On August 31, 2018, President Donald Trump named Raymond David Vela as his pick for the 19th director of the National Park Service (NPS). If confirmed, the 28-y...
If you have social media or are connected to our current tech-savvy world, there’s a good chance you’ve experienced some FOMO (fear of missing out). Or maybe yo...
An hour before dusk on the South Rim Trail in Big Bend National Park, I was searching for words to explain how I felt. Standing on the edge of the Chisos Mounta...
Filled-up campsites, parking woes and crowded trails are just part of getting outdoors sometimes. Instead of going to the parks everyone knows about this Nation...
In the last few years, the term “public lands” has been spoken about with increasing regularity. You’ve likely seen it in news articles, documentaries and even ...
On Thursday, Alterra Mountain Company, the new Denver, Colorado-based company that owns more than a dozen ski resorts around the country, announced it’d be brin...
In September 2017, Sydney Williams was stand up paddle boarding with her husband in San Diego, California. It was a sweltering day, her paddle was warm and she ...
In the middle of winning her first mountain marathon in 2010, Swedish endurance athlete Emelie Forsberg stopped for 20 minutes on a mountaintop to eat a piece o...
When seeking inspiration for a new line of travel packs, KUHL founder Kevin Boyle was drawn to the rugged design of Norwegian military backpacks—boxy waxed-canv...
At the end of September, a bipartisan program that has helped conserve our public lands for the past five decades will expire, unless Congress takes action. Tha...
Editor’s note on September 2, 2018: This article was originally published on December 22, 2017. The Salomon S/Lab Shift MNC Ski Bindings are now available for p...
“Glamping” has emerged as the buzziest of buzzwords in the outdoors. Camping itself has always existed on a spectrum, from minimalists sleeping in remote wilder...
