Julie Brown is a freelance journalist based in Reno, Nevada. She often heads into the Sierra Nevada mountains to ski, bike, climb and hike. A former managing editor at Powder magazine and a former contributing mountain bike editor for the Co-op Journal, her work has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, SFGATE, Tahoe Quarterly, the Ski Journal, and more. REI member since 2010.
The Green River flows 730 miles from Wyoming to Utah—through ranches, cities, Native American reservations, endangered fish habitats, and sought-after whitewate...
When news reports last spring indicated a program that helps millions of children access public lands was in danger of expiring, Jackie Ostfeld knew she had to ...
Today the U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan bill that would protect millions of acres and hundreds of miles of wild river in a 92-8 vote. Pending approval by th...
A new multiuse trail connecting Washington state to Washington, D.C., is more than halfway complete. Called the Great American Rail-Trail, the route makes use o...
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of pedaling fast on a bicycle—legs burning, sweat dripping, wind nipping against your skin—when suddenly, a voice shouts ...
Last September, when Justin Salas arrived in Innsbruck, Austria, to compete in the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Championships, he knew there...
Editor’s note: Trails are just one part of a community that must be cared for after a wildfire. This article focuses on the efforts communities in California ha...
In the middle of summer in the high desert of Nevada and on the alpine slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada, the trails were so dusty I was breathing in dirt. S...
When I zipped up my mountain bike jersey earlier this year, I felt an all-too-familiar sense of disappointment. It was tight in the shoulders and too short. Whe...
Whether I’m running to the local co-op market to buy groceries, checking out a book from the library or meeting up with friends at the wine bar, chances are I’m...
Catcalling, verbal harassment, unwanted touching, following and kissing, flashing and rape—these are the forms of sexual harassment and assault women and men sa...
There’s a new trail in a spot I like to ride that winds up switchbacks through tall Jeffrey pines to a lookout. It replaces a steep, eroded elevator shaft that ...
