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More resorts should place as much marketing effort on safety as they do on selling tickets
The booking website generates big bucks for private firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Our writer argues its a necessary tool for protecting the outdoors.
If the social platform is a virtual public square, as Mark Zukerberg has proclaimed, its one thats rife with hate, lies, weaponized disinformation, andin the virtual metaversea starkly anti-outdoor worldview. Now that its value as an advertising partner has changed the calculus, its worth asking again: Is Facebook simply too toxic for business?
We only have room for two powder skis in our print issue, but there are so many more worth your consideration
We only have room for two pairs in our print issue, but there are many more skis worthy of your attention
Only two pairs made the cut for print, but there are many more you should know about
As long as you arent weight sensitive, its now possible for one rig to serve all your in-bounds, sidecountry, and backcountry needs. This is that rig.
We spent three days testing more than 100 new models. This is the kit that helped us get through.
A recent dustup between specialty retailers and a behemoth market research firm has the industry wondering: Have we been basing our biggest business decisions on crap data for decades?
Unpacking an all-timeLee Cohen ski photo during a March storm in Alta, Utah
Heli-skiing has a reputation for risk, but the ride up isnt usually part of the equation
Weve been testing skis for decades. These are our all-time favorites for groomers, backcountry bowls, and everything in between.
REIs ever-expanding ambitions have earned it plenty of fansand criticsas its grown to dominate the outdoor industry. But many feel the retail giant has been made vulnerable by its own hubris. Now that the pandemic has rocked its fortunes, were faced with an uncomfortable question: what if the $3 billion co-op isnt too big to fail?
Long stigmatized in the United States, wider adoption of guided backcountry skiing will boost knowledge, reduce gatekeeping, and promote human-powered skiing on public lands
For a small weight penalty, the new system offers tech-pin efficiency and pro-level descending. 窪蹋勛圖厙 spent the past 11 months testing it.
Here's what you need to know if you're in the market to buy this season
The backcountry is more popular than ever, but that doesn't make it safe
Resort executives are warning customers that skiing will be different this season. I'm here to tell you that "different" means better.
This season's best boards charge hard, but they're a blast at all speeds
Fast tint shifts, seamless lens changes, and better antifog technology mean you can focus on your line
Sussing out the best new skis meant four straight days of shredding. Here's some of what we wore to stay warm, safe, and comfortable.
Four days. Eighteen testers. More than 150 pairs of skis.
Technology and hyper-anxious parents were destroying one of the last bastions of unfettered childhood long before the pandemic closed camps for the season
Some people are behaving badly in the face of a pandemic. Others are making the outdoor world proud.
Trail dogs aren't for everyone, but trails are. As dog owners, we need to remember that.
The best way to de-stress during this frightening time is to look for safe opportunities to get outside
With Americans surging onto public lands like never before, search and rescue operations are becoming overwhelmedand help is not on the way
Three skiers died at Silver Mountain, Idaho, on January 7. In the wake of yet another ski-area avalanche tragedy, it's time to awaken our mountain sense.
The technology hasn't gotten anywhere close to the early hypeand I'm fine with that
This seasons sticks are light, edgy, and versatile
President Trump was right to say that other issues are more important. When it comes to the environment, we need to make fundamental shifts in how we live our lives.
The seasons top performers from our ski test in Steamboat, Colorado, do everything you want them to, no matter what the conditions
Two newcomers shake things up, while a couple of old hands succeed with clever tech
Overwhelmed by crowds of people sleeping in their vans and trucks, outdoor dream towns are taking actions that could end a way of life
Believers in Mass Timber say smaller trees are the ultimate renewable construction material, but only if we learn to be smarter farmers and builders
With deaths spiking on pavement, riders are choosing to go where cars cant
With big names out injured and the super-team depleted, we were treated to some top-tier bike racing
Cyclings most infamous legend talks us through the twists and turns of the Tour with his daily podcast and exclusive updates on '窪蹋勛圖厙'
The disqualified former Tour de France winner speaks openly about doping in cycling, moving forward, and his burgeoning CBD business
At last, the West is taking steps to address megafires. But weve done nothing to prepare for their biggest threat to human health.
They're exploding in numbers and having a massive impact on our favorite trails, yet the short-shorts crowd almost never pitches in when it comes to trail work
Busting people for their style miscues is a beloved pastime in outdoor communities. But in the Instagram era, the practice has us sadly all dressing the same.
And really, who can blame them?
Trolls thought I was friggin' nuts to propose a controlled backcountry ski area. But it's already happening.
Think long and hard before you jump or try to climb the cables. And don't forget about the wolves!
Tour de France stages. Classic British Columbian downhills. Epic gravel grinds in the American heartland. These bucket-list rides are guaranteed to be the most fun you can have on two wheels.
Our favorite snow-sports eyewear of all time, from affordable to high-tech
Its time we made Americas prime backcountry skiing and snowboarding terrain safer and more accessible. First step: bombing slopes in the way-out-of-bounds.
At last, you can see real-time availability of federal campsites on third-party apps and websites
When outdoor athletes launched the first energy bars more than 30 years ago, no one could have predicted it would revolutionize the way Americans eat. A look inside the hottestand strangestcategory in natural foods.
Two men died in one of the worst inbounds avalanches in decades. What happens now?
From mountain bikers in California to snowmobilers in Montana, renegade adventurers see the shutdown as a chance to get away with anything. They need to stop.
Whether you ski more powder or hardpack, these planks have the chops to perform on any mountain, any day
There's one realistic thing we can do to survive the new era of giant blazes: build smarter communities that can take the heat
Advocates of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are trying to make an end run around the law and the American people. If they succeed, your backyard conservation area could be next.
The corporations buying up resorts are making the slopes crowded. But they're also throwing the sport a lifeline.
Indie design shops are working quietly in the background on many of the best products out there (think of Patagonia's Black Hole duffle). But the gear companies don't want you to know that.
Being outdoorsy is not without its risks. If I could travel through time, here's some of the advice I'd give my (seemingly) immortal and (definitely) ignorant 20-year-old self.
Make your way down, across, and, yes, even up the mountain with these premium planks
Put the beers in the snowbank. Drinking while shreddingor running or bikingis for Joes, Chads, Barts, and Squis
A complete revamp of a classic leads the cream of the crop from our test in Snowbird, Utah
Spend any time on Twitter and you'll quickly conclude that everyone is outraged about everything. It's time we put that energy to use in the real world.
Think the death of specialty outdoor retail has been foretold? Don't let your favorite local shop go down without a fight.
Thanks to a grassroots movement, it's soon going to get a lot simpler to book campsites on federal lands. But with more than two-thirds of public campgrounds controlled by the states, the work has just begun.
What did I learn after watching every stage of this years three-week race? The supertuck needs to go, Peter Sagan is as entertaining as ever, and Stage 17 was epic.
Cyclings most infamous legend talks us through the twists and turns of the Tour with his daily podcast and exclusive updates on '窪蹋勛圖厙'
Roadside shrines marking the site of cycling tragedies are showing up everywhere, a sign of how little progress we've made in making biking safer. It's time we organize.
The Tour de France still has cheats, but we owe it to the clean riders to keep watching
The third annual International World Extreme Sports Medicine Congress confirmed our collective willingness to wreck ourselves in pursuit of stoke
Think the effects of a warming planet are only theoretical? If you spend any time recreating outside, they're suddenly everywhere you look.
It's time to lay down some guidelines for what counts as etiquette among rivals, friends, and professional athletes