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Venture to Verbier, Switzerland, and be spoiled by high-alpine singletrack.
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.
American cavers were first to descend the 1,200-foot deep Sotano De Las Golondrinas, better known as the Cave of Swallows, in 1966. It’s one of the world’s largest cave shafts in the world and one of Mexico’s 13 natural wonders.
Long hauls to the mountains can get boring. More often than not, any beautiful landscape outside the car window is blocked by a huge serving of McDonald’s fries plastered on the side of a semi-truck. Now, a new project in Spain is transforming these eyesores into something people will actually want to look at. For the Truck Art Project, some of Spain’s best contemporary artists are partnering with commercial shipping company Palibex to convert 100 out-of-service trucks into moving canvases. The project launched with 10 trucks this February, with plans to introduce more this year.
Everything you need to start riding this summer
Available in two easy-to-carry sizes for your next backpacking trip
A cadre of talented new hikers are ready for the trail and beyond.
Earlier this year, adventurer Patrick Sweeney teamed up with professional mountain biker Rebecca Rusch to attempt something that's only been done once in history: climb and descend Mount Kilimanjaro on mountain bikes.
"He fell in love with that kind of escaping from society and hiding in the desert and the dust."
"Geologically speaking, a human life is only ten seconds long."
Our Local Epic is a documentary feature about saving the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River from development.
In the documentary 'The Last Time I Heard True Silence' former Marine Noah Cass enters a 50-mile wilderness race having completed only one marathon prior.
Our mission was to climb up and bomb down Africa’s tallest mountain, unsupported. As far as we could determine, Rebecca Rusch and I would be the first people to do so since two British cousins, Nicholas and Richard Crane, earned the first ascent in 1985.
Belgian photographer Johan Lolos spent a full year in New Zealand, posting pictures of his adventures on his Instagram account, @lebackpacker, working for the Lake Wanaka tourism department, and establishing a life where he gets paid to post. Here are his top shots from his year in New Zealand.
Third-party sellers are restitching old Petzl harnesses that are no longer safe to use. And Petzl is still seeking answers to a lot of questions.
If you’re going to buy a VW bus, it should be this one
Surfers, hikers, skiers, and just about everyone else in the West will continue to feel the effects of the Pacific weather event this year
Your sleeping bag is arguably your most important piece of backcountry gear.
"No one else from your previous life—before you start doing this—really understands what it is you're doing."
Kitsbow blends style and function with their new King Ridge Windbreaker.
These guys made a mountain bike video in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland—in the dead of winter.
Or one Outside editor’s commitment to stop feeding you nonsense
Three days, sixty rides, and as much beer as you can (safely) drink
The 10 best spots in Mammoth Lakes to capture epic photographs
Nine bright, floral-patterned reasons to buy cotton this season
For diehard gear geeks, there’s no more exciting category right now than jackets.
A conversation with the journalist whose 2015 surfing memoir, 'Barbarian Days,' just won the Pulitzer Prize, about tapping his passion for a book project, and what his favorite breaks are
Instead of making Sherpas carry ropes and hardware over the dangerous Khumbu Icefall, helicopters are now doing it
With its high peaks and pristine forests, there are few places more beautiful for cycling than Rocky Mountain National Park
Cnoc na Mara, an iconic sea stack off the coast of County Donegal in Ireland, makes for great climbing
An all-woman team traversed the eastern Pamir mountains, following along Tajikistan's borders with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China.
In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in 2 minutes or less.
The only thing we love more than our own dogs? Seeing all of our readers’ prized adventure companions. So all summer, we’ll be featuring a running gallery of our favorite pups. Use #OutsideDogs2016, we'll pick the best shots, and continue adding them to this collection. Here, a few hand-picked, photogenic creatures to get the ball rolling.
The award winning journalist and documentarian has spent the past several years immersed in combat overseas and its portrayal. Why is he stopping?
Told you you were in for some vehicular schadenfreude
With state funds dwindling, what to do with a thousand pounds of mammal on the roadway, blocking traffic and attracting scavengers like bears? Tow the carcass out and deliver it to the needy.
