The air is colder, the days are shorter and the leaves are changing colors. Take the cue and do some routine maintenance on your bike so you can keep riding thr...
The National Park Service (NPS) recently announced that there will be five free-entrance days in America’s national parks in 2020. Those dates include:
Monda...
In August 2018, two of the world’s best skiers met for a drink in Portillo, Chile. Cody Townsend had an idea that he wanted to get Chris Davenport’s opinion on....
As a co-op, we believe that a life outdoors is a life well lived. We’re dedicated to protecting and advocating for the lands we love, and that starts with under...
Editor's note: This article discusses the topic of suicide. If you or someone you love is experiencing suicidal thoughts, reach out for help by calling the Suic...
Evy Leibfarth still remembers her first kayak. She was 4, the boat was bright pink and she loved it. Now, 15-year-old Leibfarth is in a different craft—one buil...
It’s breakfast time at Mulberry Gap Mountain Bike Getaway and the final day of the third annual Bikepacking Summit, a three-day grassroots event that’s equal pa...
The last thing you might expect to see driving across the flat plains of Oklahoma are the bouldery, 1000-foot-tall Wichita Mountains. They bubble out of the pra...
Cheryl Varner won’t say what time she gets to the mountain on a powder day. But she will tell you it’s still dark and it’s earlier than you think. “I’m an early...
The biggest piece of lifesaving gear you carry into the backcountry might not be something you even know you have. It doesn’t need batteries or a subscription. ...
Bob and Leif Whittaker didn’t spend much time together while growing up in Washington. Eighteen years older, Bob left home around the time Leif was born to purs...
In 1965, Jim Whittaker, former REI Co-op CEO and the first American to summit Mount Everest, led Senator Robert F. Kennedy to the top of a mountain. There, they...
