Meet five women making the sport more diverse

For decades, park leaders have predicted that swarms of tourists could ruin public lands. Is anyone heeding their advice?

The Sea Wolf from filmmaker Ben Gulliver is a surf film more about the adventure than actually the surfing.

Mountain, from director Jennifer Peedom, analyzes the relationship between humans and mountains.

Corey Arnold photographs Alaska’s largest and most threatened salmon run—and the people who depend on it

Like many beautiful, accessible natural attractions, Arizona's Horseshoe Bend has become too popular for its own good. Is it too late to protect it from hordes of Instagram obsessives?

The Una River in Bosnia is known for its exceptional trout waters.

Pet waste has become a major pollutant, both outdoors and at home

'Of The West' from Orvis features silversmith Jillian Lukiwski sharing how her work is influenced by a life outside.

Singing isn’t the only thing that’s more fun in the rain. Here are ten other activities that are better when wet.

Camp Walker is a thirty-year-old fly guide in the south Florida, where the last thing they need is more fly guides.

In our feature on skier Adam Roberts, we take a look at what made him so special. Video courtesy of Jasper Gibson.

Measures in the federal government's new spending bill should help the Forest Service manage fires, but there's still more to be done.

Lawmakers didn't listen to the president’s call for less spending on land management and the environment—and put their foot down when it came to interior secretary Ryan Zinke’s reorganization plan, too

Ryan Zinke is using parts of an Obama administration–era idea that would've drastically changed the DOI. Now it's causing him trouble.

The Reluctant Enthusiasts explores humankind’s relationship with wild places through the words of Edward Abbey.

In this film from 2015, '4 States 4 Days - Part 1' they tackle the first leg of their two-part journey through Virginia and West Virginia.

When extreme skier Adam Roberts was killed by an avalanche in the mountains of Washington State, some people wondered if he’d died on purpose. Christopher Solomon reconstructs a life in which athletic talent, fearlessness, and mental illness combined to create an unbearable reality.

Because of drought and rising temperatures, wildfires in the West will grow so large and regular they could reshape entire forests

While dams are being decommissioned throughout the developed world, activists are descending on Albania to fight for the Vjosa River.

'The Fun Suffer Divide' chronicles the journey of three cyclists as they traverse a section of the Continental Divide Trail.

That fact was made painfully clear Sunday night when an autonomous Volvo XC90 hit and killed a woman who was walking her bike across the street in Tempe, Arizona

One man's quest to ski the equivalent of sea level to the summit of Everest and back. Twice. In 24 hours. On a single ski run.

This trailer for In The Starlight from filmmaker Mathieu Le Lay profiles astrophotographer Paul Zizka as he explores night skies from Greenland to Namibia.

Internal documents suggest Utah and federal officials failed to take into account Native concerns and input as they downsized the national monument

Study finds that high-elevation areas in the Himalaya are seeing wetter, more frequent slides

Could the short, goofy-looking busboy become the new king of hard soloing and speed climbing?

She's one of the world's best cyclists, and she has her routine dialed

New "vision cards" issued by the department charged with overseeing public lands for recreation and extraction are heavy on the latter

A crew of skiers heads out to the hills around Chamonix, France for some night laps in this film Nocta II from Black Crows and Yucca Films.

Get ready for three days of sending in Bishop, California

Tom “Pōhaku” Stone is a native Hawaiian who practices the art of hand-carving wooden surfboards.

And global warming could bring more of it to the surface

Devon O’Neil watched from a distance as Irma—one of the strongest storms to ever hit land—battered the Caribbean island of St. John with 200-mile-per-hour winds. Two months later, he returned to the place where he grew up to help clear the wreckage and process the destruction of his former home.

Dissatisfied with the plateau in his riding, mountain biker Patrick 'Bengel' Rasche looks toward Kamchatka, Russia's looming volcanoes for inspiration.

Alaska State Troopers called off a six-day search after finding the climbers' ropes on the Mendenhall Tower

Record low snowfalls have made national news, but it came as no surprise for the characters in the End of Snow, from Day’s Edge Productions.

On March 21, the Department of Interior will hold the largest auction of offshore leases in U.S. history, including all unleased areas on the Gulf of Mexico’s outer continental shelf. But do energy extractors actually want such land and waters?

From filmmaker Zane Clampett, The Peculiar Expedition of Thomas Snyder follows little-known snowboarder Thomas Snyder on his journey from his local hill in Minnesota to the steep backcountry lines of Montana. 

In this video from River Roots and Astral, A Women Knows Her Place takes an irreverent look at paddler Nouria Newman putting on a metaphorical clinic for her male counterparts who just happen to be freestyle world champion Dane Jackson and Rush Sturges on California’s Upper Cherry Creek.

A legal complaint says the three leaders are in violation of a 20-year-old law and casts doubt on whether they have any authority at all

After nine years and two presidents, it's not big environmental groups with the best shot at defeating the pipeline—it's a bunch of well-organized locals.

