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What happens when you find yourself on El Cap with a badly injured partner? Former Yosemite Search and Rescue (YOSAR) worker Josie McKee and climber Quinn Brett found out.
Environmental groups prevent DOI’s efforts to restrict FOIA disclosures
One day, while felling trees in Wisconsin, Gary Edinger severed his leg clean off when a tree exploded underneath his chainsaw
Looking for an outdoor mentor? So is everyone else. Here's how to make yourself a little more competitive.
It took an epic effort to get him out. Two years later, the healing for him and his rescuers continues.
In 2018, Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison made history by skiing off the summit of Lhotse, the fourth-tallest mountain in the world.
Over six months and seven days, the Nepali climber summited all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks
Need a break from your nine-to-five? Let your mind drift to a world of endless powder.
Melting snow for drinking water isn't as easy as it sounds
After being raped in Mongolia in 2015, she's using her trek to advocate for women's safety
Here's what the expanded regulations mean for thru-hikers next year
Most airlines have a policy for handling such matters. Here's how to avoid the same fate.
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
If you cheat in a virtual bike race, should you suffer IRL consequences?
'Search' is an overlanding film shot in the dramatic landscapes of Colorado and California
'Speak to Me Softly,' from filmmaker Henna Taylor and Outdoor Research, tracks Jenny Abegg on a challenging pitch on Moonlight Buttress
'Vision Quest' features skier Dylan Siggers on a backcountry trip in the powder haven of Golden, British Columbia
This handheld, flavor-filled burrito will warm up the coldest campsite morning
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.
The trapper John Colter is credited with the modern-day exploration of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem
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
Outdoor athletes have plenty of influence on Instagram. Protect Our Winters wants to wield it in the halls of Congress.
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.
'Rotpunkt' is an upcoming film from Patagonia that chronicles Alex Megos's ascent within the ranks of the climbing community
Do it poorly—or not at all—and you could start the next catastrophic wildfire
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
How the pro snowboarder and Burton team rider balances motherhood and sending it
The easiest way to get found is to tell somebody responsible where you're going and when you'll be back.
You can't technically finish the AT without a ride in Greg Caruso's canoe
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
The year's most dramatic story of a bear attack offers potentially lifesaving lessons for anyone venturing into the wild
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.
This film follows spearfisherman G.R. Tarr as he competes in the St. Petersburg Open, in Florida
Skier Dash Longe proves that the key to being close to great snow is moving to Salt Lake City
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
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
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.
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.
'Trail's Alive' is an all-women mountain-bike film featuring female riders showcasing their talent on two wheels
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?
With so much funding from the government going toward boxing and baseball, it's much harder to find surf gear
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.
In downtown Copenhagen, a city known to be extremely flat, a man-made climbing wall stands among the landscape at 45 feet high
Making your own custom map will change how you adventure.
America's parks are confronting the past in an effort to create more inclusive wilderness spaces
Former professional cyclist Phil Gaimon knows how he's going to die
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
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.
Ridgeway was a force to be reckoned with, and over more than three decades with Patagonia helped pioneer its iconic aesthetic
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.
Our guide for which mega ski pass is the best one for you
Why one California couple chose to stand and fight an inferno
Jeremy Jones, Travis Rice, and Bryan Iguchi search for new snowboard lines in Bridger-Teton National Forest
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
Is this the death knell for dockless e-bike shares?
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
Believers in Mass Timber say smaller trees are the ultimate renewable construction material, but only if we learn to be smarter farmers and builders
In Sage Cattabriga-Alosa's film 'Elemental,' he shows that he can shred on a mountain bike just as hard as he skis