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Apr 26, 2025

The Best Women’s Ski Pants of 2025

　　From first chair to après, ski pants are an integral piece for staying warm and embracing style. Womens ski pants are also utilitarian tools for the snow season, from running errands around town to sledding, shoveling, and walking the dog. And the evolution of snow pants for women means you dont have to give up function or fashion. 　　Womens ski...

Apr 26, 2025

Discover the Adventurous Side of Washington, DC

　　Washington, DC is justly famous as America’s capital city and home to many of the world’s best free museums and monuments. That distinction alone makes it well worth a visit, but those who scratch the marble façade will find a city bubbling with energy and full of surprises. Long celebrated as Chocolate City, DC’s cultural cake is now layered with...

Apr 26, 2025

Yoshino Power B4000 SST Power Station Review: Swanky, Solid State, and Safer

　　My partner and I were camping on a friend’s land when he rolled up and found us testing the Yoshino Power B4000 SST. Like us, he’s a connoisseur of portable power stations, and I could tell from his inquisitive grin that he was already plotting ways to convince us to part with it. 　　He was initially enamored because it doesn’t...

Apr 26, 2025

Small but Mighty Propane Firepit: Howl R1 First Look Review

　　Propane firepits bring warmth and ambiance to camping without the work or risks of burning wood. Until recently, the Howl Campfires R4 was the king of firepits. But it was a heavy lift for both arms and wallet, at 34 pounds and $1,299. 　　Launched today, the Howl R1 addresses all the potential downsides of the Howl R4 in a package...

Apr 26, 2025

These Are the 7 Best National Parks to Visit for Spring Break

　　Planning spring break is high pressure. You only get a one-week respite from school or work, and the timing, late March or early April, makes it tough to find a location with consistently good weather. Those months could offer spring ski conditions or prime surf weather—or not. 　　More than a few times, I’ve had to pivot at the last minute,...

Apr 26, 2025

The Best Ski Pants of 2025

　　When suiting up for winter, it can be hard to find a ski pant that checks all the boxes. From style and function to pocket design and fit, we made rounds across all weather conditions to find our favorite pairs. Our selection of the best ski pants includes traditional hardshells, insulated options, and backcountry-oriented designs for a range of skiers...

Apr 26, 2025

Major Figures in the Outdoor Industry to Headline the 2025 Outside Summit

　　Some of the biggest names in the outdoor industry will convene in Denver for the 2025 Outside Summit, a multi-day networking and thought leadership event that begins in late-May and rolls into the Outside Festival, a massive celebration of outdoor culture and community. 　　Featured speakers at the Summit include a diverse range of celebrated pioneers and rising stars. Among them...

Apr 26, 2025

An Ode to the Relationships We Owe to the Outdoors

　　The outdoors have a way of delivering to us our soulmates. Sometimes, that’s a romantic partner, discovered on a mountain-summit meet-cute. Other times, it’s the fiercely loyal friends we never knew we needed. Maybe you’ve noticed the same—that your best friends are your adventure friends. There’s a reason for that dynamic. The outdoors draws out the best and the worst...

Apr 26, 2025

Athlete to Watch: Delilah Cupp Is a New Face of Adventure

　　Mountain sports have been a part of Delilah Cupps life since day one. 　　“I grew up in a small town in Washington with big mountains and very few people,” says the Pacific Northwest-based pro freeskier and mountain biker. “My parents were really connected to the mountains in the Pacific Northwest, so they brought me into the wilderness at a young...

Apr 26, 2025

How to Raise a True Outdoor Partner

　　Every parent who wants to share powerful experiences with their children is naturally drawn outdoors. Its such an obvious place to build a foundation for lifelong adventures, and to foster a love of nature. Yet, life doesnt always make it easy to take the advantage of quality time outside. Find some strategies to reclaim that time by taking heed of...

