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The latest pictures, videos, and statistics from the epic winter storm, which has brought record flooding and dramatically assuaged the drought
When the Director of the Sierra Club, Stacy Bare, returned home from Iraq he thought he had two options; go back to the war or kill himself.
In a multimedia production from Junkie XL and Red Bull Media House, Wavey Waters presents an alternative look at music.
From E9 Clothing Company, Because I See is a reflection on the sport of rock climbing.
Whether in Texas or Uruguay, the core of a cowboy is the same: a connection between man, animals, and the land. Brooklyn-based photographer Luis Fabini, who was born in Uruguay, spent the last decade photographing these men across North and South America and has narrowed down thousands of images into a new book called Cowboys of the Americas.
The mountain biking community in Bentonville is stellar and growing quickly. Within that community is a rad rider named Tandie Bailey.
He's spent the last three years chronicling the lives of couples who have swapped mainstream society for rare kind of freedom
On January 8, Discovery is launching a new six-part series titled Everest Rescue. The show follows a group of helicopter pilots as they perform extreme rescues on Everest.
Photographer Seth Langbauer’s favorite moments from the 20th annual Bozeman Ice Festival
We asked the best pow chasers we know how they make it work in some of the country's most famous winter resorts
During his life in marine parks, Tilikum killed three people, and the troubled whale sparked big changes at SeaWorld
Has a young Dutchman found the solution to all that plastic in our oceans?
Mountains were the cornerstone of Stephano's life. When a knee injury took this away from him he found solace in his offseason training activity, cycling.
Twenty-years ago Dan Osman set a world record completing the Bear's Reach route of Lover's Leap in 4:25. A young climber at the time, Alex Honnold, was completely inspired by the feat.
Faced with immense amounts of time and little money, Gaz Leah set out on a project that would turn NYC bouldering on its head.
When a creature mysteriously turns up dead in Alaska—be it a sea otter, polar bear, or humpback whale—veterinary pathologist Kathy Burek gets the call. Her necropsies reveal cause of death and causes for concern as climate change frees up new pathogens and other dangers in a vast, thawing north.
This past year we saw daring adventurers rewrite world records, struggle mightily against the harshest environments, and perform feats no one had ever seen. From the deserts of the West to the mountains of the Himalayas, here are the most badass adventures of the past year.
The careers of Reagan cabinet members Anne Gorsuch Burford, who led the EPA, and Interior Secretary James Watt ended in scandal. Though their modern counterparts act similarly, Congress and the White House don't seem to care.
We’re going to make your first smart decision of the new year a quick and easy one
Australian conservationists want to lease animals to private landowners. Environmentalists are not convinced.
Trump's order to review the national-monument designations of the past 21 years seems to be the first concrete intimation of rolling back the protections all together
Cold-water swimmer Lewis Pugh has stroked across a glacial lake and around icebergs in the Antarctic. What’s his secret?
Staring down a grizzly, setting off explosives, acting onstage—all these activities were part of Red Bull’s Performance Under Pressure camp. I went for a week and came away a different, more mindful athlete.
Pro adventurer Eric Larsen, who's spent the past 20 years exploring the Arctic, on why the President's move to protect the Arctic and Antarctic came just in the nick of time
With Ethan Pringle at the forefront, El Capitan takes a look at the presence of mind brought on by climbing.
In this series from Dior, Tales of the Wild brings you into the lives of four men who are truly wild.
Vogelkinderen, which translates to “bird children,” is Buter’s portrait series of the children training under falconer Karel Geurts.
Plenty of people are hesitant to camp solo, but for women, many of whom deal with catcalls during mundane morning jogs, it's harder to dismiss imagined sexual predators lurking in the woods. The author explores why she heads out alone anyway.
With diehard shredders picking up their season passes, how many actually understand—or even read—the liability waiver every resort requires its pass holders to sign?
From the people who live it season-round
Whether you’re planning a quick-hit escape or you want to chase powder all winter, we’ve got the ski-resort beta you need
We'd been using crosscut saws for more than a millennium when the glitzy chainsaw became available to homeowners in the 1970s. It's time to give the old standard another chance.
A native of San Francisco, Louise Sanseau grew up skiing 5-15 days a year. But between high school and college, she took a wilderness trip that changed her course forever.
What environmentalists hope to accomplish before the 44th president leaves office
In high school, Adam Clark took a boat trip to Alaska with his mom. The trip was designed for photographers and though he didn't have a camera of his own, he showed promise and drive.
After many years of travel together, Jim Slinger and Andrew Tip Taylor revisit The Noatak River after a 35-year hiatus.
The decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to block the Dakota Access Pipeline arrived just as internal tensions threatened to fracture Standing Rock's Oceti Sakowin camp
The pioneering astronaut was the first American to orbit earth. He died Thursday.
