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Photo By Dipanjan Pal Today’s Photo of the Day is “Chase in Golden Hour” By Dipanjan Pal. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the

As a relative newcomer to New England, my first leaf-peeping season blew me away. For a former Pacific Northwesterner, the colors are jaw-dropping—except for a few glorious stands of golden larches in Washington State, there’s precious little autumnal color in the evergreen Pacific Northwest, where I spent the last decade. But fall in northern New

Home » Outdoor » Hunt / Fish » Watch Mathews Veteran Joel Maxfield Try to Close Out a Bowhunting Super Slam Taking all of North America’s big-game animals with a bow is a lifetime achievement and one that Mathews’ first employee has been working toward for 30 years. To complete his Super Slam, Mathews veteran

Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today. When Katmai National Park employees printed out some photos of the Brooks Falls bears in 2014 and arranged them in a

On a trek through Nepal a few years ago, I woke to find our guide squeezing a friend’s head with both hands, like he was trying to crush a melon. My friend had woken with a severe headache, maybe because of altitude, or else from a long sunny day in the mountains. The squeezing helped

Photo By Beth Baker Today’s Photo of the Day is “Solitude” by Beth Baker. Location: Munising, Michigan. “It’s not an epic or iconic shot, but it’s still my favorite from last year,” say Baker. “Driving along a stretch of rural road in the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan’s upper peninsula, you can occasional spot a

You don’t need to be a meteorologist to know that the weather in the Arctic—the northernmost region on the planet—mostly alternates between cold and bitterly cold. With an average winter temperature of negative 30 degrees, the Arctic has a well-deserved reputation as a proving ground for explorers who want to test themselves against the planet’s

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Home » News » Cold Digits No More: Eddie Bauer Launches Artificially Intelligent Heated Gloves  Meet the smartest pair of self-heating, self-regulating gloves on the market, powered by ‘clim8’ AI technology. Looking for a truly innovative outdoor accessory this winter? Look no further than Eddie Bauer’s clim8 Guide Pro Smart Heated Gloves. Designed to monitor

From the day I decided to get into photography, I’ve been like a sponge when it comes to absorbing new ideas and techniques, listening to suggestions and purchasing gadgets. As the number of photographers I met expanded in size, I realized some were equipment “junkies” that had to own every gadget on the market. Others

Home » Apparel » Finders Keepers: Brand Will Drop $10,000+ in Apparel ‘Somewhere on Earth’ Unorthodox outdoor brand Vollebak is giving away a bunch of gear to help you live through the end of the world (or just really bad weather). Imagine that a mad scientist designed super-high-end apparel to help him survive the end

When it comes to staying warm in cold weather, one of the most important layers is an insulated jacket. In the past, traditional down (feather) jackets ruled the market, but thanks to advances in fabric technology, synthetic insulation is now another top choice. Synthetic down jackets offer warmth and breathability at a more affordable price

Congratulations to Tom Elenbaas for winning the Sunbursts And Starbursts Assignment with the image, “McClure Pass Dawn.” See more of Elenbaas’ photography at www.tomelenbaas.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

Invented by the Israeli military to ensure that every rifle stays in the fight, the BuddyStrap could also come in handy during backcountry rescues. It’s hard to imagine that the latest tech for saving lives is simply a new kind of strap — but I’m not trying to argue with the Israeli Defense Forces. The