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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
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
A crew of feisty veteran riders is trying to halt the development of previously illegal trails in New England.
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
‘Wallmapu’ follows skiers Piers Solomon and Rodrigo Guzman as they explore the sacred slopes of Chile.
‘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
How a quest to get women included in the Mavericks surfing contest fueled a transformation that could impact all of sports.
The former oil and gas lobbyist is the worst-case scenario for public lands
‘Being Sherry McConkey’ profiles its namesake character in her pursuits as the founder of a nonprofit
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
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.
The latest film from Patagonia and filmmaker Jordan Manley, ‘Treeline’ explores an integral part of the skiing landscape—trees
Cold temperatures didn't stop one Chicagoan from training
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.
Cody Townsend announced that he’ll attempt to ski all the lines laid out in ‘Fifty Classic Ski Descents of North America’
After three years of sold-out events for women-identified and non-binary people, Flash Foxy introduces an extension where men are welcome, too
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.
After decades of film skiing, he caught the ski mountaineering bug
In this installment of Salomon’s ‘Freeski Dream Trip,’ skier Michael Zaretzke travels to Georgia with Stan Rey and Josh Daiek.
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
‘Climbing Giants,’ from Red Carpet Producciones, features runner Bárbara Koch summiting Misti and Chachani, two volcanoes in Peru
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
A slide off Kachina Peak—steep, rowdy terrain at the New Mexico ski resort—buried two men on Thursday
Take our advice and don't become a statistic
Everything you need to know about the international big-mountain competition
Yet it—along with its meteorologists—is struggling through the shutdown
Bomber tie-downs and secure hitches to have in your repertoire
This short video from David Lama features footage of the mountaineer on the first ascent of Lunag Ri, a 22,660-foot peak in the Himalayas
From Vans, the Weird Waves series documents a group of surfers pursuing a variety of odd breaks from around the world.
It's anything but an unpaid vacation, especially when your job is protecting the environment
From the Road West Traveled, ‘Abandoned’ highlights the diminishing amount of ski resorts in Colorado
‘Closer,’ from rider Antti Autti and director Iisakki Kennila, is an ode to endless freeride pow laps
Film to be based on the book about Doug Coombs written by Massachusetts author Rob Cocuzzo
In Red Desert, Wyoming, wildlife-biology student Anna Ortega is studying mule deer after their 150-mile migration
Some of the world's most passionate athletes are high pointers, climbers who will do anything to reach the tallest point in every state, county, or whatever other designation they can dream up. A lot of those peaks aren't so tall—like Delaware's 447.85-foot Ebright Azimuth—but there's plenty of challenge in this quest. Just ask John Mitchler, who had knocked off everything on his dream list except the tallest spot in a remote U.S. territory: Agrihan.
Hundreds of people from the Everglades to Yosemite have mobilized as part of a grassroots effort to rid national parks of refuse while federal employees remain furloughed
Plus, a new protocol will make it more difficult for other parks to close during the shutdown
The shutdown is hampering fire prevention efforts in the state, even while the President looks to disaster-relief funds for his wall
With affordable snow safety and touring clinics by day and music, events, and films at night, it's a winning formula
The initiative, led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is ambitious, but some in the outdoor industry argue it's the only hope for saving wild places from climate change
‘Escape’ features Montreal-based DJ JaBig as he attempts to set the record for a continuous fixed-gear bike ride through Canada.
This summer at the southern terminus of the PCT, photographer Ian Tuttle asked a bunch of thru-hikers why they were hiking. Months later and 2,591 miles to the north, he found some of them again and asked what they’d learned about themselves. Turns out, six months in the wilderness is a pretty good crash course in philosophy.
Sender Films shares some of the strategies it used to push the limits of what’s possible in big-wall filmmaking
Just days before Secretary Zinke left his post, the agency quietly proposed rules that would have it ignoring many Freedom of Information Act requests
And why you might just prefer a good old-fashioned website
For decades Jeffrey Lendrum helicoptered up and rappelled down to aeries on cliff faces from Patagonia to Quebec, snatching unhatched raptors and selling them, investigators believe, to wealthy Middle Eastern falconers. This week in London, one of the most bizarre criminals in modern history goes on trial for the fourth time. Here is his story.
We know that cognitive function is impaired at high altitude, but it’s not entirely clear why
A man fell from Yosemite's Nevada Fall on Christmas Day
We reached out to outdoor expert Yong-Soo Chung, founder of Urban EDC Supply, to give us a few tips on how to sharpen a pocketknife
A longtime local's perspective on the mayhem
Our northernmost state is also the most vulnerable to climate change
Two hikers just set the only known times on the country's newest state-spanning trail system
This film from the BRASS Foundation provides some really helpful avalanche advice
That "organic litter" you just threw? It'll still be around in a year.
Kelsey Malin and a friend were chasing powder at Colorado’s Monarch Mountain resort when a wrong turn sent them into the wild for 52 frigid hours
One weekend, Matthew Bryce headed to his favorite Scottish beach to surf. The conditions were perfect. Until they were deadly.
John Pascoe and his wife, Jan, had lived in their beautiful Napa home for 38 years when the Tubbs Fire arrived suddenly at their door in October 2017
David McMahon and Sydnie Uemoto, young pilots for Mokulele Airlines, were just trying to log some hours flying between Oahu and the Big Island. Then the engines went out.
Charlie Finlayson was on the ultimate climbing adventure with his dad, David, when a loose boulder forced him to make a daunting rescue
George Watson was on an exploratory scuba dive in a remote lake in the Peruvian Andes when everything that could go wrong suddenly did
We asked. They told. In-the-know locals divulge their secret powder lines, après breweries, and hidden hot springs.