Graham is a senior writer at Bike and a regular contributor to Outside and Backpacker. He lives in Asheville, N.C., where he rides his mountain bike as much as possible, but never enough. REI member since 2012.
Breaks Interstate Park isn’t like other parks. Encompassing a wild parcel that runs along eastern Kentucky and western Virginia, it’s among a handful of interst...
The 2019–2020 winter season marks a landmark year for skiing in the American Southeast. Six decades ago, The Homestead, a small resort in Virginia, became the f...
The crosscut saw is an impressive tool. At six feet long, with sharp teeth and smooth wooden handles on either end, it takes two people moving perfectly in unis...
Winter camping doesn’t have to mean cold nights, thick sleeping bags and snow-covered tents. It can just as easily involve T-shirts, sunscreen and, most importa...
Evy Leibfarth still remembers her first kayak. She was 4, the boat was bright pink and she loved it. Now, 15-year-old Leibfarth is in a different craft—one buil...
Asheville, North Carolina, is a confusing city. On the one hand, it’s as refined as any town in the South, home to artists and creatives constantly pushing the ...
Fall is prime time for bouldering in the Southeastern United States. Cool weather and retreating poison ivy lure climbers like me back into the woods to our fav...
Alabama has a lot going for it: amazing barbecue sauce, scores of hiking trails, a college football dynasty, a place in the space race and more water than most ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is among the most biodiverse landscapes managed by the National Park Service, with more than 19,000 documented species livin...
Peek out the window as you fly into Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world’s busiest passenger airfield, and you’ll understand why this S...
A 253,000-acre swath in the Central Appalachian Mountains will be protected, thanks to a land acquisition by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) announced earlier this...
The South is known for its hot and muggy summers, but the mountains offer a breezy respite from the rising mercury, especially if you spend your afternoon at a ...
