At the planet's biggest ice-fishing tournament, held every January in Brainerd, Minnesota, 10,000 contestants battle 20-below temperatures for a $150,000 purse. Ian Frazier slips and slides among wily fish, cheese curds, and some of the greatest nearly frozen anglers he's ever seen.

From filmmaker and storm chaser Dustin Farrell, Transient is a collection of shots taken over the summer of 2017.

Big-wall climber Quinn Brett fell 100 feet while climbing El Capitan. Now paralyzed, she thinks back to her accident and reimagines her future.

The GOP tax-reform package will save companies billions. But it likely came at the cost of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and ANWR.

We recently sent reporter Paddy O'Connell to Aspen, Colorado hoping the kind folks in this ski town could help him define some of backcountry skiing's more arcane lingo.

Finland shares an 833-mile border with an aggressive and unpredictable neighbor. That proximity led to a major conflict during World War II—the horrific Winter War—and even now it keeps Finns nervous about Russia’s intentions. David Wolman suited up to train with the elite soldiers who will be on the front lines if this cold feud ever gets hot.

Rob Miller worked for seven years to develop a new line up Yosemite's tallest wall. In the end, it all came down to a few short moves.

From Salomon TV, The Art of the Turn brings together ski racers including legend Gunther Mader, champion Luca Aerni, and rising star Paco Rassat to define the perfect turn.

In an age of scattershot attention spans, Matt Warshaw’s opus remains a calming oasis. But if he can't raise $30,000 soon, it will disappear.

From filmmakers Paxson Woebler and Cale Green, Wild Ice highlights the endless opportunities for backcountry skating in Alaska.

On a 5 month residency with the Native land's advocacy ground Utah Dine Bikeyah near Bears Ears National Monument, filmmaker Alisha Anderson had the opportunity to make a series of films about the tribal connection to nature.

Did Donald Trump "steal" public land when he shrunk two Utah national monuments on Monday? Depends on who you ask.

And is that even legal?

Three months after the hurricane, fly-fishing guides wrestle with what the future of their industry might look like

Snowboarder Mikey Franco spent his formative years guiding and teaching clients in the sports. After a season-ending injury, he needed to find a new outlet and came across experimenting with shaping boards.

On a good day, driving down I-405 here in Los Angeles is considered the commute from hell. Yesterday, things got a little more literal.

Last winter, the author ventured to the tundra with an extreme tour company promising the ultimate digital renewal—ten days living with nomadic reindeer herders in one of the planet’s last remaining off-the-grid dark spots. Is it really possible to totally unplug?

From director Jon Glassberg and writer Caroline Treadway, this film documents Heather Weidner's attempt at trad climbing China Doll.

In the last 18 months, long-simmering disputes have boiled over amid claims of trespassing, political meddling, government bullying, and retaliation. Some worry that what’s happening there may harbinger what’s to come on public land across the nation. It’s enough to call the situation, well, you know.

We may never know who took the first full-color shot of Earth from Apollo 17, but asking the question is a space odyssey in its own right

After years of controversy, Nepal's Supreme Court has ruled that Pemba Dorje Sherpa's climb was unverifiable, returning the record to its previous holder

When she swam the notorious strait in 1926, Ederle beat the times of all the men before her. By two hours. In a violent storm.

REI and the North Face have joined the Ventura-based gear maker in standing up for our public lands

Before this weekend, everyone wondered: Is Shiffrin on track to become the best skier in history, or just the best in slalom and GS? Now we know.

The fight over Utah's Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments is just getting started

During a life spent in dusty boots and blue jeans, Cindy Rosser has saddled, ridden, roped, shoveled, and seen it all. Writer Andrew Tilin asked her to recount some of her most powerful memories.

A bee sting won't hurt you unless you're allergic—or so you thought until you disturbed a hive of African bees

Two bipartisan bills show how the left and the right can converge on public land policy

Early in his political career, the interior secretary irked fellow Republicans with his willingness to stand up for conservation. Things have changed, and whether you love or hate his ideas, know this: he’s one of the few Trump-era cabinet secretaries with the juice to make things happen, and he’s got the boss’s back.

From KGB Productions, Westward follows a host of weird, wild, fascinating ski characters who do things their own way.

Donald Trump just reduced Bears Ears by nearly 85 percent. Here's what you're saying.

Get ready for lawsuits. The five tribal nations that supported the formation of the monument say they will respond with legal action and continued collaboration.

From filmmaker William Biname, Evasion follows rider Zander Geddes as he escapes Vancouver to find flow in the downhill riding at Whistler Bike Park.

An in-depth look at the GOP's full-scale assault on our 640 million acres of public land

From Happy Handgrenade Productions, Dogs of War follows fly fishing guide Lionel Song as he pursues the annual catfish migration which sends Okavango Delta in Africa into a frenzy.

We asked a recent Appalachian Trail north-bounder to detail the most essential items during his 2,190-mile journey

In Teton Gravity Research's film, Rogue Elements, Casey Brown and Cam Mccaul sent Corbet's Couloir - on bikes.

Researchers at the University of Montana found that nearby towns dependent on tourist dollars stand to lose millions

Red Bull and the aerialists at Soul Flyers linked up to pull off this insane maneuver—guiding their wingsuits into a plane's cargo hold.

