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The Greatest Grand Canyon Speed Runs, Ranked (Not By Speed)
We’re pleased to report, a crew called “Team Beer” came in at number one.
Meet Charlie Russell, the Man Who Talked With Bears
“When you want to get to know someone, you have to live in a place season after season, year after…
The Contested World of Classifying Life on Earth
For centuries, taxonomists have cataloged every living thing they could find. Expeditions have traveled the globe, searching for unknown species;…
Kona’s Founders Buy Back The Brand, Start a New Chapter
Gerhard and Heilbron, Kona-ing hard. Photo: Kona Cog Dan Gerhard and Jake Heilbron, the founders of Kona Bikes, have bought…
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Pedaling Away From Anxiety: Cycling and Mental Health
A mountain bike ride a day keeps the negative thoughts a way.
RetroModern Part 4: Climbing and Crying at Utah’s The Narrows
Emotional, fulfilling climbing at Utah’s limestone heaven near Salt Lake City.
Climbers Have Turned Mount Everest into a High-Altitude Garbage Dump, But There’s Hope to Change That
Yeah, Everest is getting messier. But there are great plans in place to change that.
The Time I Saved a Bear’s Life By Smoking a Spliff
Ever hear the story of the guy who got stoned, started singing, and scared a bear right out of a…
Building a New Bike Park Is Never Easy
You can’t ever have too much bike terrain. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to make more.
For the Love of Dirt: Watch ‘From Biocrust With Love’
The beauty, the mystery, the magic of desert dirt.
Revisiting Hell: Black Diamond’s RetroModern Series Heads Back to Utah Climbing History
Black Diamond climber Sam Elias is breathing new life into historic climbing routes. This time, Ice Cream, in Southeast Utah.
Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?
A lifetime of collection results in an albatross around the neck. Here’s how he wriggled free.
The Natural Beauty of Natural Bridges National Monument
Come for the natural bridges, stay for the stargazing.
How a Candy Bar Fueled Durango’s 52-Year-Old Bike Race
The second-oldest bike race in the country once had a humble purse. The winner received a candy bar.
Black Diamond RetroModern Part 2: Blood Meridian
Black Diamond climbers tackle the Ibex Crags. “Primitive camping very near to climbing, but hours away from civilization.”
Black Diamond Goes ‘RetroModern’ in Terrific Video Series
New Black Diamond series focuses on re-imagining and re-discovering historic climbing routes.
We Need to Know Avalanches Inside and Out
The average number of avalanche deaths per year in the United States has stayed the same for more than a…
The Family That Skis Together…Skis Together. Meet the Hagens.
The Hagens are pro skiers raising a family smack in the middle of some of Europe’s best skiing. For the…
Opinion: Culture Wars and an Embattled Utah Monument
Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument rarely leaves the news. The political tussle over this stunning expanse of red rock…
Freed Wolves Move Into Their Own Niche
What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December…
Wanna Be Happier? Build Better Connections
Is this book strictly adventure-related? Not necessarily, but considering when we’re out having an adventure, we’re out there trying to…
The Most Powerful Film You’ll See About the Iditarod Isn’t Really About the Iditarod — Watch ‘Apayauq’
Apayauq Reitan has completed the Iditarod sled dog race twice. The first time, in 2019, she finished in 28th place.…
In the Wilderness, You Can’t Always Get What You Want
When my friends and I encountered the fresh grizzly bear scat, we were deep in Wyoming’s Teton Wilderness, 20 miles…
What One Researcher Learned Studying Grizzlies for 40 Years
Bruce McLellan recalls seeing his first grizzly bear when he was only 4 years old. It must have made an…
The Burgeoning Science of Search and Rescue
On May 5, 2023, a 19-year-old hiker named Matthew Read headed out on a roughly 12-mile trek in an…
To Bolt or Not to Bolt? Feds Revive Wilderness Climbing Debate
Federal proposals have reignited the decades-old debate over the installation of permanent climbing anchors in the wilderness, reopening a rift…
Why Aren’t There More Websites Like the Encyclopedia of Surfing?
