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My Friend and I Got Caught in a Storm During a Hike. Who’s to Blame?

This Rookie Cycling Team Wasn’t Supposed to Win

Running 300,000 Vertical Feet in a Year: A Noble Goal or a Fool’s Errand?

My Friends Won’t Clean My Groover. Should I Stop Bringing It?

Can I Ask My Climbing Hero to Be My Mentor?

The Ultra-Trail Cape Town 100K Is Not for the Faint of Heart

Age Is Just a Number, Especially for Diehard Adventurers Like Caroline Paul

Is it OK to Name a Moab Subdivision After Ed Abbey?

Skiing Isn’t Just a Luxury Experience. It’s a Dangerous Sport.

My Hiking Buddy Has a Baby Now. Do I Keep Trying to Meet Up with Her?

We Love Writing. And Procrastinating. Running Helps Us Do Both.

Craig Kelly Took Snowboarding to New Heights. Then He Was Gone.

All the Gear You Need to Travel with Three Big Dogs

How Guilty Should I Feel That I Can’t Give My Dog Everything?

How Foraging Taught Me Middle-Aged Self-Acceptance

Do You Enjoy Pain? And 86 Other Questions for a Professional Ultrarunner.

The Outside Festival Is the Gathering the Outdoor Community Needs

I Survived a Traumatic Brain Injury. Now I Can’t Stop Doubting Myself.

Tickets to the Outside Festival Are on Sale Now, with Amazing Bands Headlining This Unique Gathering

Can Alex Honnold Convince Americans to Care About Greenland?

Tiya Miles Reveals the Hidden History of Women in the Outdoors

A New TV Series Turns the Mountain Town Housing Crisis into a Game Show

There’s No Good Reason to Buy a Carbon Bike

It’s a Less Adventurous Time for Our Family. How Can We Cope?

An Incomplete List of the Minor Indignities of Air Travel

A Good Man Is Hard to Find. A Good Ski Boyfriend? Even Harder.

Outside’s Columnist Got It Wrong: Trophy Hunting Isn’t Conservation

A Friend Watched Our Chickens While We Were Away. When We Came Back, One Was Gone.

Nick Offerman Paddled a Canoe He Built Down the L.A. River. He Also Fell In.

Why I Spent a Year Exploring My Boring Neighborhood

Reds, Whites, and Pink—How a Pop Star Learned to Make World-Class Wine

22 Years in Prison Taught Me That Outdoor Access Is a Human Right

We Definitively Ranked the Best and Worst Snow to Ski and Ride

My Boyfriend Is a Sore Loser. Will He Get Over It?

No More Resolutions. These Are the Bad Habits We’re Keeping in 2024.

Conspiracies that Wall Street Will Buy Our National Parks Are Out of Control

I Just Want Strava to Tell Me I’m Not Slowly Dying

I Knew It Was Time to Move to a Mountain Town. I Just Didn’t Know Which One.

The 2023 Sweat Science Holiday Book List

Help! I Wish My Friends Weren’t ATVing on Our Group Vacation.

Most Bike Reviews Are Useless. Here’s How to Parse the Noise.

Smash or Pass: The Ski Edition

We Just Moved to a Rural Town. Can We Tell Our Weird Neighbor to Leave Us Alone?

‘The Outside Show’ Debuts Tonight on Outside Watch

Meet the Influencers Who Build Up Running Communities

Our Favorite Outdoor Adventure Books for Every State

How I Transformed Myself Into a Chill Ocean Girl

An Ode to Falling on Your Ass in the Wintertime

Strava Is a Den of Obsession. Not the New Dating App.

The 50 Best Places to Work in 2023

How Do I Tell My Wife to Stop Monitoring What I Eat?

Wild Stories from the Backcountry Traveler's Lost and Found

Diana Nyad Is Both Hero and Villain in ‘Nyad’

8 Things Running and the Creative Process Have in Common

Should I Clear a Homeless Camp on Public Land?

E. Jean Carroll Has Some Stories to Tell

Otter 841, the Fattest Bear, and Other Last-Minute Halloween Costumes

My Boyfriend Says I Abandoned Him on a Camping Trip. Did I Really?

Disc Brakes Took Over the Cycling World. Here's Why That Was a Mistake.

America’s Greatest Sledding

Running 339 Miles Through Rural Iowa Is More Fun than You'd Expect

How to Launch a Memorable Trip

My Nephew Is a Great Athlete, But He Might Be Cheating. Do I Report It?

The Seven Summits You've Never Heard Of

The American Buffalo Documentary by Ken Burns Looks at the Slaughter—and Salvation—of Bison

The Real Threat to Cycling Isn’t Trans Athletes—It’s Sexism

A Child-Free Life Can Be Full of Adventure. It’s Also Complicated.

The Case Against Crossovers

How Three Bros in Their Thirties Turned Their Animal Obsession into a Binge-Worthy Podcast

Roadies Are Fighting for Your Right to Suffer Uphill

Murmurs from a Token Female Ski Shop Employee

My Husband Wants to Do a Mountain-Bike Race, but I Think He’s Being Delusional

How Model Quannah ChasingHorse Is Fighting for Her Community and the Planet

This Fall’s Best New Outdoor Books, Films, and Podcasts

The Kid Stays in the Picture

My Friend Is Upset That I’m Dating His Brother. Is Our Friendship Doomed?

Should I Get Paid to Crew for a Pro Athlete?

‘Parched,’ ‘Mink!’ and Everything Else Our Editors Loved in August

Why I Will Never Trust the Boy Scouts with My Son

6 Rules for Dealing with Injury, Illness, and Aging as an Athlete