Hostels are closing, volunteers are staying home, and trail organizations are advising hikers to cancel their plans

The resistance—and softness—of the sand and water will make you more versatile

You're gonna get hurt—count on it. Here are the new smart fixes for those inevitable breaks, tears, and strains.

As Katie Arnold found out in the September 2007 feature story, “The Alpha Geek,” world champion kayaker Eric Jackson and the rest of his clan can white water rodeo with the best of them. See more of photographer Jake Chessum’s shots of the fam in action here. For more of…

Jackson Hole ski patroller Mark “Big Wally” Wolling is still in critical condition in an Idaho Falls hospital after an avalanche buried him yesterday morning, reports the Jackson Hole Daily. Many Jackson residents' thoughts go out to the longtime ski patroller and his family. Wolling was doing routine avalanche-safety work…

Meet Austin Smith and Curtis Ciszek—these seasoned snowboarders are taking on a new kind of adventure challenge

If you train like a mailman—neither rain nor sleet will stop you—reach for these submersibles. The seamless upper is sealed with a Gore-Tex XCR liner and reinforced with a see-through TPU rand, which toughens the shoe without marring its clean look. The masochists among our crew raced up Colorado’s groomed…

It turns out that awe can cause feelings of greater belonging, generosity, and humility

Lessons learned at camp sometimes do come in handy

I couldn’t fix my dog’s behavior until we started running toward a shared goal—literally