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Four zones have been ranked as extreme on the five-point scale
Can a relationship survive a grand adventure? That’s a question neither partner thought to ask when She got the bright idea to refit an old sailboat while He was dreaming of life on the range. A he-said-she-said tale of a voyage that somehow managed to avoid the rocks.
Going zero waste is hard, but these easy changes to how you eat, drink, and store food will make a big difference
This film, ‘A Nordic Skater,’ from filmmaker Paulius Neverbickas showcases Per Sollerman’s quest for the perfect piece of black ice.
The public comment period that will impact a redefinition of what's protected under the Clean Water Act is open through April 15
For some climbing rangers in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, every ridgeline holds the memory of a rescue, every peak a body bag. It's more than they can handle alone.
‘Paul’ documents one cancer patient’s relationship with a pristine river in Northern California, the McCloud.
Sometimes dying in the mountains is just the luck of the draw
In 2017, the Trump administration announced that it was shrinking the iconic Utah national monument by nearly 50 percent. Leath Tonino devised a sketchy 200-mile solo desert trek, following the path of the legendary cartographer who literally put these contentious canyons on the map.
Here's where the pioneering skier sends it when she's not shredding the backcountry
The hiking duo Her Odyssey highlight their journey from Patagonia to Colombia by nonmotorized travel
Professional skiers Greg Hill and Chris Rubens fly, drive, and snowmobile to remote ski lines all over the globe.
Among other things, my 14 sled dogs will need 12,000 calories a day—bagged and cached along the race’s entire route—and 1,000 very adorable paw booties. This team is ready to roll.
Since 1999, aging park ranger Bill Wolverton has hacked and chainsawed his way through more than 40 miles of Russian olive trees.
For years, three old friends from California had been making an annual pilgrimage to fish Alaska's wild and pristine waterways. But in 2018, only two came home.
'The Place of the Gaels' features American alpinists Fabrizio Zangrilli, Angela Vanweimeersch, and Jon Frederick climbing in Scotland.
After he broke his back in a 480-foot fall, the BASE jumper's life changed. Now he's rediscovering how to catch air by throwing backflips in a sitski.
The pros talk about their experiences guiding on rapidly deteriorating glaciers
Tactic, a training facility in Bozeman, Montana, teaches Wes Siler how to survive a grizzly bear attack
The definitive guide, built upon real-world experience
‘White Dream’ profiles Thibaut Branquart leading up to the legendary dog-sledding event, the Femundlopet
It's the first climbing film to receive such broad mainstream acclaim
Sensationalized forecasts from news anchors who appear to hate winter and have zero idea how to dress for it are keeping an increasingly inert population inside
According to a recent story in Bloomberg, celebrities and gallons of champagne are all in a day's work at Aspen. But for the rest of us, it’s not so glamorous.
Ice climber Will Gadd visits Helmcken Falls in British Columbia to scale the 463-foot waterfall on some experimental gear
Supporters say the proposed regulations are over 40 years overdue and would be a major win for public health
There’s a side of Nazaré that isn’t life and death
Meet the daredevils who crossed from the Santa Elena Canyon to Big Bend National Park to make a point about unity and trust
Stop paying the shop for a simple task that you can do at home
Handmade surfboards are a rare commodity. Handmade surfboards crafted by women are even more so.
After a mental-health breakdown, Mexia grew obsessed with plants in her fifties and became one of the early 20th century’s great botanical collectors
Climber David Fitzgerald is on a mission to climb two boulder problems, Bügeleisen Sit Start and Big Paw, in the film ‘Blocbuster.’
The RIDE app takes aim at single occupancy cars headed up Little Cottonwood Canyon
She took home her fourth World Championships gold medal in slalom Saturday
In 'Uruca II,' climbing partners Lipe and Hugo find themselves on an alpine ascent when things get a little sketchy
‘A Tele Tale’ features a group of telemark skiers traveling to the powder havens of Japan, Utah, and Wyoming
Watch Travis Kauffman describe the incident in his own words
A compromise over Utah public land reveals how one of the biggest conservation acts in years got through the Senate this week
A cabal of old-school riders in New England is fighting to keep their singletrack the way they like it: illegal and empty
A crew of feisty veteran riders is trying to halt the development of previously illegal trails in New England.
