The Asian longhorned tick is here, it spreads unbelievably fast, and the CDC is concerned. See the full post >

Mohamed Ukach was one of the winners of the Greg Siple Award for Young Adult Bicycle Travel in 2018. After learning some valuable bike travel skills on Adventure Cycling’s Intro to Road Touring course, Mohamed took nine people on their first bike camping trip in Omaha, Nebraska. See the full post >

The Nordfjord (guess what that means) region of Norway is, apparently, mountain bike heaven. Thomas Vanderham and Remi Gauvin here give the place a going over, but in a mellow, contemplative clip. Norway is the real star here, it just so happens that there are two world-class cyclists zooming around gorgeous singletrack. Now, if you’ll […]

Since June, two hikers have been confirmed killed, one is missing presumed dead, and one has been missing since November 23, in the area near Longs Peak and Mt. Meeker, both near Boulder, Colorado. If the missing hikers aren’t found alive, that makes four deaths in that one small stretch of the Rockies in the […]

What it’s like when you’re turned back by the blaze—and 88% of what you consider your second home is gone. See the full post >

Why do explorers still take risks to reach the Poles, even when most ‘firsts’ have been claimed and records broken? Avid Pole-seeker and featured contributor Leon McCarron explains. When I was 10, I wanted to go to the South Pole. When I was 15, I decided that I’d like to go to the North Pole […]

Wetsuits are so incredibly cool. Tough, even. Not so much the thin, brittle wetsuit tops you might wear above trunks to fend off a lukewarm tropical breeze, but the five or six millimeter thick, hooded suits of neoprene armor that allow surfers to chase waves along the frozen shores of winter New England, the drizzly […]

Rob Krar is a Canadian distance runner, a force in the ultrarunning world. Back in 2017 he suffered a devastating knee injury that meant no running, no training, little physical activity. It also meant stealing from Krar his sense of purpose and identity. Krar’s mental health spiraled downward to the point where he began having […]

‘Cause you could totally build your own weekend cabin. See the full post >

With the milder weather of spring comes the anticipation of new U.S. Bicycle Routes. While new routes won’t be officially designated until May, we are eagerly tracking several states that are close to finalizing routes. See the full post >