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Get a fresh perspective on the Old Country: pedal, paddle, skate, and hike in these eight ruggedly charming European outposts
In 24-hour mountain-bike races, riders bond over singletrack and sleep deprivation. What's not to like?
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One score and five years ago, this magazine burst onto the scene with a bold idea and a mission. The idea was that, against all odds, adventure is alive and well—and a force to reckon with and celebrate. The mission was to find new heroes, phenomenal athletes and explorers, the…
The 21,200-foot Illimani Volcano standing tall above La Paz, Bolivia. Q: We’re looking for a South or Central American destination with challenging mountain biking. Not everyone in our group bikes, though, so it’s important that there be other activities too. Any suggestions? — Amy Fredrick, New…
Rocky road: Red Rock’s Calico Hills right and La Madre Mountains. Q: I am heading to Las Vegas in October and want to escape the neon and glitter and get active outdoors. What can you recommend? — Henry Adderley, Bermuda ϳԹ Advisor:…
You'll find endless rewards in just 48 hours of freedom. We've got 50 close-to-home adventures right here.
The next wave of night-vision and sports-lighting systems equips you to explore more—and sleep less
TALL LATTE BEFORE WORK, double espresso in the afternoon, short cappuccino after dinner—it's the only way to tolerate Seattle's gray days. But when the clouds break and the Cascades, the Olympics, and Puget Sound appear, you know where you need to be. Grab a quadruple shot and get going.
Deep in the redwood hills near Mendocino lies the Big River Estuary, a secret cache that will soon belong to bears, bobcats, otters, and you.
Kayaking, biking, hiking and gawking along the wild west's farthest shores
Most families plan one big blowout vacation each summer—which still leaves a lot of summer left to enjoy. Our advice: Think weekends. Our seven getaways are active enough to keep older kids entertained, yet won’t be daunting for the younger ones. And they’re close to major cities, so you won’t…
It’s no wonder that the former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia has produced some of the world’s best mountaineers: You can’t travel north of the country’s capital, Ljubljana, without butting up against some of Europe’s most precipitous ranges. And since the 11-year-old country is still underneath most Americans’ radar, Europeans have…
Iceland isn't the only place to revel in Nordic madness. Once the rest of Scandinavia has made it through another winter, the residents start to vibrate...they grin...they regress...and turn positively Viking. All you need to know is where and how to tap
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How To Get Off the Beaten Trail (or River, or Mountain) With These 43 Soon-To-Be-Classic National Park ϳԹ
32 YEARS AGO this summer, my pal, the crime novelist Jim Crumley, his overeducated farmer friend from Arkansas, Harold McDuffy, and yours truly hiked six miles to Bowman Lake in Glacier National Park. For someone who had spent most of his life in the desert country of southeastern Oregon, this…
Slickrock style: taking the high road near Moab Q: Five of us are looking to take a mountain biking trip in the western United States. We have thought about Moab in Utah but wanted to know if there are any alternatives we should consider. Thanks,…
Ten lodges where you can take it all in, and then launch an expedition out the back door
A world-class mountain biking, surfing, and boardsailing hideout awaits in Baja. All you have to do is find it.
Warm, windswept, unfettered, ever-changing—North America's four great desert regions hide untold possibilities for classic winter adventure. They may be scorching and sere, with prickly dangers over every horizon, but if you know where to go—and how to explore wisely—you'll find these 500,000 square miles of desolation downright hospitable.
Our thoroughly opinionated guide to the five sexiest sporting islands.
Rock-ride recipe: sun bathed cliffs and scrub at New Mexico’s Pajarito Plato Q: Where’s a good spot to go mountain biking near Albuquerque, New Mexico? Any suggestions for other types of outings in the area would also be appreciated. — Janet Washington, D.C.
Ride a sudden whim or a sturdy steed to arid expanses where solitude reigns
Let the motorized leaf peepers have their New England. It'll keep them far away from ours.
You could traverse Europe by motorcoach and Eurail, but the sightseeing's better by board, bike, and boots.
If your idea of good H2O involves head-high surf and barracuda-infested reefs, you'll find no better place to hang your hammock
Pacific Mexico is a thatch roof overhead, fresh snapper daily, and 660 miles of nada between timeshares.
East of San Lucas's sun-drunk hordes, the Baja that was still is.
Train as hard as you want, but until you've tapped the secrets of top-notch form you'll be all go and no flow
Got shocks?: a bird’s eye view over Canyonlands, and the Colorado River Q: We are planning a mountain biking trip to Moab and would like some advice on great places to camp. The private campgrounds I’ve looked into have all the amenities, but look like parking lots…
Q: My husband and I would like to take a cycling trip in Northern Spain. We would prefer to do it self-guided and do not want to pay the $2500 to $3500 per person that the major luxury operators charge. Basically, we just need route maps, reservations for camping…
Beyond L.A.'s tangle of freeways, you can pedal, snorkel, and kayak your way to a truly great outdoor weekend.
Q: My family and I will be moving to Hanoi, Vietnam for a period of two years. We are rabid mountain bikers (and hikers) and will be taking our bikes. We want to do some quick day- or weekend-rides, and plan some longer trips (guided or unguided). Any…
Q: I’m traveling to Ireland with a friend next week who wants to spend some time on the Aran Islands. Is there anything to do there besides stare at the ocean (hiking? biking?)? Trail trimmings: a winding stonewall in the Aran Islands — Alex Cohen, San…
Q: A few friends and I are planning a trip to Chiapas, Mexico to help build a church and would like to mountain bike a couple of days at the end of the trip. I would consider us as intermediate bikers. Any suggestions on where to go? Thanks.
Five wunderfamilies show how children are no impediment to real, no-holds-barred, self-supported adventure.
Discover the wild side of Greece and western Turkey with 12 getaways—from Spartan to Olympian.
Close encounters of the bear-human kind are skyrocketing, though actual attacks remain few and far between. Hopefully, new outreach education efforts will keep things that way.
Terror put a chill on global tourism, but adventure travelers—used to a little uncertainty—seem determined to stay on the road
ϳԹ's guide to the coolest trips and the world's top new adventure travel spots.
Pancho Villa lives! Viva high adventure down in Mexico's Copper Canyon.
The skinny on rough-hewn adventure in the long, tall land that has it all: from deserts and salt beds to glaciers and geysers.
Using cutting-edge techniques, three young mavericks set out to tackle one of the hardest routes in the Himalayas
The Bighorn Mountains are still one of Wyoming's great wild redoubts
What's a brilliant woman like this doing in a rough-and-tumble sport like downhill mountain-bike racing? Trying to think her way to the top of the winner's podium, that's what.
New-school nomads pedal the singletrack of the ancients on the first mountain-biking trip to northern Mongolia
It’s not easy to add up all the ways in which Lance Armstrong has earned the title of American hero. Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong First he was the fiery phenom, a brilliant athlete on the brink of greatness. Then he showed us the vulnerable, terrified, but always…
Pristine beaches, bioluminescent bays, angelfish-mobbed coral, and incoming artillery fire
The Pacific Rim's most explosive endurance sport combines speed, pain, and ancient tradition
Some of the most innovative boats ever built prepare for the fiercest race in sailing history
A gusty adventure in the wilds of Patagonia, both on bike and very suddenly off.
The Chiricahua Mountains are as rugged and diverse as the Galápagos but have one big advantage: They're right here at home.
Escaping the artistes and poseurs on the singletrack of San Miguel
The latest word in adventure travel: If you've got a fantasy, we'll make it happen