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Major outdoor companies like Patagonia, REI, and others say they’re committed to building a workforce that reflects the makeup of America. Are they doing enough?

Most people are pro-bike—it’s time to stop pretending otherwise

Most of mountaineering's teachers are white, but one group wants to change that through new hands-on workshops

The new mega fires raging across the West are polluting the air above states like Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming the worst

The road is best shared in silence

One-upmanship on social media reaches its logical conclusion. Again.

It's the most powerful conservation tool in the world—and it needs to be updated

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.

We believe protecting public land and the environment matters

And neither are cargo bikes. It's time to let go of this silly notion once and for all.

Citizens of the island nation Kiribati have already had to evacuate their homes due to sea-level rise.

The third annual International World Extreme Sports Medicine Congress confirmed our collective willingness to wreck ourselves in pursuit of stoke

Encouraging children to race bikes would make the country—and the world—a better place

The 33-year-old started running as a way to cope with depression. Then she launched Harlem Run. Now she wields the sport as a tool to help the whole country.

A new collaboration with The North Face will offer programs to earn badges in outdoor skills like backpacking, rock climbing, and trail running

The problem isn’t dockless bikes. It's dockless cars.

As a reporter, I’ve been taught to keep my opinions to myself. But I’ve also visited Alaska's McNeil River—the world's greatest brown-bear sanctuary—and to hold my tongue about its possible destruction would make me complicit in the death of something truly remarkable and wild.

Marinel de Jesus, writer at 'Brown Gal Trekker' and a CEO, invites outdoor industry leaders to take concrete measures toward promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion

The Minnesota basketball coach launched Asiya, a brand with the goal of making playing sports better for hijab-wearing women everywhere

Drivers think cyclists hold up traffic. It’s actually the other way around. How many bikes do there have to be in order for us to realize that?

Think the effects of a warming planet are only theoretical? If you spend any time recreating outside, they're suddenly everywhere you look.

Rob Katz, CEO of Vail Resorts, on why smart, ethical immigration policies are required to keep ski towns healthy throughout the United States. Politicians, listen up.

The founder of Native Women's Wilderness talks about how she developed her organization and how far we still have to go

He may want to save the world, but the Tesla CEO’s distaste for traffic and clickbait could destroy us all

If we truly want more women in this sport, it's time to change the system for entering races

Outdoor Afro is dedicated to bringing inclusion and diversity to the outdoor world.

A 15-year-old who ignited a massive, expensive blaze in Oregon last year was fined $36 million. Does the crime fit the punishment?

Cycling in the afternoon is totally gauche

Fieldwork in far-flung places is exciting and rewarding—until it's not. Only recently have insiders—mostly women—been able to start changing the culture.

A job applicant, Alison Miley, alleges that Craig DeLuca offered her work for sex, and that the company knew about this behavior but allowed it to continue

It's time to lay down some guidelines for what counts as etiquette among rivals, friends, and professional athletes

Does not being moved by a tremendous cycling effort make you some sort of sociopath?

The Boy Scouts of America is dropping the gendered pronoun and allowing girls to be members. The Girl Scouts better adapt fast if it wants to stay relevant.

Pro climber Joe Kinder lost his job for harassing fellow pro Sasha DiGiulian on Instagram. Where do we go from here?

Six women talk about their experiences with harassment while recreating or working in the outdoor industry

What does the end of the 105-year partnership mean for Scouting's future?

Give drivers an inch and they'll take over your whole city

A wide-ranging civil lawsuit alleges that the institution knew about serial abuse by Jean and Steven Lopez, implicating it in a system that allowed the sexual trafficking of four female athletes

And other things you should remember when you meet a plus-size hiker on the trail

Americans tend to equate cycling with frivolity, but riding bikes can be serious business

There’s a common misconception that Black people don’t love wild places. Latria Graham, a southerner with deep connections to farms, rivers, and forests, says the problem isn’t desire but access—and a long history of laws and customs that have whitewashed our finest public lands.

