How do you begin mountain biking without breaking your face? Our two newbies are back for more first-time fun, this time on mountain bikes. You have to see this...
Getting out for your first backpacking adventure can feel daunting, but it is easier than it looks. Learn about the Ten Essentials, Leave No Trace, and other ba...
Portola, California, is a former railroad town in a northeastern pocket of the state called the Lost Sierra. A 50-minute drive north of Reno, this area is rich ...
It’s an unseasonably cold summer morning in Boulder, Colorado. Heidi Wirtz and I had planned to meet a few hours earlier at 5am to log a full day of cragging on...
Rebecca Rusch on how to take risks and carve your own trail.
Rebecca has been called a modern day wonder woman and the queen of pain for her ability to ...
What happens when people start dreaming around an old industrial site? Apparently, one of the biggest bike parks in the country.
Big Marsh is a steel mill t...
My first slot canyon running experience was life changing—the intricate twists and turns of Utah’s Buckskin Gulch, one of the longest slot canyons in the world,...
As a co-op, we’re a different kind of company. We put purpose before profits and act with the long-term interests of our members in mind. Being a co-op also mea...
Sure, the cone was pyroclastic—a technical term meaning “sometimes spews lava”—but it seemed to be done erupting. So Rosaly Lopes and her advisor proceeded with...
On May 20, Malene Blikken Haukøy, a 26-year-old ultrarunner and member of the Norwegian National Ski Mountaineering Team, and Lars Erik Skjervheim, a 37-year-ol...
Your standard firefly serves as a wonderful hallmark of summer in the South, but Western North Carolina and East Tennessee have a corner on two species of fire...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke chose this National Trails Day, June 2, to designate 19 new national recreation trails. These newly designated trails, but not new...
