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 of

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 inspire us.

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, fo

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 A

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”? If the Petzl NEOX looks like the GRIGRI, lo

It’s camping season again, and that means more days on the trail, more campfires, and of course, more nights spent on the ground. Cue the image of a previously happy camper waking up with a sore back

“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 con

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 "side

The Uinta Mountains run east to west, which makes them an outlier among the Rockies, and that layout carves out basin after basin of high alpine lakes, more than a thousand of them across the range. M

A camp table is a camp table, right? Not so fast. You might have been using camp tables for as long as you've considered yourself an outdoors person, but we're willing to bet you've never seen one qui

In recent years, bikepacking has gone from a niche pursuit to one of the fastest growing facets of cycling, and brands have taken notice. As expected, this has produced a rash of questionably usefu

With the storm clouds from the day’s rain still lingering, the setting sun ignited the sky in intense golden light and vibrant hues of pink. Maneuvering my rusty Sprinter van through curve after cu

Jetboil reigns supreme when it comes to compact and efficient stoves for backpackers, but a few years ago, they decided to jump into the 2 burner stove market in a big way. The Jetboil Genesis 2 Bu

Bibs. They’re all the rage at the ski resort or the backcountry. You’re probably reading this article because A: you’ve finally decided you’re sick of getting snow down your pants, or B: you’re sic

Set in a verdant alpine bowl at 12,000 feet in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado is the awe-inspiring Ice Lakes Basin. The peaks that stand guard here top out over 13,000’, many of them fe

There are few climbing shoes as iconic, versatile, and well-loved as La Sportiva’s aptly named Solution. Anyone climbing in these shoes can attest to their precision and edging power. In short, they’r

While a solid headlamp is a necessity for any outdoor enthusiast, they're not all created equal. Between overly burly headbands, unimpressive light output, and incompatibility with certain helmets,

In an oversaturated tent market, it’s not easy to make a name for yourself. Big Agnes has managed to do exactly that and has been consistently at the forefront of the ultralight backpacking market, le

Are the difficulties of taking a toddler on a 200-mile hike worth the rewards?It’s 8 a.m. on an August morning, and I’m standing at the Mono/Parker Pass Trailhead in Yosemite with 40 pounds in my ba

Camping stoves are a necessity for all backcountry enthusiasts, and the number of specialty stoves released in the last few years prove this. We can all agree, whether you are ultra-light fast-packing

Before applying paint, Peter Parsons traced the letters on the back of his canvas rucksack. He wanted the 3-inch-high text to be perfect—no botched lines made by an excited hand. Parsons painted nea

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Size isn’t everything in a mountain. Neither is topographic prominence, or isolation, or vertical rise, or geologic age, or symmetry, or wildness. The best mountains, of course, are those