Ann Bieri has been a writer at REI for nine years. She grew up exploring the Hill Country outside Austin, Texas, has traveled to 27 other countries and lived in Australia for four years. At home in Seattle she loves steep hikes, fast bike rides and reading in her hammock.
Cold, clear and undammed, the stunning Chattooga River originates in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Its highly technical Class III–V whitewater rus...
Picture the rolling Midwest prairie: sweeping expanses of verdant grassland, intermittent wetlands and creeks, a herd of bison grazing peacefully. This could be...
Quandary Peak is one of the most popular of Colorado’s 54 “fourteeners,” peaks 14,000 feet or higher in elevation. Thanks to easy access from Denver and other F...
Just north of Truckee, California, the Commemorative Emigrant Trail running along Alder Creek is a recreational gem. That wasn’t the case for its namesake wagon...
This month’s question: Jane Watson, an REI Co-op member since 1989 and manager/editor of REI’s Expert Advice program, has helped put together dozens of REI buyi...