Apr 26, 2025

Sticking to Sporty in a Changing World: 2025 Acura MDX Type S Advance Review

　　Finding myself alone as I enter the roundabout-style freeway on-ramp, I stab the throttle and start to slide around the partially wet patch of pavement. The 2025 Acura MDX Type S Advance holds the road remarkably well, as the SH-AWD system transfers torque in various ways to all four corners and keeps it tracking true, which allows me to accelerate...

Apr 26, 2025

The Best Hunting Rifles of SHOT Show 2025

　　SHOT Show 2025 brought out the best in the firearms industry, and we got our hands on some of the hottest rifles hitting the market this year. From precision bolt guns built for long-range dominance to rugged, no-frills hunting rifles designed to get the job done, the show floor was packed with innovation. 　　After a windy day on the range...

Apr 26, 2025

Toyo Launches Hybrid Tire, But Not the Electric Kind

　　The latest off-road tire from Toyo for trucks and SUVs is looking to fill a gap. The rubber company calls the Open Country R/T Pro a hybrid between the rugged terrain R/T Trail and the beloved Open Country M/T mud-terrain tire. The purpose of the R/T Pro is to deliver a tire thats more off-road capable than the standard R/T...

Apr 26, 2025

The Best Camping Tents of 2025

　　If youre going to camp outside, chances are youll need a good mobile roof over your head — unless youre one of those cowboy-camping thru hiker types. And while weve logged some serious shut-eye in hundreds, you wont catch us sleeping on the best camping tents out today. 　　For this guide, we intensely used more than 40 and winnowed down...

Apr 26, 2025

Columbia Winter Sale Continues With New Apparel Deals

　　Midwinter is a great time to stock up on insulated jackets, snow pants, and heavy-duty footwear. Luckily, all those in-season items are on sale. 　　Columbia uses its fabric technologies to create versatile layers of performance gear to keep you comfortable in various conditions. The brands different technologies boost the performance of its apparel with faster wicking properties, heat retention for...

Apr 26, 2025

Trans-European Kayak Expedition: Duo Paddles, Portages From Ireland to Istanbul

　　If there’s one attitude that’s nearly universal among adventure athletes, it’s a pathological commitment to optimism. Irishmen Johnny Coyne and Liam Cotter possess this quality in spades. In the last 5 months, theyve camped in freezing cold temperatures beneath the Cliffs of Dover, hauled loaded kayaks uphill for 100 miles through Germanys Black Forest, and when they knocked a hole...

Apr 26, 2025

Partners in the Outdoors: Rock Climbing

　　Andrew King excels at a number of outdoor pursuits, from surfing big waves to climbing exposed peaks. But it wasn’t until after meeting Dominique Barry—a fellow surfer, accomplished rock climber, and runner-up in Max’s inaugural season of the reality competition The Climb—that his skill and love for sport climbing grew to new heights. 　　“We’ve come so far working together,” says King, who’s originally...

Apr 26, 2025

How My Dog Saved My Husband After a Ski Accident

　　My husband, Dave, went skiing down a forested slope behind our cabin near Collingwood, Ontario. It was a rare perfect day when he set out with our dog, Phoebe. The deep powder lured them both. 　　Phoebe loves to ski. She’s a golden retriever, and a homebody, with traits bred into her for domestic life. Her namesake is a character in Friends, and...

Apr 26, 2025

I Had a Heart Attack While Running. This Is What It Felt Like.

　　My favored route to the top of Mount Sanitas, in Boulder, Colorado, gains some 1,200 feet in just over a mile. It starts on the aptly named Goat Trail and then climbs the East Ridge Trail to the 6,800-foot summit. There are much better trails for running in Boulder—less rocky, less steep—but I prefer this route up Sanitas because it...

Apr 26, 2025

Should Female Athletes Track Their Periods? Here’s What the Science Says.

　　When Laura Philipp won the 2024 Ironman World Championship, one of the first things she talked about in her post-race speech was period tracking. 　　“For this race, a lot of things were actually coming together,” she said in her finish-line interview after the win. “So for example, I was in the first half of my menstrual cycle, and I always...