You might be surprised to learn that the biggest environmental and social impacts at climbing areas are not caused by blatant misbehavior, but by the often over...
A 100-mile line through the heart of the Colorado Rockies -- 14 14,000-foot peaks -- has become the intersection of mountaineering and ultra distance trail runn...
Sometimes the best way to discover rivers is through a child’s eyes. In this new video from American Rivers, produced by filmmaker Skip Armstrong, we follow eig...
Fat-tire bikes are taking over ski towns from Colorado to California. The best part? You don’t need deep powder snow to have the best ride of your life.
If y...
Let’s talk numbers for a moment. Did you know there are 1,440 minutes in a day?
In late 2012, we dreamed about what it would look like to showcase how our co...
Episode 6 of Patagonia's #Find_Away series, AK Girls Way, is dedicated to the memory of Liz Daley, who was lost to an avalanche in Argentina a few months after ...
On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made the successful free ascent of the Dawn Wall, the hardest big wall free climb in the world.
“It take...
If road running is a sophisticated urbanite, trail running is its scruffy lumberjack cousin—laidback and a little rougher around the edges. The beauty of either...
If you thought finding the right shoes for everyday life is hard, think about finding the right hiking footwear for rugged terrain and carrying weighted packs!
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From human-powered to horse to machine, there are many ways to find fresh turns. James Heim, a pro skier, shares his favorite modes of transportation around the...
So, you’ve decided to get yourself the funnest camera in the world. I know, funnest isn’t a word, but it’s tons of fun to use—just like the GoPro.
A video ca...
When injury forced REI member, Magda, out of the 2008 Olympics, her love for the sport—and what she calls the magic of running outdoors—drove her to new persona...
