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. A backpack is arguably the most important gear purchase for extended trips in the backcountry. But choosing the right hauler isn’t

Get the latest on treating backcountry illnesses and injuries in our monthly first aid column. As an ER doctor, I’ve seen wounds treated with a fantastic variety of home remedies, from coffee grounds to turmeric powder and crushed tomato—and once, delicately covered with the thin membrane from the inside of an eggshell. Plenty of interesting

Get the latest from the lightweight backpacking world in our twice-monthly ultralight column.  If you follow the trends of the ultralight gear industry closely, you may have heard of a new fabric known alternatively as EPL Ultra, Ultra 200, or Ecopak Ultra. Across the cottage industry that produces ultralight hiking gear, Ultra—we’ll use that all-encompassing

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. Carl Goodman has patrolled a section of the Appalachian Trail where it passes through the Great Smoky Mountains for 15 seasons. Five days a

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. Looking to tread a little lighter? Learn what to do (and what not to do) in our guide to Leave No

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. Looking to tread a little lighter? Learn what to do (and what not to do) in our guide to Leave No

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. Looking to tread a little lighter? Learn what to do (and what not to do) in our guide to Leave No

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. Most hikers do our best to travel lightly, sticking to the trail and trying to leave our campsites looking like they

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. We’re living through a hiking boom right now, with more and more people discovering the simple pleasures of taking a walk.

Car camping is a great way to get outside while still having some of the comforts of home along. Things like a spacious tent, a cushy sleeping pad, a cooler full of food and drinks, and a nice camp kitchen set-up can make camping outside just as comfortable as being at home except you get

Photo By Troy Harrison Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Wild World” by Troy Harrison. Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska. “A little brown bear cub poses in front of the distant mountains that make up the wide range of its home in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska,” describes Harrison. Want to get your images

Home » News » Yellow YETI: Check Out the ‘Alpine’ Color Collection The limited run of golden yellow coolers, drinking vessels, and camp blankets is only available this spring and summer. No brand really does ice retention to the same degree as YETI. In fact, the company has dunked so hard on the industry that

Bryce Canyon could be the most underrated National Park in America. Although the rock formations are not as towering as the Zion cliffs and the drop-offs are not as steep as the Grand Canyon, there’s something truly magical about the intricately sculpted hoodoos scattered around the park – not to mention the brilliant orange glow

Photo By fletcher231 Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Solitude” by fletcher231. Location: Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. “I captured this unique pastel sunset over a classic shot in the White Pocket area of Vermillion Cliffs,” describes fletcher231. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of

Ready to start pedaling? Protect your head with the best bike helmets of 2022. If you’re reading this article, chances are you don’t need convincing you should get a helmet. (Still on the fence? Get one!) But not all helmets are equal. Just as there’s a range of bikes, helmet designs are unique to the riding

Photo By Holly Jansen Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Big Sur Beach” by Holly Jansen. Location: Big Sur, California. “This iconic beach is visited by thousands of tourists every year, but it’s the winter solstice that makes it really special,” says Jansen. “The sun is at the perfect angle to shine through the arch