The entrance to Indiana Dunes National Park isn’t a historic monument standing sentinel on a sweeping landscape, like Yellowstone’s. To reach it, one doesn’t dr...
Ireland’s lively capital originated as a Viking settlement around 840 A.D., but just upriver was an Irish settlement called Baile Átha Cliath. Today, Irish spea...
For the past eight years, Janet Hensley has lived in a van from March to November, never straying more than a few minutes from the Appalachian Trail (AT). The 5...
A version of this story appeared in the winter 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.
It’s early fall in Whistler, Canada, and professional skier Eric “Hoji” Hjorleif...
We’ll be the first to admit: Winter camping is a little bit masochistic. But these new pieces of gear are designed to make it a little more bearable, if not dow...
Scott Douglas started running at age 15, right around the same time he began noticing a chronic, low-level state of depression, though he didn’t have a name for...
Traveling Europe by train is an adventure in itself, but railways are the very definition of “the beaten path.” However, if you think trains are only good for g...
True to Texas style, Big Bend National Park is massive. The 800,000-acre park, located along the U.S.-Mexico border, is larger than the state of Rhode Island by...
The mercury has dropped precipitously, the days are painfully short and the trails are buried beneath a thick blanket of snow. But that’s no excuse to hibernate...
A version of this story appeared in the winter 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.
You’re carving smooth turns down Buddy’s Run at Colorado’s Steamboat Resort, capp...
With nearly 40 percent of Ireland’s approximately five-million residents living in the Dublin metropolitan area, it’s super easy to get off the beaten track in ...
Lightweight, streamlined designs went head to head at the Outdoor Retailer trade show last week in Denver, with brands prioritizing sustainable materials and ma...
