The Idaho Panhandle is tucked away so snugly between Washington, Montana, and British Columbia that people often forget it’s there. The landscape is characterized by dense fir, hemlock, pine, cedar, larch, and spruce forests. Deep greens and wooly, gray skies tightly hug the Purcell Trench, rimmed by the Selkirk Mountains to the Northwest and the Cabinet Mountains to the Northeast....

　　Many hikers become obsessed with saving weight when deciding on gear for thru-hikes. Cut a few ounces here, save a few grams there — it all adds up. Gradually, we dial in our weight item by item, realizing we didnt need a second pair of shorts or a fourth pair of socks. 　　A few items, however, are a necessity to...

　　Big Agnes may have just rocked the boat for the world of ultralight tents. The Steamboat Springs backpacking brand announced its new HyperBead fabric this week, which it claims is 6% lighter, 25% more waterproof, and 50-100% stronger than traditional ultralight tent fabrics. HyperBead uses no PFAS chemicals, DWR, or other water-resistant treatments, so its environmentally friendly to boot. 　　We...

　　In Japanese, the word Nisei describes someone born in North America whose parent(s) were immigrants from Japan.Its one of several terms Sierra Schlag hears people use to describe her heritage when she visits Japan. For a long time, the disconnect between her and her ancestral culturewas hard to reconcile. But through skiing, Schlag found her full self. 　　In her film...

　　Garmin launched the fēnix 8 at the end of last summer, breaking the $1,000 barrier for entry into a GPS watch model line. I expected a lot from this watch, not only because of the price, but because I had been using the fēnix 7 for a year and found it to be an excellent tool for every activity I...

　　Two of the biggest brand names in ski boots both launched dual-BOA alpine boots today. K2 and Salomon released the new Cortex collection and S/Pro Supra Dual BOA, respectively, and, notably, neither boot uses a single traditional buckle. Instead, these techy alpine boots leverage two BOA fit system dials to independently adjust the tightness of the entire shell — fromtoe...

　　Finding the right sleep system for your adventures is a bit like finding your security blanket. The wrong one ensures you dont have a good time. The right one means you wake up refreshed and ready for more. 　　When your pack weight matters almost as much as staying warm, the Argali Alpine Sleeping System is built to strike that perfect...

　　For years, I’ve been on team trail runner. Ditch the bulky boots and reach for the GTX version of beloved trail running shoes for a combination of light and fast, no matter how much you have packed in your backpack or how long you have been on the trail. In my mind, it saved weight and made hiking more fun....

　　In 2023, Tatiana O’Hara, a content creator in Atlanta, Georgia, began to document her running journey on TikTok. She posted videos as a newbie runner, and soon attracted a dedicated following of other beginner runners. By the end of 2024, she had launched her own local run club. When people are looking for a run club for slower runners, they find...

　　When John Orth, a violin maker from Colorado, set out to break his own world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours, he had no idea he was competing against a college kid from Virginia. And that kid, Andrew Shapiro, didnt know Orth had his eyes set on the same number—10,000 pull-ups. No one had previously thought such a...

　　The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes on first mention in Death Valley National Park are a photographers playground. The golden mounds that rise 600 feet from the valley floor are framed by the red-and-white stratified sandstone of the Last Chance Mountains. Green lumps of prickly shrubs, called Eureka dunegrass, sprout up from the sand. 　　People are in we the first time they...

　　You should do something that makes you sweat every single day, right? 　　At least, that very loose metric has long been the standard for anyone who wants to stay fit, live longer and healthier, and stave off any number of diseases that are associated with inactivity. According to federal guidelines in both the U.S. and UK, adults should do at...