A day’s walking isn’t just about that one panoramic view; it’s all the little things and thoughts that make it unique and unrepeatable. Leon McCarron slows down and charts a day’s hike, in all its miniscule, minor and molecular detail. Perhaps it’s the early light that wakes me, filtering in and diffracted through tent fabric. […]

Uncrowded single track mtb beauty along the jewel of California’s Central Coast. See the full post >

Not that YOU’D ever need this skill, but maybe you know someone who might. See the full post >

Thanks to an intrepid group of Welsh explorers setting sail from their homeland in 1865, a small slice of Argentinean Patagonia will forever be Wales. John Malathronas investigates. A sign in Spanish hangs on a Monterrey pine: “Malacara, let your memory live with my heirs”. Clery Evans—one of those heirs—points at a corralled grave, the […]

Hoka One One’s new trail runner cuts down on the cushioning, juices the speed. See the full post >

In the late 1800s, she sent it and then some. See the full post >

For a skiing expedition with a twist, adventurer Huw Kingston journeyed to Tajikistan’s remote Fann Mountains, where you’re more likely to spy untouched glaciers than you are any other travelers. Because there are none. “Fancy skiing in the Fann Mountains?” my friend Dave asked me. “Doesn’t seem like anybody ever has.” I’m not very good […]

Watch as a first-time backpacker pushes through exhaustion and near-breakdown on one of the country’s most spectacular high altitude treks. See the full post >

He’s everything she wants—except for being a partner in the great outdoors. Should that be a deal-breaker? See the full post >

Conservationists, scientists, and the US Forest Service often disagree on whether to manage burned forest or to let nature take its course. See the full post >