If you’re a skier, a climber, a runner, or a lover of outdoor sports like these, with long histories filled…
Ski Bum Culture Hits Reality
Nearly two decades ago, I moved to the mountains to be a ski bum, chasing snow. I was a stereotype—an…
Oh, Hi, Hello There, Welcome to 2023’s Most Charming Animal Photos
© Dakota Vaccaro / Comedy Wildlife 2023 It’s not fair to anthropomorphize animals, but, do you have any doubt they,…
Opinion: Keep Public Lands Public—Especially In National Parks
There’s a 640-acre parcel of magnificent, state-owned public land in Wyoming that’s set for auction unless the state changes its…
The Brooks Range Needs Your Voice
The rugged and remote Brooks Range (Gwich’in: Gwazhał) stretches 700 miles from Alaska’s Arctic into Canada’s Yukon. It’s home to…
Opinion: Saying Goodbye to Two Conservation Radicals
The West lost two larger-than-life conservationists this year, and while I considered both friends, they couldn’t have been more different.…
Three of the Most Popular National Parks in the Country to Require Reservations in 2024
The National Park Service announced earlier this week that Arches, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain National Parks are keeping their pilot…
Are You Suffering from Fat Ski Syndrome?
In 1988, the Atomic Ski Company engineer Rupert Huber was asked to make a powder ski that could float on…
Don’t Forget the Coffee
I’m not the careful backpacking organizer that I probably should be. Oh, once upon a time I was. But over…
Study Says Cyclists Care More About Community Good Than Drivers
Are you involved in strengthening the common good through social participation, political participation, being helpful to your neighbors and…
Powder and Mountain Gazette Release Milestone Issues
A brand is never really dead as long as its intellectual property still has value, and hallelujah for it.…
The 21 Best Thoreau Quotes
Henry David Thoreau could today have a fine career as a motivational speaker. If you need someone to light a fire…
Actually, Do Whatever You Want With Your Subaru
Unless you’re a search and rescue team member stationed near the backcountry and you need to be ready to drive…
Searching for Wisconsin’s Dugout Canoes
In July, at a boatyard warehouse on Chicago’s South Side, Tamara Thomsen inspected a roughly 15-foot-long canoe likely made…
Blowing the Whistle on Public Lands Abusers
Dozens of TVs, refrigerators, stoves, washers, dryers and abandoned cars had either been gunshot, torched or both. This place of…
We Can All Help Shape This Utah National Monument
When President Joe Biden restored the original boundaries of both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments in 2021, public-land…
Opinion: Trails Are More Crowded Than Ever, So Here’s an Etiquette Primer
The uppermost switchback on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park is eight feet wide. Yet the last…
If You Build It, They Will Come: Lessons on Trail Building from a Wyoming State Park
Between Laramie and Cheyenne, amid the rocky shrubland and aspen groves of Curt Gowdy State Park, 45 miles of trail…
Ode to John Fielder, One of the Best to Ever Raise a Camera to the Mountains
If you’ve ever bought a calendar or coffee table book featuring the grandeur of Colorado’s 14’ers, the stunning color photographs…
The Yellow Jerseys of the Fireline: Hot Shots Exert as Much Energy as Tour de France Riders
For three weeks in July, the world’s most elite bike racers climb steep mountains and sprint along historic cobblestones to…
Why We Need Bigfoot, Even if it isn’t Real
I brace myself as I open my email: Another note from someone who listened to my Bigfoot podcast, Wild…
Opinion: Leave Alaska’s Wild Bears in Peace, Please
Grizzly bears in Alaska that live around the town of Bethel, population 6,325, should have a good life as they…
Influencing, What, Exactly?
A spectacular picture recently appeared on social media of a young lady in Arizona. She was poised on the edge…
Sometimes Your Truck Breaks Down in a Gorgeous Basin and Your Life Is Forever Changed
Douglas Balmain weaved through mushroom fairy rings more lush than usual for this time of year, noting the expansion of…
The Dark, Spectacular Beauty of Astronomy-Adventuring
For years, small groups of astronomy enthusiasts have traveled the globe chasing the rare solar eclipse. They have embarked on…
The Story of a Bonk: Or, How Red Vines Saved a Life
I’d moved to Grand Junction months before and had gotten a good feel for the trails, but wanted a little…
Restoring the Land Can Feel a Lot Like Fun
Driving back to Colorado State University with a van full of students after a day of working to heal some…
Native Alaskans Show the Feds How It’s Done
Last August, after a long day at work, Karen Linnell tossed a couple of coolers and a bag full of…
What It Takes and Why It’s Worth It
I wake up antsy. I stand in the sun outside my front door and stretch my arms, staring at a…
There Goes My Hero
I grew up surfing in a place where it was pretty much standard to have the lineup all to yourself.…
First Ascent, Second Tower, Last Man
John Mowat on Symmetry Spire’s Durrance Ridge with Jenny Lake below. Photo: George Mowat. John Mowat remembers the day…
Man, I Really Miss My Long-Gone Dirtbag Gear Shop
It was on a busy thoroughfare in San Luis Obispo, California, occupying a squat, rectangular building with a brick facade…
Is the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Even True?
Over the past few years, a fascinating narrative about forests and fungi has captured the public imagination. It holds that…