REI Co-op’s editorial staff is a team of passionate editors, writers and producers. We’re dedicated to covering the outdoors: the people who inspire you, the issues and events impacting our community, the skills and gear you need for your next adventure, and the places you want to go. Learn more about our editorial guiding principles.
It all started with a Kickstarter campaign to create the first-ever, all-female ski film.
"Pretty Faces" celebrates women who thrive in the snow. The concept... Read More...
The outdoors have never been so accessible with technology, used to plan and track every last detail of a trip.
After reading Edward Abbey's "Desert Solitair... Read More...
Follow along with REI member Ali from Decatur, Alabama, as she describes why she loves training.
"Exercise is a real meditative state."... Read More...
REI members Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! to help tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the African-American community, and to provide s... Read More...
Warning: There's a whole lot of cuteness here.
Watch five-year-old and REI member Evan explore the wonders of Rocky Mountain National Park with his dad and e... Read More...
Hit the trail with a pack that fits your trip and your body. This infographic shows you how. It includes instructions for measuring your size and making all the... Read More...
Three REI members and best friends took three months to ride from Chicago to San Francisco, with a "quick" detour to Portland, Oregon, along the way. In this vi... Read More...
"When I am up in the mountains, skiing and hitting big jumps... to me, it's just an escape."
REI members from Bend, Oregon, spent the night in a snow cave, b... Read More...
Ultramarathon runner and REI member Catra Corbett talks about how running helped save her life as she approaches her 100th 100-mile race.
"All my life, I hat... Read More...
REI member Andrew Eaton is thru-hiking the 2,180 mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 90 days. He's part of Peaks for Peace, a group of outdoor enthu... Read More...
