest person to ascend the 3,000-foot rock face

Multimillionaire Victor Vescovo committed himself to one of the world’s craziest remaining adventure quests: to reach the deepest points in every ocean. What does it take to get there? A radically high-tech, $30 million Triton submersible, a team of crack engineers and scientists, and one very gonzo explorer.

A controversial Interior Department advisory committee has made a series of recommendations aimed at privatizing campgrounds on public lands

A scandal over radiation exposure at the national park is the latest weapon employees have used against each other in a perpetually dysfunctional workplace

A new app that connects to your iPhone's pedometer will track your progress on the AT as if you were thru-hiking with 2,000 other people

When she realized a mountain lion was stalking her, Dee Gallant knew exactly what to do—blast some heavy metal

At the inaugural Formation, hard-charging female mountain bikers hit big lines in Utah, with the hopes of starting an all-new event for women’s freeriding

'Search' is an overlanding film shot in the dramatic landscapes of Colorado and California

If you cheat in a virtual bike race, should you suffer IRL consequences?

This handheld, flavor-filled burrito will warm up the coldest campsite morning

'Vision Quest' features skier Dylan Siggers​​​​​​​ on a backcountry trip in the powder haven of Golden, British Columbia

'Speak to Me Softly,' from filmmaker Henna Taylor and Outdoor Research, tracks Jenny Abegg on a challenging pitch on Moonlight Buttress

The trapper John Colter is credited with the modern-day exploration of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem

Expedition kayaker Scott Lindgren knocked off first descents of the most remote and dangerous rivers on earth, from the Himalayas to the Sierra. He paddled with an aggro attitude and saw weakness as an unforgivable trait in himself and others. But when a brain tumor started to derail his athletic performance and threaten his life, everything changed.

Outdoor athletes have plenty of influence on Instagram. Protect Our Winters wants to wield it in the halls of Congress.

Salomon TV is known for dropping amazing ski segments throughout the winter season to keep us stoked on the simple act of sliding on snow

When it comes to navigation, nothing beats the reliability of an old-school paper map and a compass

Deep snow surrounding the Mica heli-skiing lodge proves just too much for Cody Townsend, and Elyse Saugstad is left to shred without him

The odds of dying from a falling tree may not be as slim as they used to be. Here's why—and what to do about it.

Do it poorly—or not at all—and you could start the next catastrophic wildfire

'Rotpunkt' is an upcoming film from Patagonia that chronicles Alex Megos's ascent within the ranks of the climbing community

How the pro snowboarder and Burton team rider balances motherhood and sending it

You can't technically finish the AT without a ride in Greg Caruso's canoe

The easiest way to get found is to tell somebody responsible where you're going and when you'll be back.

The online-cycling game has some big goals, and with the announcement of a UCI e-sports world championship, it just notched an important milestone

Getting involved in local and state elections can lead to big changes in the fight against global warming

John Clendenin, hailed as the greatest instructor in the U.S., has some unexpected advice for skiers: forget style, practice a four-word mantra, and get to know your feet

The lineup of films is sure to inspire anyone in the audience to find their nearest crag or climbing gym

The fight to balance recreation with wildlife is coming to a head

This film follows spearfisherman G.R. Tarr as he competes in the St. Petersburg Open, in Florida

She walks across entire continents. She has a Spidey sense for alligators and avalanches. And she is redefining what it means to be a modern-day explorer.

The year's most dramatic story of a bear attack offers potentially lifesaving lessons for anyone venturing into the wild

After becoming the first African American male to complete the triple crown of thru-hiking, Robinson is sharing his own experience to encourage more people to get outdoors

Skier Dash Longe proves that the key to being close to great snow is moving to Salt Lake City

The duo explores why this bug-eyed fish has taken the hearts of so many anglers and swaps stories about why fishing is so important to them

'Trail's Alive' is an all-women mountain-bike film featuring female riders​​​​​​​ showcasing their talent on two wheels

In May, Kirby Morrill was nearly murdered during a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail. Four months later, she climbed Maine's highest peak, the route's terminus.

This weekend's Road World Championships may be your last shot for a while to see Chloé Dygert Owen and Mathieu van der Poel animate the peloton. Don't miss it.

