When Shanti Hodges had her son Mason, she knew she wanted to share her love of nature with him. She saw a lack of organized outdoor activities for families and ...
Gone are the days of adults-only gear. The bustling aisles of this winter’s Outdoor Retailer trade show in Denver exemplified a big step forward when it comes t...
Some people take action against climate change by tweaking personal habits, like flying less, switching to renewable energy or using public transportation. Othe...
In 2008, Saint Anthony’s Church in the heart of Questa, New Mexico, partially collapsed. An adobe structure, it had stood in the town’s historic plaza since the...
A version of this story appeared in the winter 2020 issue of Uncommon Path.
A layering system tends to incorporate three pieces: a base layer, a mid layer and...
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...
