On an unseasonably warm September weekend six years ago, I capped off my first summer in Seattle with my first backpacking trip. The destination: Rachel Lake in...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
Maggie Rogers is listening to glaciers—not just in the symbolic sense, heeding the...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
The Flexlite Air story begins with a problem: how to create a camp chair that weig...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
Four top outdoors photographers each share a treasured image that still resonates ...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
On a rainy January day in Seattle, you’ll find most preschoolers tucked away in a ...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
Tangier Island, Virginia, sits in a 30-mile breadth of the Chesapeake Bay, a dozen...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
Ever since Walton Brush can remember, he’s been on a bike. After cutting his teeth...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
Old and famous city parks are good fakes. If you wander deep enough and keep your ...
A Department of the Interior plan for keeping U.S. national parks open during the record-long 35-day partial government shutdown earlier this year may have brok...
A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of Uncommon Path.
When Lorena Ramírez lined up among the elite runners for the 2018 Tenerife Bluetra...
The Start
Mountain bikes are everywhere: on car racks, in truck beds and vans, leaning against buildings, and pedaling up and down both lanes of this rural mou...