President Obama signed a bill that would finally measure the size of the industry—and lobbyists can't wait to flex that muscle
In a new film by NRS and We Are Hungry, a crew of French kayakers travels to the frigid waters of Iceland.
Jackson Hole has always been a hideaway for the more unique characters in skiing. Wild Bill is no exception.
Matthias Giraud is a pioneer in the world of extreme ski BASE jumping.
Even if protesters resist evacuation orders and police actions, they’ll still face the difficulty of living outside in North Dakota
The governor of Oklahoma—and front-runner for the Secretary of the Interior position—is aggressively pro-extraction. Uh oh.
A plan for a drive-up climbing center on the north side of the mountain also includes the mainstays of a modern resort: lodging, restaurants, and a museum. Is this the future of the world's highest peak?
In 2007, Doug Walker found three dusty boxes at a flea market in Los Angeles. Inside were more than 30,000 negative film strips discarded by Surfing Magazine, all of them from the 1970s.
The 22-year-old Olympian is preparing to launch off an antique, currently defunct jump in New Hampshire to remind people of the sport's great, overlooked past
Deep in the heart of Jackson Hole's backcountry, a new snow sport is emerging; snow kiting. With a combination of sailing and flying it allows kiters to fly high above the treetops.
How to start from scratch and expand your horizons
Bike sharing was launched in the United States seven years ago, and it's about time we considered whether the systems are actually benefiting cities and their residents
Just in time for fall, rider Ryan Howard shreds the impeccable terrain of the Ozark Mountains.
Professional vehicle dwellers share their tips for making the most out of life on the road
Filmmaker Octave Zangs was deeply troubled political developments threatening Oregon's public lands. He decided to highlight it's value in making this film Our Land.
The assassination of Goldman Prize-winning activist Berta Cáceres last March shocked the global community. But in her home country of Honduras, where more than 100 activists have been cut down in the past five years, it was business as usual.
In the middle of nowhere Nevada lies a world renowned couloir called 'Terminal Cancer'. After skiing it six years ago, Cody Townsend met a snowmobiler who told him, "Oh yeah, there's way more out there."
During her four-year tenure as Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, a former oil-industry engineer and CEO of REI, has helped designate 18 new national monuments, increase youth engagement in the national parks, and limit access for energy exploration. As a Trump administration with very different views on conservation prepares to take the reins in Washington, Christopher Keyes sat down with the secretary to discuss her legacy—and the uncertain future of America’s public lands.
Secretary of the Interior tells all: what's next for the Department of the Interior and the environmental movement?
It’s too early to know for certain what a Donald Trump presidency means for the environment and public-lands policy. But we have some ideas.
Genesis, the latest edition of The Shadow Campaign from DPS skis, takes a look at the origins of human existence.
Before the Aspen colors were gone, Brandon Mathis and Terrance Siemon took off on a 28-degree morning to capture this video, 'High Country Trailblazing'.
In Wyoming's Great Red Desert lies a stretch known as the Great Basin. In this video, Brigham and Hawkins trek out in these harsh conditions to conquer the trail.
Cyclist Danny Chew was 783,000 miles into his quest to ride one million miles when he was paralyzed in a bike accident. Now he's determined to finish the job on a hand cycle—and his friends at Pittsburgh's Dirty Dozen race are banding together to help him reach his dream.
One of our most iconic wild places is under threat from mining and development interests. Two journalists hiked 800 miles to remind people why they should care.
A new bill before Congress aims to protect the Wasatch mountains from further development while accommodating different uses
Fresh off their acquittal in Oregon and emboldened by the election of Donald Trump, the Bundy brothers are promising more extremist takeovers across the West
The Czech climber just conquered one of the world's hardest routes in record time
Mt. Elbert is Colorado's tallest 14'er and one of the few that's open to cyclists, so lead rider Mike Hall and follow-cam rider/filmmaker Nate Hills decided to take on Elbert at peak foliage
On November 11, a 30-foot swell rolled across the Pacific, setting in motion the first-ever all-women big-wave surfing contest in the World Surf League. It was one for the record books.
Lessons I learned from organizing a homeless-youth outdoors program and how you can apply them to improving your own corner of the world
A few summers ago, professional skier Rob Aseltine took to #VanLife in full force. When the car eventually let him down, he needed a new vehicle to access the same mountains.
On Oct. 5th, Valery Rozov looked over the edge at 7,700 meters above sea level. He leapt over a huge glacier and flew by his old record set in 2013.
Mike Gamble had a vision to bring the Tron Light Bike effect into mountain biking. The task wasn't easy.
From picking the right vehicle to carrying the right stuff to planning the right itinerary
In this episode of A Skier's Journey, Forest Coots and Chad Sayer's explore where modernity meets tradition.
Pro skier Kit DesLauriers had a goal; to ascend and then ski the highest peak on each of the seven continents.
Across the country, in local and state elections, Americans voted to preserve and expand outdoor spaces
A new study looks at whether stories about PEDs in the mountains have any truth to them