Vail’s upcoming GoPro Mountain Games aims to keep the sport’s mountain culture at the forefront of the competition

Alex Milan and Mathilde Treille built a custom aluminum-frame camper for their 1996 70 Series Land Cruiser

We need basic outdoors gear to make it work

You can’t bring Harambe back, but you can help keep wild gorillas alive—if you chose to do something positive with your outrage

We sat down with climber Mike Libecki to talk about his new film Poumaka, which follows his wild first accent of a jungle tower on a remote French Polynesian island.

The most pivotal climbing moments in Yosemite’s storied history, from some of climbing’s most celebrated athletes and voices

Squamish is home to a vibrant culture of mountain bikers and trail builders, a combination that manifests in world-class mountain biking trails

The Width of Life is a short film from Black Diamond that pays tribute to Dave Pegg, a pioneer in the Rifle, Colorado climbing community.

'Our World Is a Beautiful Place' is a collection of photographer and filmmaker Michael Shainblum's favorite shots

Martin's Boat is a film that honors environmentalist Martin Litton, who was known for pioneering the use of Dories on the Colorado River in the 1960's.

The public trust doctrine is increasingly invoked by environmental groups seeking sweeping, long-term solutions to problems like global warming, ocean acidification, and destructive resource extraction

Ace Kvale and his dog Genghis Khan set out on a 60-day, off-trail backpacking trip to celebrate Ace’s 60th Birthday.

We caught up with Ace Kvale and Brendan Leonard at 5Point Film Festival to discuss their new film 'Ace and the Desert Dog'.

'Road to RedHook' follows four talented women as they gear up for the second year of the women’s Red Hook Criterium in Brooklyn, New York

We sat down with filmmaker Dan Mirsky at 5point Film Festival to discuss his latest film, The Width of Life.

'Power of the River' is an adventure documentary that features a first-ever fly fishing expedition on unexplored waters in Bhutan

Shareable fitness data has been instrumental to the success of Adrian Ballinger and Corey Richards’s push up Everest. Will it change how the mountain is climbed?

When a group of canyoneering beginners were swept away in a flash flood last September, it was the worst disaster in Zion's 97-year history. And it illustrates a growing question: How far should national parks go to keep their visitors safe?

"I think your average Joe can identify with these videos and actually go out and do this. Not everyone can do a back flip, or jump off cliffs—this is attainable riding for most."

In her sixth ascent of the world's tallest peak, 32-year-old Melissa Arnot earned one of the few prizes left on the mountain

The discovery of human remains in Costa Rica complicates theories on his mysterious 2014 disappearance

A behind-the-scenes look at the journey of the Hōkūle‘a , one of the most epic sea-faring adventures of modern times

Ten or so percent of it, anyway

Charleston-based photographer Drew Doggett’s recent project, Shadow’s Alight; Portraits of the American West, is the result of 14,000 miles traveled in a 23-foot airstream, visiting 21 national parks. Doggett has spent much his career photographing foreign places and people whose communities are in imminent danger due to development and a lack of conservation efforts. But he wanted to turn his lens toward his own country. In celebration of 100 years of our National Park Service, Doggett set out to capture some of America’s most classic scenes to see how they’ve changed, how they’ve stayed the same, and ultimately why they’re worth protecting. Here, Doggett shares a few favorites from his recent project.

Alpinst Emily Ward was determined to be a better climber than before her cancer diagnosis

Reynold Sexton is a pioneer in the Atlantic salmon fishing industry, and he has an important message for the future generation of anglers

The United Arab Emirates wants to build an artificial peak to make it rain in the desert-bound cities. Let's just say the experts are skeptical.

We thought you might like to know about the little guys—the ones that generated the least visitor spending in 2015. Go visit them. You can rest assured they won’t be crowded.

Mountain biker Matt Silton flips over his handlebars on a drop while riding Dakota Ridge Trail outside of Denver, Colorado

At just 6,288 feet, this would be considered a hill anywhere else

One ultrarunner who keeps getting lost at sea has all but proven that trying to pedal a giant hamster ball across the ocean is not a good idea

Filmmaker Oakley Anderson-Moore traces the golden age of climbing on a quest to understand more about her father, a pioneering dirtbag from the era

In the aftermath of deadly earthquakes this year in Ecuador and last year in Nepal, California structural engineer Kit Miyamoto went in to get a read on the damage

"You know, there was this whole other world. There was the outdoors. There was the wilderness."

Filmmaker Michael Coleman created this short nature film to celebrate Muir's birthday this past April

Tim Kovar travels the world helping people scale giants

The crew at Coldhouse Collective describes an encounter with an inquisitive polar bear in Greenland

When a group of immigrants set out across the desert, the results helped researcher create the Death Index, a new model for dehydration.

