As if being home to the world's greatest bike park wasn't enough
"I came for the winter but stayed for the summer." Ask a local in just about any mountain...
Adventurers of all skill levels know there are few tools as handy to have in the outdoors as duct tape. Got a clothing tear? Duct tape. Hole in your tent? Duct ...
The REI Co-op believes in the transformative power of spending time outdoors with others.
So in the spirit of bringing people together outside, the co-op is ...
The lottery loser’s answer to running the Hardrock 100
Every December, 152 ultrarunners receive a piece of magnificent news: they’ve been accepted by lottery i...
I don’t know if I’ve ever slept well before or during a climb. In fact, if I made a Top 25 Things I Like About Climbing list, “Getting a good night’s sleep” pro...
The best start to your stand up paddle board (SUP) adventure is not pulling into the parking lot. It’s rolling out of your sleeping bag, the smell of your coffe...
I’d pared everything down to the bare basics for this mountain bike trip—except for that bulky plastic clamshell I’d secretly zipped into my backpack when my fr...
Starting June 22nd, I’ll be visiting selected REI stores around the country to promote my new book, Sixty Meters to Anywhere, about how discovering climbing in ...
If the buzz in your head from fluorescent lighting, too much asphalt and a chronic case of the Mondays isn't fixed by your usual car-camping weekend excursion, ...
Settling into camp for the night in Vermont’s Northfield Mountains, we glanced into the trees at hearing the first of many barred-owl calls. The owl was unusual...
When you visit Arches National Park, you’re witnessing geology in action. Everything you see—towering pinnacles, buttes, giant balanced rocks, enormous walls ca...
Chris Harris of DirtLabs offers a look inside your suspension fork.
The first time someone fit a suspension fork to a mountain bike could be equated to the mom...
