With its soaring red sandstone cliffs, signature buttes, towering monoliths, gravity-defying natural arches, and narrow slot canyons, Zion National Park offers visitors spectacular sights to explo ...

Depending on the type of winter vacation you’re planning, some resorts are better suited than others for your particular trip. A girls’ weekend is going to have a different vibe than a family vaca ...

Beneath the surface of some of the world’s most Instagram-worthy destinations—centuries-old cities, lush tropical rainforests, and tiny European towns, just to name a few—lay an eerie antithesis t ...

Few climbing shoe families run as deep as the SCARPA’s Instinct line. No matter your preferred style or discipline, there’s an Instinct for that. And climbers looking for a supportive sh ...

It’s a well-known fact that Utah has attracted a population of serious skiers—and yes, the terrain and snow quality in the Wasatch Mountains are tough to beat, so some of the world’s best and ...

Mention the term "backpacker hostel," and the first image that may come to mind is a no-frills accomodation full of bunk beds and college-age students backpacking around Europe. But, as some savv ...

The silver-mining settlement of Park City, Utah, almost became a ghost town when the mines closed, but its reinvention as a ski mecca has made it a gold mine for winter visitors. Located just ...

Anyone active in the outdoors community around Chattanooga has likely heard of Randy Wharton. The founder of Chattanooga-based nonprofit Wild Trails is also an ultramarathon trail runner, long-distan ...

Why Jetboil Stoves Are a Great Choice for Backpacking Backpackers far and wide know Jetboil stoves for their reliability and ease of use at the end of a long day on the trail. They pac ...

The national parks of the United States account for some of the world’s most glorious landscapes: ice-whittled peaks, abyssal gorges, primeval seashores, towering forests, kaleidoscopic deserts—wel ...

You’re not alone. We understand and we’re here to help. “Camp Fever” can be exhausting and very distracting this time of year. We all get it in some fashion, but not everyone ...

You planned this trip months in advance, hiked deep into the backcountry to catch a sunset worth every switchback, and now you are sitting in the dirt wishing you had brought a chair. The Big Agnes M ...

When you think of “wilderness,” what image pops into your brain? I’d wager a lot of you first thought of snowcapped peaks—or maybe a convoluted canyonland, a lake-pocked boreal forest, or some wi ...

The open road is a beautiful (and definingly American) thing, but there’s an awful lot to be said for getting the hell away from blacktop and gravel alike. And when it comes to ecological inte ...

Death Valley became a national park on October 31,1994 as a result of the passage of the California Desert Protection Act. But its history goes back much further: The 3.4-million acre park is a la ...

I’m a West Virginian at heart. I’ve had a love affair with the verdant and rugged topography of the Appalachian Mountains my entire life. I’m a firm believer that, with the bullet-hard sandstone o ...

Photo: Bjorn BauerSo you don't actually go on rad adventures every day?! That's ok, neither do we.Examining the truth behind amazing adventure pics on social media, who takes them and they inspi ...

No matter how much sport climbers hate to admit it, there are plenty of high-quality climbs with approaches longer than five minutes. And while some are adept at the timeless flip-flop approach, f ...

Today, we set out to tackle a question we run into all the time. What is the actual difference between the Wild Country Ropeman 1 and the Ropeman 2? The name’s the same, they look nearly ...

The word Matterhorn smacks of the golden days of Alpine mountaineering, and summons up the signature, craggy summit that even today tantalizes climbers. Indeed, it’s the Matterhorn of the Pennine ...

You’re probably wondering the same thing we thought when we first saw Petzl’s newest cam-assisted rope-blocking belay device — “Wait, isn’t that a  GRIGRI”? I ...

“Sustainable” and “ski areas” are traditionally not things associated with one another. However, since climate change has reached a tipping point, many outdoors enthusiasts have become more co ...

Flylow Higgins Jacket Review I know what you're thinking. March 1st is a little late to be writing reviews for ski jackets, but the truth is the snow keeps on coming and I have been a little "sid ...

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