For all-around trail riding, nothing beats the 2016 Gear of the Year winner
By European standards, Ireland’s County Donegal, tucked into the country’s far northwest corner, may as well be Mars. But for adventure travelers, it’s a hidden frontier packed with wind-bitten landscapes to mountain-bike, rowdy coastline to surf, and 500-foot sea stacks to climb. That is, if you’re brave enough.
Spending the night outside just got brighter, cleaner, and easier.
The film examines some of the common myths surrounding the grizzly bear.
"The first time she went into the ocean it just seemed to fit her. I don't why. It's just her place."
"We Sherpa people have a great respect for the mountain. We call Everest 'Chomolungma'. She's the mother god of the earth."
These trails in New Zealand are straight out of the stuff dreams are made of.
Seriously, you won't find trails like this in North America.
The forgotten history of Brazil’s mosquito wars—the greatest public health victory you’ve never heard of
IndefinitelyWild’s weekly roundup of new and interesting developments in the outdoors. This week: ultralight tents and New Jersey on fire.
We tested the 2016 Toyota Tacoma around Santa Fe, New Mexico, pushing its off-road capabilities to the limit.
Take flight with paraglider Théo de Blic in the French Alps.
Watch to get an intimate glimpse into the lives of Kay Grayson and her bears.
Set to a John Muir quote, narrated by none other than mountain climber Lou Whittaker—outdoor films don't get better than this.
Love it or hate it, people are whipping around dirt courses on bikes with motors. Last weekend, the Sea Otter Classic, an annual event in Monterey, California, that celebrates the arrival of bike season, held the first-ever large-scale eMTB race.
What Mike Horn will eat when he walks to both poles
A $70,000 4WD SUV convertible? Yeah, it's weird and yeah, it's niche. But if you like to go far, far into the backcountry in comfort and with the top down, this is your rig.
Thanks to a high protein and fiber content, spent brewing grains make energy bars that will give you a serious (non-alcoholic) buzz
Adventure in sport is a microcosm of the ups and downs you experience in life—here's how to work through it together
Turn your mountain bike into a long-distance machine with these well-designed haulers
Attempting the Hardrock 100 in winter—with avalanche danger, buried trails, no aid stations—is almost unthinkable
Chose from 22 bits, then wrench, screw, and cut away
Mina Guli ran 40 marathons across seven deserts on seven continents in seven weeks. Here's why.
Meet Vitaly, a Siberian man who builds skis from timber and coarse animal hair.
The new POC Tectal helmet brings us backcountry search and rescue technology.
We've partnered with Thermarest and Portland, Oregon's Pickathon Music Fest to showcase some of this year's best new music.
Five exercises for improving strength in the posterior chain, the runner's propulsion powerhouse
Young, tech-savvy adventurers are taking sponsors and funding away from grizzled, old-school explorers who aren’t strong on Facebook and Twitter. But they don’t always pull off the awesome feats they say they will.
This new wireless electronic component group represents a giant leap forward in shifting technology
Our love affair with this iconic truck only got stronger after a week behind the wheel
Do you want to see the bears return to the North Cascades?
A new tent promises to be one of the strongest on the mountain. At $975, it'd better be.
Rooftop tents weigh way too much, cost way too much, and are a pain to use. We just fixed all of that with our newfangled rooftop-tent-on-the-ground design.
What can your half-marathon performance say about making the jump to full marathons? We crunch the numbers.
The third episode of Season 5 of Salomon Running TV follows runners Max King and Ellie Greenwood as they explore Barcelona on foot.
This all-women expedition team set out to ski first descents along the western coast of Greenland.
Lauren Meade quit her job at a dental office in Georgia to work as a guide in the New River Gorge.
Our ongoing Weekly Escape series transports you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less.
Watch Nine-year-old Nate Pruzan expertly drop into Corbet's Couloir at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
Women’s gear is niche no more. It’s hard to imagine a world in which women didn’t have access to outdoor gear that’s optimized for them. But that wasn’t always the case: ill-fitting apparel and hard goods were the norm for women as recently as 20 years ago, and even now,…
Monterey, California’s annual Sea Otter Classic kicks off bike season and offers the first glimpse of next season’s hottest gear