It takes more than a little rain and high winds to keep pro surfer Jamie O'Brien and his crew from getting after it.

Do you want to see lightning? NASA just crunched the numbers and came up with the destinations where you’re most likely to see a bolt.

'Crossing Bhutan' is an upcoming documentary that follows four veteran athletes as they attempt an unprecedented human-powered, border-to-border crossing of Bhutan

Our new Play Now series highlights an epic POV clip so you can get in on the action even when you're stuck behind a desk

Yes, that's the combination of the words "climbing" and "bouldering", and the term is used to describe climbing on buildings (go figure).

'Unacceptable Risk' is a documentary that follows four seasoned firefighters responding to record-breaking fires in Colorado

"It is good to have a partner in life, though, that you can share this stuff with."

The strategy behind taming the province's biggest conflagration

"I can't wait to see him on the river for the first time. That first wave that comes over the boat. Best thing in the world."

"But what made it all so special were those single, quiet moments when you're surrounded by the majesty of nature and all of its subtle sounds."

On April 29, Dan Hacker busted out his skis for one last run in the green mountains of Vermont.

A 747 jet gets converted into a fire-retardant-dumping airtanker, just in time for wildfire season

Nine Sherpa guides setting rope lines on the upper part of the mountain have become the first of the season to reach the top of the world's highest peak

Eli Bouchard may be the youngest snowboarder to land a double backflip.

"My cerebral palsy contributes to my unique cadence and my poor balance, but I refuse to let it define who I am."

Lhakpa Sherpa ​​has climbed Everest more than any other woman—​and now she's on the mountain trying for her seventh summit​.

Last July, filmmaker Jake Strassman and his impressively mustached friend Travis Halverson took off on a midsummer's camping trip in the Gore Range of Colorado.

Day 9: Warner Springs. Mile 109.

As a tributary to the Klamath River, Blue Creek is a cold-water lifeline for some of the greatest salmon and steelhead runs remaining on the West Coast.

Jon Krakauer’s obsession with what killed the star of ‘Into the Wild’ has persisted for nearly 24 years. Whether it was ignorance or arrogance, do the details still make a difference?

A city-wide survey of Portland's moss helped scientists to target a likely source of the city's air pollutants

With the San Andreas “locked, loaded, and ready to go," now's the time to assemble your quake kit

Our new Play Now series highlights an epic POV clip so you can get in on the action even when you're stuck behind a desk.

Arborist David Milarch is renowned for helping California coastal redwoods migrate northward to survive the dangerous climate changes that threaten their current habitat.

'Human Nature 4K' is a collection of powerful images of the natural world that remind us all of our connection to the environment.

Ever wonder what it's like to hike the ever-more crowded PCT? I'm about to find out.

Surfing is rife with stereotypes of laid-back, tanned athletes in tropical locales. But go beyond the surface and you’ll find some of the most interesting subcultures in sport, from bike-and-surf gangs to teenage girls who ride in Bangladesh.

A firsthand account from northern Alberta’s devastating wildfire

The husband and wife duo of Eusebio and Christina Saenz de Santamaria have set freediving records all over the world. Possibly more impressive than their diving skills is the pair’s photography.

Who says compound bows and bikes don't mix? (But seriously, this is fun.)

"You know when your mom thinks you're going to be a pharmacist, and then you tell her that you want to spend your life as a rock climbing guide..."

We asked Jim Delgado, NOAA’s director of maritime heritage, to help us compile this list of the 10 most iconic missing ships waiting to be discovered.

Pablo Valencia spent six days wandering the 110-degree desert before stumbling into McGee's camp. He shouldn't have been alive, but he was.

An amusing albeit brief look at the basics of adventuring outdoors.

EPA district administrator Jared Blumenfeld talks about why he’s escaping it all, and how to be a pescatarian on the 2,650-mile trail

And yes, the bald eagle is on that list

What it's like to call for help on the open ocean

It might be bougie, but it may be better than having more people on the mountain

Dave Powers hits the slopes at Snowbird Mountain Resort six days a week, averaging 130 days a year.

Veteran Marty Pigue lives and works on the side of Highway 62 in Southern California, picking up trash to protect the environment.

The Isimba Dam threatens the rapids and consequent rafting and tourism industry that local Ugandans depend on.

Lowe’s climbing partner, Conrad Anker, and his widow, Jenni-Lowe Anker, talk about a dramatic discovery that comes more than 16 years after he and climber David Bridges vanished in a Himalyan avalanche