HIKING & CAMPING

Congratulations to Christopher Baker for winning the Winter Waterfowl Assignment with the image, “Gabbling Geese.” See more of Baker’s photography at cscottphoto.smugmug.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! Winner: “Gabbling Geese” By Christopher Baker

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. Moose are a lot of things: majestic, resourceful, an essential part of the ecological web. One thing they’re definitely not is domesticated animals. Judging by the fact that they keep

Home » News » Lachlan Morton Riding to Ukraine Border for War Relief: Donate Now ‘Conflicts are a bike ride away, all over the world.’ — Lachlan Morton. Not everyone would ride a bicycle into a war zone to protest a war. Austrian cyclist Lachlan Morton, as ever, is an exception. The celebrated cyclist announced

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. The Tennessee National Guard airlifted a severely ill Appalachian Trail hiker to safety on Tuesday after an illness left them stranded in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In a statement

It’s spring, and everyone is ready to get outside. The weather is getting warmer (mostly), the snow is melting, and everyone has a closet of brand-new gear they can’t wait to get on the trail. And, luckily for all of us, you don’t have to wait until the flowers start to bloom to get out.

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. Blisters: just hearing the word makes our feet ache. Getting one of these raw, painful wounds is the quickest way to ruin any hike, and although careful footwear selection and

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. Whether or not you believe in energy vortices, you’ll feel something special the minute you step foot on its trailhead. From multi-day trips to easy-access dayhikes, the trails around this

Mother Nature bestows the human eye with spectacular beauty. As I drive along the Oregon coast, I can’t help but notice the crashing surf as it pounds against the sea stacks at sunset. I feast my eyes upon majestic mountain ranges of rugged splendor. I admire the rolling hills of prairie farmland and sandstone arches

Home » Climbing » Petzl GriGri Explained: Understanding This Fundamental Belay Device The basics behind the Petzl GriGri, one of climbing’s most popular belay devices. While old-school devices such as the figure eight and ATC still have their place in the climbing world, the GriGri reigns supreme. Since Petzl’s first generation of the GriGri was

A good campsite is so much more than a place to sleep. It’s a capstone to your day of hiking, a scenic spot where you can sit down, relax, and end a great day on the trail with a great night, watching the sun go down and the stars begin to sparkle. Pitch your tent

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. Down jackets are essential to any backpacker’s winter and shoulder season kit, but when it comes to cleaning, they tend to get neglected. If your jacket is dirty, you may

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. Don’t let the temps (or rattlesnakes or scorpions) scare you: Phoenix’s local hikes are as hot as its summer heatwaves. The area, an urban island surrounded by wilderness, epic peaks,

Photo By Jon Reynolds Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Tracking the Trails” by Jon Reynolds. Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park, California. “As I snowshoed past Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center and ascended the snow-covered Lassen Peak Highway, I stopped to notice the myriad meandering tracks of more intrepid snowshoers down in the valley below,” describes

Home » News » Jam-Packed Reel Rock 16 Is Almost Here; Get Discounted Tix Now The ever-popular climbing film series Reel Rock returns this month with a loaded premiere you won’t want to miss. Four films spotlight the Wide Boyz, the world’s only known V16 barefoot boulderer, gay climbing icon Alex Johnson, plus Alex Honnold

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. It’s safe to say that no piece of media has ever changed how the public views the Pacific Crest Trail the way Wild did. First released in March 2012, Cheryl