Walking for This Amount of Time Every Day Could Add Years to Your Life
How long your walks are—not step count—may influence your long-term health, according to a new study
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Is That Summit Selfie Legit? Experts Tell Us How to Spot a Fake.
Recent allegations of phony summit images on the world’s highest peaks ignited a debate in the mountaineering community. We asked photography experts how to spot a hoax.
‘From Rails to Trails’ Tells the Story of One of America’s Most Unlikely Movements
A new PBS doc narrated by Edward Norton follows the 60-year fight—and triumph— to convert abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking
Yosemite Rescuers Pull Off Daring, One-of-a-Kind Save for Stranded Climber
The highly specialized rescue technique involves a helicopter used to insert a rescue ranger on the cliff face above a stranded climber. A weighted beanbag, which helps in high-wind situations, is then attached to line that’s tossed to the injured climber.
An Inside Look at Outside’s 2025 Winter Editors’ Choice Testing Trip
Maine’s 100-Mile Wilderness serves up world-class cross-country skiing, deep solitude, and cozy creature comforts
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Detour Guides
Our feature collection of Detour Guides across the U.S. is here to help you discover the road less traveled
A Snowstorm Hit Yellowstone. Chaos Ensued.
More than 30 vehicles were involved in mishaps after a snowstorm tore through the area. Now, park officials have reopened most of the roads that were closed for the last few days of the 2025 season before a full winter closure.
Can You Replace BOA Laces By Yourself? I Found Out. Swearing Was Involved.
BOA honored their lifetime guarantee and quickly supplied new parts and instructions; I provided the labor. Here’s how it went.
Watch Jim Morrison Become the First Person to Ski Mount Everest’s Hardest Route
It’s the first footage to show ski mountaineer Jim Morrison’s ascent, summit, and history-making first ski descent down the Hornbein Couloir on the direct north face of Mount Everest. His party was only the sixth to ascend the route, and the first since 1991.
We Asked Alex Honnold to List the Top Climbing Feats of 2025
Five questions with the ‘Free Solo’ star about his upcoming skyscraper special, the best sends of 2025, and how Hollywood can nail rock climbing
A Hiker Has Died After Falling Off Mount Whitney
The 99 Switchbacks is a 2.2-mile section of the route that gains 1,800 feet of elevation as it quickly zig zags upwards. Recent snow made this part of the mountain particularly perilous over the weekend.
Adventure
This New Climbing Film Captures the Terrifying Splendor of K2
In ‘K2—Chasing Shadows,’ French alpinist Benjamin Vedrines shares his emotions high on the flanks of the world’s second-tallest peak
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Health
The Surprising Limits of Human Endurance
This idea of a “metabolic ceiling” sparked lots of discussion, but it also left some open questions. Does it really apply to top-level endurance athletes—like, say, Kilian Jornet?
Travel
A Total Solar Eclipse Is Coming in 2026. The Time to Plan Your Trip Is Now.
These are best destinations for adventurous eclipse chasers, with tips for making the most of this rare celestial event
Culture
‘Game of Thrones’ Star Trades Battling Dragons for Fighting for Our Future
Outside talks to actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s about his docuseries ‘An Optimist's Guide to the Planet,’ what keeps him hopeful in 2025, and his love for getting outside—even if it’s just a bike ride in New Jersey
Editors’ Picks
- Blair Braverman’s 'The Day Leap Soared' Is Inspired by a Real Sled Dog
- They Built the First Ever Adaptive Trail Network. Then They Made an Epic Film About It.
- How to Live Like a Sloth, Listen Like an Owl, and Grow Like a Lobster: What Animals Can Teach Us About Living Well
- Quannah ChasingHorse on the Vital Importance of Indigenous Perspectives
Long Reads
What I Saw in Yosemite Says Everything About the Future of Our National Parks
The administration, they said, was performing what one former NPS official called “facade management,” ensuring that visitor-facing services like fee stations, campgrounds, and yes, bathrooms, appeared to be functioning smoothly. But, parks advocates say, these aren’t the vital signs that indicate the health of a national park. Experts who understand how parks actually work say they’re in trouble.
Gear
Clog Season Is Officially Here. These Are the 4 Pairs I Wear Non-Stop.
And, yes, Crocs are on the list
Listen
How To Walk Through—And Away From—A Digital World, with Craig Mod
The most influential digital designer you've never heard of found an anecdote to the noise on Japan's ancient walking routes
What Does It Look Like When America's Park System Starts to Crack?
The State of Our National Parks
Outside and RE:PUBLIC reporters went deep inside three iconic national parks to see how America’s public lands are holding up under pressure
This fall, RE:PUBLIC and Outside have partnered on a series of on-the-ground reports from iconic parks, where our writers spent the late summer and early fall documenting the real-world effects of budget cuts, staffing shortages, and deferred maintenance across America’s public lands. RE:PUBLIC is a nonprofit journalism initiative that funds and co-publishes deeply reported stories about the future of public lands, working with leading media outlets to bring these issues to a national audience.
When we first started talking with the team at RE:PUBLIC about collaborating on a public lands package, we were circling the same question: What does it actually look like when America’s park system starts to crack? Not in abstract terms—budget lines or agency memos—but on the ground, where visitors and rangers see the effects firsthand.
That question sent three writers into three very different national parks: Yosemite, Great Smoky Mountains, and Rocky Mountain. What they found wasn’t always visible from the trailhead or a scenic overlook, but it told a deeper story about what’s really happening behind the glossy brochures and Instagram-perfect views.
Taken together, these stories offer an unfiltered look at the state—and fate—of our national parks, from the crowded roads of the Smokies to the privatization movement in Yosemite to the ranger stations of Rocky Mountain, where even the most dedicated staff are running on fumes.
—Abigail Wise, Brand Director, Outside
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