In October, the 107-year-old Boy Scouts of America announced that it will begin accepting girls as Cub and Eagle scouts for the first time. But the Girl Rangers toppled this gender barrier more than 48 years ago.

[Insert exasperated Jean-Luc Picard meme]

Sometimes feeling too good on the bike can be your undoing

In today’s era, claiming an adventure record requires more than skill. You need a laundry list of caveats and qualifiers.

Last Week Tonight tackles corruption in the Interior

A new Outdoor Industry Association report details outdoor rec spending by congressional district. Lawmakers should take note.

The author started her career just trying to fit in with the (many, many) guys, but eventually came to realize she'd become as misogynistic as the worst of them

It sure looks like it. Bill Gifford on the $100 million legal battle that ended with a whimper.

Meet three entrepreneurs tackling the world’s toughest problems with next-gen science and technology

Our bikes may be better now, but what about the world in which we ride them?

Enough already with skis and headlamps that can talk to our phones. The whole thrill of being outside is in escaping the modern tyranny of tech distractions.

It’s not about which laws you break—it’s about how you break them

It’s not the bike that matters—it’s where you take it

Women who work as guides and professional athletes face a tougher go than their male counterparts if they also want to raise children

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Over the past three decades, Nancy Hogshead-Makar has established a reputation as the leading attorney and champion for young athletes filing sex-abuse lawsuits. Now the former Olympic swimmer faces her biggest challenge yet: making sure #metoo's impact is permanent.

Three years after the Camber CEO Pledge, outdoor companies still struggle to find and hire female leaders. The gap is slowly closing, but the lack of focus on hiring women of color is clearer than ever.

Former pro road rider Iris Slappendel founded the first labor union for women cyclists with one goal: getting team managers, sponsors, and riders to treat male and female cyclists with equal respect, 'cause that sure isn't happening now

That's just business as usual in the Trump administration. But despite the interior secretary's asinine comments, there may yet be hope for ground-up change.

It's hard to know what to make of the sudden rise of electric bikes. But one thing is certain: Racing them is a sign of the apocalypse.

Researchers say cyclists are a “problem” for self-driving technology, but the real problem is the cars

The Secretary of the Interior's idea to support public lands with oil and mining leases isn't just wrongheaded—the numbers don't add up.

Voters have the power to fix the public lands crisis, but first we need get smarter about how we fund open spaces

New Yorkers were on high alert after a coyote attack a few weeks ago. But certainly this thing couldn’t be as dangerous as a taxi driver toward the end of a 12-hour shift, right?

International federations are putting quotas and policies in place to encourage gender parity at the highest levels. How much change will come of it? 

Drivers need to start owning up to how dangerous they are

A new report finds that a startling number of environmental and conservation organizations aren't making efforts to report on internal diversity or actively pursue inclusion

We must resolve the sexism ingrained in cycling—starting with ditching the outdated practice of flanking successful male athletes with scantily clad women

The horrific scandal in U.S. gymnastics is part of a long history of sexual abuse in amateur sports—especially swimming. The time for lasting change is now.

Because your Garmin can’t help you navigate your relationships

The USOC has failed to do enough to protect American athletes from abuse for years. Getting rid of its chief executive won't do anything to solve the problem.

I’m also an avid sportsman and one of my firearms is an AR-15. So you might be surprised that I've never joined the NRA—nor ever will.

We’ve already let go of the idea that cyclists should pretend to be drivers. Maybe it’s time to let go of our fixation on safety gear as well.

Americans didn't crush it in Pyeongchang, but medal-counting haters need to shut it. Let me explain.

And not just in the medal count (though we did own the medal count)

Schools used to teach auto shop. Maybe it’s time to start teaching bike shop.

The real fight to protect America’s public lands isn’t in Utah. It’s right outside our biggest cities.