Dear Sundog: A few years ago I bought a groover for river trips, thinking it a necessary bit of group gear. My river friends didn’t own one, and we always had to scramble to borrow/rent/steal one for each trip. It was expensive, like $400, once I got the accompanying seat and rocket boxes that fit into my rowing frame, but...

　　America kicks ass. I’m talking about our terrain, the landscape. The white sands and steep cliffs that make up the coast, the mountains that rise from river valleys, the backcountry lakes tucked into flowering meadows…and all the adventure you can find. We’ve got desert and we’ve got rainforest. We’ve got bullet-proof cliff faces to climb and waist-deep powder to ski....

　　Theres still a lack of diversity in the outdoors.Thankfully, many organizations, nonprofit groups, brands, and individuals are taking action to change that. In recent years, dozens of organizations and education courses have expanded opportunities for certifications, participation, clinics, and more. So, we decided to create a roundup of opportunities for this upcoming year that focus on equity in participation and...

　　Arapahoe Basin has always been about as far from a megaresort as a ski area can be. 　　It’s a place where the entire staff shows up at 5:30 a.m. to shovel snow on a powder day, where you’ll find the chief operating officer parking cars or taking out the trash, and where all proceeds from its most popular events go...

　　Outdoor enthusiasts lost a master of adventure storytelling earlier this month, when David Breashears died at age 68 at his home in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Breashears was a pioneer of filmmaking in the high mountains, and his documentaries about Mount Everest and the Himalayas brought millions of viewers up close to the famed peaks. His 1998 film, Everest, was the first to...

　　Over 6 years, two men conspired to illegally kill 3,600 birds in Montana and sell them on the black market, federal officials said this week. 　　One of those men, 48-year-old Travis John Branson of Washington, has pled guilty to the scheme and could face years in prison and a hefty fine. His co-defendant, 42-year-old Simon Paul of Montana, did not...

　　Soda companies hiding codes in caps for rewards is nothing new. But when MTN Dew teamed up with some high-profile brands to badge its own line of outdoor gear — cleverly named MDOG — I took notice. If you dont mind the MTN Dew aesthetic, neon green-on-midnight black — you could earn a Hydro Flask bottle, The North Face sleeping bag, GoPro camera,...

　　The Wall of Death, a cylindrical wooden stage where talented riders pull off all sorts of stunts on motorcycles, was once a mainstay of American carnivals. Only a handful are in use today, passion projects for a few dedicated fanatics. “You’re not going to make too much money doing this,” says New York City photographer Jay Kolsch. “You have to...

　　On a warm April morning, I gaze at a ghost tree towering above me. Its leafless canopy seems to be staring up as well, in similar disbelief, at the 500-foot-high sandstone cliffs surrounding us. 　　There’s a cluster of 70-foot-tall cottonwoods on this river-bottom spot, dead for decades yet seemingly frozen between the worlds of the living and the dead. Their...

　　 　　Saucony on Sale: $40 Off Trail Running Shoes One of our favorite lightweight, aggressive trail running shoes is available at a significant discount. The Saucony Peregrine 13, which we reviewed in full here, is marked down by more than $40 for mens and womens models. For trail runners who want a light, fast, yet grippy shoe for spring trails,...

　　On my first inhale after leaving the puddle jumper that had brought us to the Kittila Airport, my nose hairs froze. Despite it being 9 a.m., the stars still winked overhead, here at the top of the world. It was minus 4 degrees outside. 　　Descending the gangway onto the icy tarmac in Finnish Lapland was a dream come true. I...

　　Cody Townsend posted a video to YouTube on March 20, 2024, that surprised many of his fans and followers. In it, the 41-year-old pro skier announced that he was ending his widely regarded FIFTY Project at 46 out of the 50 Classic Ski Descents. He posted the final video in the 5-year series, Bloody Done and wrapped up the magnum...