With so much funding from the government going toward boxing and baseball, it's much harder to find surf gear

Behind the headlines about the return of great whites to Cape Cod is a story about how we're learning to live alongside a terrifying predator

A Bundy-esque BLM leader, an office building shared with oil companies, and now a solicitor borrowed from Koch Industries…what does this all add up to?

Making your own custom map will change how you adventure.

In downtown Copenhagen, a city known to be extremely flat, a man-made climbing wall stands among the landscape at 45 feet high

Will Skudin is one of the best big-wave surfers in the world. But his favorite waves are the ones the kids catch at his family's camp on Long Island every summer.

Former professional cyclist Phil Gaimon knows how he's going to die

America's parks are confronting the past in an effort to create more inclusive wilderness spaces

After a climbing partner became ill, high winds stranded Yev Krasnitskiy and his team on the upper reaches of Mount Rainier for five days with no way to go but up

One of this year’s Teton Gravity Research film premieres, 'Winterland' honors the simple joy of sliding on snow

Outdoor companies and major athletes are showing their support for the worldwide Youth Climate Strike today

Ridgeway was a force to be reckoned with, and over more than three decades with Patagonia helped pioneer its iconic aesthetic

Millions around the world took to the streets to protest inaction on the climate crisis. In New York City, they got to hear from the commander-in-chief herself.

The reclusive Slovenian made two first descents of 8,000-meter peaks, including the only full descent of Everest. He died in a forestry accident earlier this week.

The clock is winding down. Don't dwell on summer's missed opportunities—make new ones.

Why one California couple chose to stand and fight an inferno

Our guide for which mega ski pass is the best one for you

Jeremy Jones, Travis Rice, and Bryan Iguchi​​​​​​​ search for new snowboard lines in Bridger-Teton National Forest

Is this the death knell for dockless e-bike shares?

As delegates for the UN's Climate Action Summit convene in New York, the real leaders are the young people pushing for climate justice in the streets

Critical habitat for the species could be destroyed

Overwhelmed by crowds of people sleeping in their vans and trucks, outdoor dream towns are taking actions that could end a way of life

In a controversial move, the secretary of the interior recently decreed that motorized bikes should be allowed anywhere that standard bikes are permitted. How this will work is still being sorted out, but the world of pedal-assist riding is about to really open up.

The EPA announced plans to reduce protections for 50 percent of streams and 110 million acres of wetlands

The 2019 Trans Am bike race ended two months ago for everyone except one 78-year-old competitor

Believers in Mass Timber say smaller trees are the ultimate renewable construction material, but only if we learn to be smarter farmers and builders

When a father of two was shot through his tent in the Southern California park last year, the murder revealed a mysterious trail of previously unpublicized incidents that had happened nearby—and sparked a $90 million lawsuit.

In Sage Cattabriga-Alosa's film 'Elemental​​​​​​​,' he shows that he can shred on a mountain bike just as hard as he skis

Even as the green movement works toward building an inclusive outdoor community, anti-immigration groups are using environmental rhetoric to keep people out.

'Wild Olympics' is a tribute to the pristine rivers of Washington's Olympic Peninsula

New research shows that the latest Merino wool-synthetic hybrid fabrics are better at keeping you warm and dry on the bike

In August, Randy Scott was slapped with a fine and a restraining order against bears for feeding the animal along the Alaska Highway. Jokes about his punishment went viral, but the reality of his actions is far more serious.

'Doom' profiles semiprofessional bikepacker Steve "Doom" Fassbinder as he explores the deserts of the Southwest on bikes and pack rafts

For the last five years, REI has closed its doors on Black Friday for a day outside. This year it’s doing more.

Two years after his disputed back-to-back summit of the world's tallest mountain, alpinist and ultrarunner Kilian Jornet has received a permit to climb Everest again this fall. If he plans to go for another record, he's not telling people.

From rolling road rides and family-friendly singletrack to downhill bike parks, Vermont has world-class routes for leaf peepers of every kind

Overhead cameras accidentally caught a marijuana grow operation on a rooftop in Igualada, Spain

'Thru' tracks the traverse of two thru-hikers on Lions Head Ridge in Idaho, an unforgiving part of their hike

In O'Neill's Strike Mission series, its team of surfers sets off to far-flung corners of the globe in search of remote waves