The lengths to which the Utah Congressman will go to avoid addressing the real issues are getting laughably extraordinary
Our favorite places to live could look a lot different in 2080, according to a new study
‘Wallmapu’ follows skiers Piers Solomon and Rodrigo Guzman as they explore the sacred slopes of Chile.
You're probably doing it wrong. And even if you aren't, it won't work anyway.
Robby Naish has made a career dominating one water sport after another
‘Frozen Mind’ features big-mountain snowboarder Victor de Le Rue riding the epic terrain of Chamonix
‘Snowfarmers’ features a small ski hill called Plattekill in New York where snowmaking is the lifeblood of its success
According to skier McKenna Peterson, the snow spigot turned on over Montana last year, and many of her big-line objectives beckoned
‘Slave Rock’ features David McKenzie Grant as he and his team attempt to set a new route in the Faroe Islands
We were skeptical—until we learned the gruesome details from the scene of the attack
The former oil and gas lobbyist is the worst-case scenario for public lands
How a quest to get women included in the Mavericks surfing contest fueled a transformation that could impact all of sports.
In sharp contrast with today's administration, the 1970s were a time when our environment was seen as valuable and not a resource to be destroyed and turned into dollars
‘Being Sherry McConkey’ profiles its namesake character in her pursuits as the founder of a nonprofit
We all know what the dogs do—they run—but the person driving the sled has to get ready for a brutal challenge, too. The labor required to manage and train a team is like CrossFit on ice.
Cold temperatures didn't stop one Chicagoan from training
The latest film from Patagonia and filmmaker Jordan Manley, ‘Treeline’ explores an integral part of the skiing landscape—trees
Think of the weather as your mood and the climate as your personality: your mood changes each day, whereas your personality is the sum of all those moods over the course of years
Mountain biker Pete Costain has a thirst for adventure. So it's only natural that his affinity for the outdoors was passed on to his kids.
And much of the sport’s innovation is thanks to Jeff Scott, a snowboarder turned pioneer of sit skiing
Setting an FKT is already badass. But what these Fastest Known Time award winners pulled off on the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail is downright awe-inspiring.
Two men died in one of the worst inbounds avalanches in decades. What happens now?
‘The Fire That Saved Sun Valley’ features a backcountry ski guide as he makes peace with a natural disaster
Food is heavy. Don't carry it for miles while backpacking just to let something else eat it.
After three years of sold-out events for women-identified and non-binary people, Flash Foxy introduces an extension where men are welcome, too
Cody Townsend announced that he’ll attempt to ski all the lines laid out in ‘Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America’
After decades of film skiing, he caught the ski mountaineering bug
If Ryan Levinson fell in the water, there would be no easy way for him to swim to safety. But he decided to live on a sailboat anyway.
‘Climbing Giants,’ from Red Carpet Producciones, features runner Bárbara Koch summiting Misti and Chachani, two volcanoes in Peru
The little orca known as Scarlet is dead. Will her death be a turning point for the Northwest's endangered Southern Resident killer whales? Washington State governor Jay Inslee is proposing strong action.
Park rangers, wildland firefighters, and an EPA lawyer have all told me that they're worried they'll lose their jobs if they talk publicly about the shutdown
In this installment of Salomon’s ‘Freeski Dream Trip,’ skier Michael Zaretzke travels to Georgia with Stan Rey and Josh Daiek.
In 2018, thru-hiker Tyler Lau set out to be the first person of color to complete what’s known as the triple crown in one year
Twin brothers Ryan and Casey Higginbotham planned to paddle from Alaska to the U.S.-Mexico border, but when they got there, they decided to keep going
Photographer Ian Tuttle visited Death Valley last week and asked tourists and locals about how they see the desert park faring a month into the government shutdown
Yet it—along with its meteorologists—is struggling through the shutdown
Take our advice and don't become a statistic
A slide off Kachina Peak—steep, rowdy terrain at the New Mexico ski resort—buried two men on Thursday