How this rising star in the bouldering world overcame serious self-doubt to become one of the world’s best climbers

Shooting life above, below, and on the ocean

Ayesha McGowan plans to change that by racing in one of the whitest, highest-barrier sports on the planet

From filmmaker Ben Page, The Frozen Road chronicles the Canadian Arctic segment of his bike ride around the world.

The two world-class alpinists haven’t been heard from since Monday afternoon, when they summited the Mendenhall Towers

Now that it's all over, gold medalist Kikkan Randall gives us an inside look at the games' HQ

With an environmentally friendly firefighting gel called Strong Water

From Filmmaker Thomas Woodson and Outdoor Research, Bringing up Backcountry follows mountain guide Jessica Baker and professional skier Rachael Burks into the remote wilderness of Kimberley, British Columbia for a reflection on what it means to be a family in the backcountry. 

A new study has reignited the contentious debate about what led to the explorer's demise in 1912

A new report suggests that the answer is no, which could impact hunted species across the U.S. and Canada

From filmmakers Alex D'Agostino and Ben Goertzen, Whiskey Facts follows a crew of Montana skiers into the backcountry for a day full of pillows and trips to the whiteroom.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation works with local property owners and agencies to buy land and turn it over to the public

Former pro Jon Rose was chasing the biggest swells in Sumatra when the 2009 earthquake hit, and he spent the next decade providing clean water in remote disaster zones. Last fall his Waves for Water crew was in Saint Croix when Hurricane Maria struck, so the team did what came naturally: got to work.

Bad weather, an unscheduled rescue, and a mutiny wrecked the chances of two teams hoping to make daring winter summits

Temperatures were brutally low at this year’s running of the 300-mile competition, and one frostbitten competitor may lose his hands and feet. Is this just the price of playing a risky game, or does something need to change?

From women’s collective And She’s Dope Too and Backcountry.com, Moksha highlights a group of mountain bikers in Nepal who want to grow the number of women in the sport. 

The Lost Craftsmen, from Seeking Nirvana, highlights skiers Riley Leboe, Matt Margetts, Joe Schuster, and Mike Henituk as they explore Japan’s mythical powder stashes. 

Very few things are more conducive to conversation—real, deep, true conversation—than long rides. In the saddle, we inevitably end up sharing memories about moments and people that have affected our lives. Photographer Tracy Chandler spent months capturing the shared scar stories of these California cyclists.

She was a pioneer for women in the industry

After months of speculation, the 36-year-old Australian officially announced today that 2018 will be his final year as a full-time competitor on the WSL World Tour

If successful, he'd be the first to do so. Sure, he's had to bail twice, but that won't stop him from trying again and again.

Faction Skis’ film This Is Home features pro skiers returning to their home mountains for some truly remarkable sessions. This video follows Duncan Adams in Montana, Utah, and Switzerland.

From the North Face, Middle of Somewhere follows snowboarders Jake Blauvent, Blake Paul, and Austin Smith as they venture deep into British Columbia’s backcountry.

Onetime U.S. Ski Team racer Lisa Ballard, 56, never abandoned her skis—or the idea of winning a world championship

From Wildland Media, Beyond Trails in the Atacama follows mountain biker Lorraine Blancher on a cycling trip through the Andes.

In seasons with little snow, people make fewer trips to the mountains, which has a huge impact on local economies

Now that we know which mountains are on the Ikon and how much it costs, we wanted to figure out: Which is a better deal for skiers?

High-altitude alpinist Masha Gordon says it's time women claimed more peaks, and she has a plan to make it happen

As a fellow Asian-American female rider, following her career over the past few years has been an exhilarating ride

Either learn to ride difficult passages of singletrack or simply walk them. But please stop ruining the challenges for everyone with cheater stones and shortcuts.

With back-to-back sends of 5.15-rated routes, the climber made history in 2017. And she's just getting started.

Generations of mountaineers stopped at the small home in Pangboche for an audience with the humble, loving Buddhist

Ash Smith is the founder and race director of Trans Provence, an adventure bike race in the French Alps. Itinerology: The Workspace, from filmmaker Sam Needham, follows Smith as he tries to develop a technical, stunning, and rigorous course through France’s alpine landscapes.

From filmmaker Jonathan Nimerfroh, Slurpee Waves portrays a chilly bluebird day on the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Jessie Diggins and Kikkan Randall’s Olympic victory is a win for everyone

At 33 years old, she became the oldest woman to medal in alpine skiing—thanks to smart, restrained racing

Vanmoof Bike Company has a policy: if your bike is lost or stolen, they will either hunt it down for you or replace it for free. How? Each bike from Vanmoof has GPS technology, which allows a dedicated team to track down its location. In Bike Hunters: The One That Got Away, two of the company's bike hunters head to Casablanca to close a year-long case.

A permitting issue and public dispute between the mayor of Honolulu and World Surf League CEO Sophie Goldschmidt may have just killed surfing's most iconic event