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From filmmakers, Alex Gorosh and Wylie Overstreet, this video is a product of intense boredom.
Recent studies have arrived at the same blunt conclusion: the world’s last, big wildlands are disappearing at an alarming rate. Is there anything to be done?
The founder of Out There Adventures discovered power in nature while growing up gay. Now she's sharing it with the next generation—and taking the industry by storm.
For decades, park leaders have predicted that swarms of tourists could ruin public lands. Is anyone heeding their advice?
Like many beautiful, accessible natural attractions, Arizona's Horseshoe Bend has become too popular for its own good. Is it too late to protect it from hordes of Instagram obsessives?
There's no reason smaller feet should equal smaller ambition
Pet waste has become a major pollutant, both outdoors and at home
Trick, bribe, deceive, repeat
Because of drought and rising temperatures, wildfires in the West will grow so large and regular they could reshape entire forests
The Reluctant Enthusiasts explores humankind’s relationship with wild places through the words of Edward Abbey.
The entrepreneur believes that biohacking can rocket your body and mind to peak performance. His Bulletproof diet zoomed into the mainstream, his Bullet-proof coffee has everyone quaffing butter, and his Bulletproof books fly off the shelves. Now Bulletproof Labs is out to hack, well, everything.
Our travel writers found unsung surf breaks, breathtaking lodges, waist-deep powder, and high-alpine gastronomy in these perfect escapes
A new report finds that a startling number of environmental and conservation organizations aren't making efforts to report on internal diversity or actively pursue inclusion
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation works with local property owners and agencies to buy land and turn it over to the public
The acclaimed author of 'Wild' shares her process and philosophy with Tim Ferriss
When I needed to process my grief, the polar cold and isolation proved to be exactly what I needed
With the arrival of a long-rumored drink, endurance athletes want to know
If successful, he'd be the first to do so. Sure, he's had to bail twice, but that won't stop him from trying again and again.
For more than a decade, the educator and filmmaker has been championing women from marginalized communities who are making a difference in the outdoors
From filmmaker Sam Forencich, Invisible Oregon is a study in time, space, and infrared timelapses. Forencich converted both his Nikon D750 and a Canon 5D MarkII to use infrared technology to create this film.
From Tyax Adventures, Switchback Entertainment, and MBTA, and Norco Bicylces, Respect takes a critical look at backcountry mountain biking.
Navajo climber Len Necefer is using social media to remind us of our wild places' indigenous histories
A very serious look at the most fatal critters in the country
The future of the West depends on whether we can keep it in check
From filmmaker Gilles Havet, Scotia Symphonia is the product of a trip he and his family took to Scotland to see the Highlands, the Isle of Skye and the Hebrides.
The cinematographer of episode four talks log chasing, finding small but amazing stories in a vast ocean, and not being afraid of sharks
Existentialism, rabbit holes, and the pursuit of happiness—with a hundred miles of singletrack and a foot of airy powder thrown in
Don't try to justify what we do in the outdoors. Just enjoy it.
We need safe spaces from our addictive, IQ-lowering technology
A professional adventurer has to break a few eggs along the way—and, apparently, several bones and a skull. Mark Jenkins tallies up the most memorable injuries and mishaps from a life lived on the edge.
In Arizona, the Verde River was running dry, so Kim Schonek devised a plan to save it with the help of everyone's favorite malted beverage.
Ada Blackjack had no wilderness skills before she was forced to fend for herself on a remote Arctic island—and outlived four male explorers
A primer on who to start reading and who you've been overlooking for too long.
Drone pilot Hamza Mujtaba travels across the world to capture scenic landscapes and dramatic vistas. In this film Slovenia, he documents a journey he took to the wild nation he named the film after.
The simple reality is that, with a touch of nuance, we can have our mountain biking and Wilderness, too
In a world where our time and attention are fractured into smaller and smaller bits, legendary biologist and runner Bernd Heinrich is a throwback, a man who has carved a deep groove in his patch of Maine woods
“Big Sur” captures the musician's love of the California coast
From filmmaker and storm chaser Dustin Farrell, Transient is a collection of shots taken over the summer of 2017.
On a 5 month residency with the Native land's advocacy ground Utah Dine Bikeyah near Bears Ears National Monument, filmmaker Alisha Anderson had the opportunity to make a series of films about the tribal connection to nature.
Wouldn’t you like to get away? To a place where you can be pampered and just relax? Of course you wouldn’t.
Last winter, the author ventured to the tundra with an extreme tour company promising the ultimate digital renewal—ten days living with nomadic reindeer herders in one of the planet’s last remaining off-the-grid dark spots. Is it really possible to totally unplug?
An in-depth look at the GOP's full-scale assault on our 640 million acres of public land
Two bipartisan bills show how the left and the right can converge on public land policy
Researchers at the University of Montana found that nearby towns dependent on tourist dollars stand to lose millions
Filmmaker Adrien Mauduit will always remember October 2017. For three consecutive mornings, from October 17 to 19, he captured the sun rising over France's Jura Mountains to create this film Rise.
A team of scientists entered a glass bubble in the desert to live for two years cut off from society. Things didn't go as planned.
Hunting fights habitat loss and poaching, even in unstable countries
From filmmaker Colin Arisman and the Wilderness Awareness School, Remember Wilderness shares the tale of a relationship with wilderness that was once forgotten.
Over the course of 2016 and 2017 filmmaker, Michele Columbo shot this film The Light Within the Dolomites in Fassa and Gardena Valleys.
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He was the alpha male of the first pack to live in Oregon since 1947. For years, a state biologist tracked him, collared him, counted his pups, weighed him, photographed him, and protected him. But then the animal known as OR4 broke one too many rules.
Mikah Meyer, who's making his way through all 417 National Park Service sites and just happens to be gay, is willing to bet you haven't
Photographer Max Rive’s debut film Future Memories is a travel film about a journey he took through Greenland.
With his new book, David Philipps is the latest journalist to ride into town on a mustang. And he's come with some new material.
Border resort shuttered amid earthquake and volcano concerns after a series of underground detonations
As endurance predators, we should be able to catch anything—even one of the world's fastest animals
How a group of young activists changed the conversation at a public-lands conference—and where the outdoor industry goes from here
Camping along windy rivers in Gauja National Park, filmmaker Arvids Baranovs captured the brief window of color before it all turned grey.
A new photo book shows all the weird and wonderful ways we connect with wild spaces
Sometimes preparation is all about what you leave behind
Whether our writers and editors were drawn to flower and tree, bird and creature, or sun and moon, the outdoors wowed them in ways that never let go
Politicians seem to think so—but it won't help unless it's accompanied by more fire
When Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke's advocates for "traditional uses," what he means is industrialization
Fighting one invasive species with another has led to some famous horror stories. But biocontrol can be done right.
Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune on why the land is worth more than just the resources that are on it
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The former fastest woman to hike the AT is stitching together ambitious routes right in the middle of urban civilization
From timelapse filmmaker Knate Myers, Spellbound captures New Mexico's epic skies.
If you’re lucky, you encountered nature for the first time by running out the back door. During our writer's boyhood, a suburban forest was a gateway to learning, exploration, and natural splendors that shaped his life and career.
The world likes to tell us what we can’t do. For Kimi Werner—spearfisher, freediver, shark whisperer, chef, artist, and entrepreneur—the key to a badass life was learning to listen to a different voice: her own.
What you’ll take from the stories in this issue is that same bit of wisdom gleaned from all great adventure tales. We humans can endure far more than we ever imagined.
As the hurricane raged toward Turks and Caicos, our writer desperately looked for a way off the island
Trying to capture the essence of the season? Forget it. Just go running.