If you set regular hair appointments, there are calmer places than Patagonia to put on your bucket list. Then again, if you hold strong hope that there is still...
Brown, silty streams, tea-colored rivulets, even clear, ice-cold lakes—any backcountry water source can serve up a cocktail of contaminants.
But not everythi...
Planning winter adventures can be difficult and relies on weather forecasts, especially when living on the "wet" coast. Sometimes you have to endure the bad con...
We've been adventuring with our eight-year-old son since he was an infant, and one of the phrases we commonly hear when out in the wild is "I should bring my ki...
When you’re choosing a tent, you usually run through a list of questions while shopping.
Is the tent three or four season? How many people can it hold? What’...
Chile’s crown jewel park sees hundreds of thousands of visitors a year—and all the environmental damage that comes with them. But if being one of the crowd isn’...
Not all backpacks feel unique the moment you put them on. With most, it takes many miles to know what you think of this piece of gear that becomes like a part o...
"We cannot overlook the importance of wild country as a source of inspiration, to which we give expression in writing and painting, in mountaineering and in jus...
What happens when your excitement, passion and enthusiasm for being outside can’t be contained? You jump for joy.
Sometimes it’s an off-balanced, ill-timed, ...
Even though fat-tire snow bikes have become increasingly popular in Alaska, their cartoonish proportions still garner quizzical looks from the locals.
The si...
It’s winter time. You know it, we know it, and your neck definitely knows it.
Skiing, cycling, and running are all fun until that one sneaky breeze sets its ...
As a lifelong skier who has never lived farther than two hours from a ski resort, I was terrified when I became pregnant with my first child. I had no idea how ...
