HIKING & CAMPING

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. Ready to take that bucket-list trip? Backpacker and Modern Adventure already did the planning, found the best wilderness camps and views,

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. How long does that 5-mile trail take to hike? It’s probably the most important question when you’re planning a day or

Travel is picking up again, and a lot has changed. It may be trickier than it used to be to rally a group of friends to fly together to explore a new destination, but that doesn’t mean you have to sit at home this summer. Instead, book your next trip now through an outfitter like

Ok, let’s get it out of the way. Trekking poles may look a little nerdy, but we all just need to get over that. The second you give the best trekking poles on this list a try on your next hike or backpacking trip, I guarantee you will love them and never think of them

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. It’s not even novel to say it anymore: top national parks are experiencing an overcrowding dilemma. In 2021, forty-four National Park

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. Myth: Bears are always afraid of fire. Tell that to the Arizona black bear that pulled leftovers out of a campfire abandoned

Hiking isn’t just a hobby—it’s a lifestyle. Maggie Slepian tackles the hiking life—and all of the joys, problems, arguments, and weird quirks that go along with it—in her column. At this point in the year we are well into the northbound thru-hiking season. Appalachian Trail hikers might be deep in Virginia, Pacific Crest Trail hikers are getting

Photo By Steve Hirsch Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Teardrop” by Steve Hirsch. Location: Monument Valley, Arizona. “An off-road ride or horseback can take the photographer to a special place in Monument Valley,” says Hirsch. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day

Home » Biking » New Colnago Time Trial Bike for the Current Tour de France Champions On the eve of the Italian Grand Tour, Colnago unveils an all-new carbon TT1 time trial bike with pretty wild new aerodynamics. Developed as the new race weapon against the clock for UAE Team Emirates, the TT1 time trial

Last summer, my girlfriend and I were hiking through a remote part of Big Cypress National Preserve when, after innocently leaning up against a tree, she was swarmed by ants.  At first she only let out a yelp—ah, ants!—but within minutes, I saw a change in her persona. Hives began to form on her chest,

The full moon setting over Longs Peak from the summit of Twin Sisters, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. We all make mistakes and ruin our photos, particularly when we’re in a hurry and sleep deprived, as nature photographers often are. And we all try to learn from our mistakes. Sometimes the best I can do

Home » Water » SUP » Expert Paddleboarders Teach You How to Gear Up for a SUP Expedition Two expert paddleboarders share their advice on the skills you need before taking to open waters and how to pack for SUP expeditions. You don’t have to be an advanced paddler to learn from the experiences of

Want to know whether a piece of gear can stand up to serious abuse? Take it to the desert. We took advantage of Canyonlands National Park’s wildly variable spring conditions to put a new slate of dryland-oriented gear through the ringer. As expected, we faced all sorts of weather, from blazing 85° F days on

More than a hundred years ago, the Italian military crafted the world’s first via ferrata climbing routes to safely traverse the Dolomites during World War I. These “iron ways,” constructed with ladders and cables anchored into sheer rock faces, enabled regular soldiers to reach areas that were formerly accessible only to experienced alpinists. Ever since,

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. Whether you’re headed out for a quick overnight or trekking the Continental Divide for several months, your tent is the first