Inside the St. Paul tunnel well-illuminated by good night lights! (Courtesy Spokesman-Review)The Route of the Hiawatha is surrounded by green trees in the St. Joe National Forest. Note the high trestle in the distance. Hi all, I've always …

“Handmade”, our film about DIY shaping, is done and dusted. The boards were ridden around the world and the film’s been released (which you can watch above, if you missed it), along with our interviews with the shapers about what drew them…

Residents of the rural Indigenous Mexican farming community of Donaciano Ojeda have made it their mission to protect their local forest from logging—and in so doing, to guard the monarch butterflies that land there each fall following thei…

Sporks are one of the backpacking industry’s greatest inventions. It’s a wonder that they’re not more widely used since having multifunction utensils would be such a great way to cut down on the plastic utensils polluting our oceans and ur…

The annual 5Point Film Festival trailer reminds us to reach for our highest ideals and live our best adventure. This year is no different. In 2007, Julie Kennedy founded the 5Point Film Festival. In 2012, her husband Michael Kennedy, one o…

An Eastern Sierra Photography Jamboree will provide photographers opportunities for recognition, exposure and cash prizes this weekend in the Bridgeport Valley. The photo exhibit/contest is open to all amateur and professional photographer…

The North Shore surfing community came together earlier this week to put on the most roots surf contest you can imagine, in memory of their dear friend Chas Chidester. The competition was a fast and loose affair at the high-performance pla…

Shop Talk: Ep. 1 This is our first podcast (which is also streamed live for Youtube). Check out the video or podcast links below...We plan on doing more podcasts with different guests and covering a wide variety of topics from fly tying ma…

Have you gotten outside much this winter? Here in Upper Left USA, winter has been throwing us lots of rain, snow, and sun, so I've gotten good use of my rain and cold weather gear. Some hiking, some skiing, a getaway, it all has been fun b…

The blade pulled firm as it sliced, then caught. Energy swept through my body. I was in that moment, acutely aware of being alive. As the blade completed its arc, darkness engulfed it. In the foreseeable distance, ice didn’t seem to pose a…

For some, dog sledding is a controversial topic. There are those who argue that the dogs are mistreated or abused when they are used to pull a sled. But in some parts of the world, dog sledding is a part of the history and culture of the p…

When the speaker mentions your name and says that the winner 30 years ago was called Alberto Gnerro, it’s then that you understand that time inexorably passes. But Sunday we certainly weren’t there to celebrate the past. One lives for the …

However you define “big miles,” here are tips to do your first 10, 20, 30 or 50-mile day hike. A few weeks ago, I posted a story on Instagram about re-hiking Cactus to the Clouds, a dayhike called “one of America’s hardest and deadliest” b…

I never drank coffee in the morning. I would have a few sips, get super shaky and feel my heart beating in my ankles, and reach for green tea instead. Then I met Ben. When we met, Ben drank coffee every morning, and then some in the aftern…

“A completely ridiculous project,” is how an unnamed man describes the concept outlined in the trailer above…and the guy has a point. The project in question, “Ice Edge”, is a film about a group of Norwegian surfers committed to shaping a …

926F, the alpha female of the Lamar Canyon Pack, stands at edge of the Lamar River during the winter of 2016.Melissa DiNino Two shadows slipped across the frozen landscape and away from a freshly killed elk. Their movements quick and light…

6 sierpnia Filip Babicz ustanowił nowy rekord przebiegnięcia Orlej Perci w Tatrach. Ten bardzo doświadczony wspinacz i biegacz pokonał słynny szlak w 1h 04′ 23″. Filip Babicz startuje z Zawratu do rekordowego biegu po Orlej Perci Filip pob…

This backpacking recipe for dehydrated risotto allows you to make delicious homemade risotto quickly and easily in the backcountry without using a lot of fuel.We love risotto. For us, it’s top of the list in terms of comfort food. On a rai…

As much as I would love to have this post be a final “send”-off trip report (see what I did there? ;)) before we head west to climb in Ten Sleep, it just didn’t happen for me this past weekend at Hidden Valley. Certainly not for lack of tr…

After humming and hawing over gear selection I'm finally packed for the GR 5, which is good as I'm leaving on the sleeper to London tonight!I've mostly ended up taking tried and trusted items - main changes from my last long walk are pack …

If you need a simple, go-to marinade recipe for venison, this is it! Soak venison steaks in this Easy Venison Marinade Recipe and then fire up the grill. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) This marinade recipe works great on just about any cut of v…

It’s a dilemma we’ve all contemplated: TO invite friends or seek true isolation in the wilderness. A bond forged between friends while adventuring through a mountain forest has an unmatched purity and strength, but truly experiencing the s…

Tourists and travellers are suggesting complete and utter absorption in nature, even if you’re visiting the USA for the best camping experience. 1. Auto camp in Santa Barbara of California This is a haven of romance and peace amid palm tre…

Today, an assortment of local and national groups, globally-respected scientist organizations, denounced the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) release of draft management plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monumen…

The American Mountain Guides Association and Outdoor Research have teamed up to put together some really high quality videos. In this video, AMGA Instructor Team Member and former AAI Guide Larry Goldie demonstrates how to back up a snow p…

Calling all alloy bikes, calling all alloy bikes — this is the seatpost you’ve been waiting for. With a comfort-tuned design that’s also lightweight, the new Zipp Service Course SL Carbon Seatpost is a no-brainer for gravel bikes, alloy bi…

Last week we shared a beautiful video that captured the Dolomites of northern Italy during the winter. If you haven't had enough of those spectacular mountains yet, then I'd direct you to the clip below, which takes us back into the Dolomi…

When pro snowboarder Austin Smith needed a place to rest his head between his off-season surf sessions in Baja, he teamed up with a few buddies to build out a previously gutted box truck. From a Home Depot parking lot to the beaches of Baj…

Author: Lace Thornberg September 06, 2018 Have you ever seen a gorgeous photo of a wild place and thought, “I want to go there … NOW”? Maybe you’re even daydreaming about the awesome scenes from southeastern Oregon on Outdoor Research’s In…

KATHMANDU, Nepal — When Geoffrey Chang, an Australian trekker heading to Mount Everest Base Camp, woke up with chest pain, his Nepali guide pushed immediately for a medical evacuation, saying he had a serious case of acute mountain sicknes…