New documents suggest that President Trump's Monday announcement will involve downsizing the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by nearly a million acres each

In the final installment of Stio’s A San Juan Story, skier and narrator Oliver Sutro takes us through his process of leaving Telluride which involves skiing all his bucket list lines. 

The association that manages the West's premier national trail just paid $1.6 million to prevent a property owner from putting up a fence 150 miles shy of the Canadian border

The Himalayan Database has long been considered the place to find stats about climbs on the region's big peaks. Now, for the first time, that data will be free to the public.

When you picked some mushrooms off the forest floor, you planned to make a nice risotto. But now you're in the hospital, fighting for your life.

Photographer Dennis Schmeltz spent this past July cruising along the icy fjords of Greenland aboard a Russian sailboat.

For mountain biker Patrick Noonan, he's been used to many solo rides at 5 A.M. Sometimes it's lonely, but most of the time he finds peace and serenity in the quiet.

Filmmaker Adrien Mauduit will always remember October 2017. For three consecutive mornings, from October 17 to 19, he captured the sun rising over France's Jura Mountains to create this film Rise.

Being able to call for help from his watch helped saved John Zilles, but will wearable tech be a help or burden to search and rescue?

Arguments against opening the last great American wilderness to oil companies tend to get emotional, but the best argument may be the cost

Meet Ray Verseau, widely known as the world's best belayer. Not only has he created a career out of belaying, he's made it into a lifestyle.

Or a movie, or a game of spoons. The alpine racer isn't dusting the competition by slacking off. She's putting in the work, and then she's taking a nap.

A team of scientists entered a glass bubble in the desert to live for two years cut off from society. Things didn't go as planned.

Putting together an emergency supply kit

Our 40 favorite wild places, big ideas, foolhardy exploits, stiff drinks, trusty tools, and history-making, crazy-ass mofos

This past fall, local Vermonter Joe Cruz and I designed and scouted a bikepacking loop weaving together a selection of dirt roads, flowy New England singletrack, and rugged historic woodland paths to create a majority off-tarmac circuit of some of the world’s best and most coveted craft beers. The result is the Green Mountain Gravel Growler—a 248-mile loop that links 13 breweries.

Before Amazon and big-box stores, mountain shops like Eastside Sports dotted the West. Now, it's one of the last survivors.

Alex Honnold and Cedar Wright are known for sending incredible routes in remote regions around the world.

From filmmaker Colin Arisman and the Wilderness Awareness School, Remember Wilderness shares the tale of a relationship with wilderness that was once forgotten.

Over the course of 2016 and 2017 filmmaker, Michele Columbo shot this film The Light Within the Dolomites in Fassa and Gardena Valleys. 

Filmmaker Jason van Bruggen and his team from DOT DOT DASH spent May in Greenland at Swiss Camp Polar Research station with Dr. Konrad Steffen from WSL exploring the Arctic science that foreshadows and explains the impacts of our changing climate.

As mountain towns in the West struggle with the soaring cost of real estate, tiny Stowe, Vermont, remains an affordable bastion of outdoor living. It’s a place where ski bums aren’t an endangered species, good food and beer are plentiful, and everyone puts a premium on playing outside. Welcome home.

From skier, producer, and director Nikolai Schirmer with support from Black Crows, Shapes follows Schirmer and Flo Bastien as they explore the backcountry in Canada, France, and Norway. 

In this ski film from Dakine, skiers Sammy Carlson, Karl Fostvedt, and Lucas Wachs traveled to Hakuba, Japan in search of one epic storm.

Congress got closer to drilling in the "crown jewel" Arctic refuge with legislation that just cleared the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

At 82 years old, Dale "Greybeard" Sanders recently became the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.

What does it take to hold down some of the toughest, most demanding professions around? We talked to a bunch of hard-working folks to find out.

For a picturesque Tibetan village, an increase in tourists represents a complicated past and an uncertain future

This month's massive government climate report sounds the alarm about the rising risk of wildfire. Will the Trump Administration listen?

You're alone in the open sea on a surfboard, blown far offshore by a strong wind. What does it feel like? What do you do?

From Scott Sports and their athletes, Sam Cohen and McKenna Peterson, Peak of Ill Repute follows the team on a three-week skiing expedition at the base of Alaska's Fairweather Range. 

Damming rivers may seem like a clean and easy solution for Albania and other energy-hungry countries. But the devil is in the details.

From YETI and Talweg Creative, Sam follows Missouri duck hunter Steve Koehly and his dog Sam.

A few weeks back we posted Faction's This Is Home. Though the footage was sweet and satisfying, there was a lingering hope that they may provide us with a little dessert. And did they ever.

And why I can't live without personal projects—even if they don't mean anything to anyone else

From Stio, A San Juan Story follows a crew young skiers as they explore the endless opportunities surrounding the ski mecca of Telluride. 

A new report card ranks the Mountain West based on access, recreation, and responsible energy development

The Seeking Nirvana series is back with this year's installment Road To Nowhere. This season, skiers Riley Leboe, Mike Henituk, Joe Schuster, Matt Margetts are on a road trip for ski and swell through Vancouver Island. 

In this film from Salomon, pro skiers Kalen Thorien and Cody Townsend take twenty-two-year-old Swedish skier Lovisa Rosengren to Kashmir, India.

Skier Tom Wallisch alongside filmmakers Sherpas Cinema and the North Face just took it up a notch with this segment 'Inspiration'.

A remote car accident, a broken ski, a tumble in the snow, and a slow descent into hypothermia