And what I learned from an island camping trip with a bunch of disadvantaged youth

Big portions of Highway 1 are closed—which means there's never been a better time to explore this coastal paradise on foot and bike

Pack the cooler. From surfing in Rhode Island to fishing the newly reborn Elwha River in the Northwest, these are the season’s quintessential weekend escapes.

What is a skyrace you may ask? Well, it's a niche discipline within ultra running focused on running over mountain ranges or, as its founder Marino Giacometti put it, running where the earth meets the sky.

Dave Polivy is using big-brand marketing to boost his small shop and get around an Amazon-induced downturn

These summer cabins can help you have one of the best weekends of your summer

Can hemp work harder than cotton?

Why visiting Mammoth Lakes will make you happier, less stressed, and more creative

The ultrarunner takes a winding path across the U.S.

Get far into the wilderness in as little time as possible

Wandering Attention is a short video from Traut Films that blends together surfing with a meditation on the important things in life.

Who needs swimming pools?

There's so much more than sunbathing at these eight spots

The women at Wylder Goods had a big dream: to create the world's first online outdoor-gear retailer for women, bust into an industry overrun by bros, and save the planet. All in four not-so-easy steps.

Before he became known as the boyfriend on Felicity, Scott Speedman was nearly an Olympic swimmer. Now the star of TNT's Animal Kingdom just wants to have fun in the mountains.

Here are some innovative ideas towns and cities across the country have adopted to make the world a better place, one mile of singletrack at a time

Make the most of summer with these 48-hour ­adventures, from surfing in Texas to tasting your way through Oregon’s wine country

In our ongoing Weekly Escape series, we aim to transport you from your desk to an incredible place in two minutes or less. In this week's installment, videographer Matt Vasquez traveled to Point Lobos State Park in Carmel, California.

The Oxx CoffeeBoxx is insanely durable, but we weren't wowed by its coffee

In California, millions of dollars' worth of almonds, walnuts, and pistachios are disappearing. Farmers are perplexed, the cops are confused, and the crooks are getting richer. We sent Peter Vigneron to the Central Valley to take a crack at the crimes.

Ignore the countless images of the super bloom in your Instagram feed—the real miracle of the desert is just how much life it contains

During the Spring of 2015, video editor Peter Hochhauser hopped on a plane from Austria and flew out to Southern California to hike the Pacific Crest Trail.

Trail maps of your favorite mountains to hang on your wall.

If you've never picked up a gun before but are interested in harvesting your own healthy, sustainable, humane meat, here's why you should get started with birds

Go ride a bike in one of these five up-and-coming singletrack meccas

Grab a car and a buddy, then check out 40 miles of mysterious, awesome outdoor art installations

Rahsaan Thomas is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, where he found running while serving a life sentence

Trail crews have carved out hundreds of new miles for hikers, runners, and riders from New York to California. It's time to freshen up your route.

You'll thank us in a few months

When John Muir sauntered through the condensed grove of what is now known as Sequoia National Park, he would have never envisioned the devastation that has occurred since 2011.

The sweet smell of orange groves overtakes you as you approach the Thacher House. It’s a sign of good things to come.

The latest pictures, videos, and statistics from the epic winter storm, which has brought record flooding and dramatically assuaged the drought

Beyond the Offseason, takes us into the unlikely duo of pro baseball player Daniel Norris and adventure photographer Ben Moon.

Tom Harrison makes painstaking, recreationist-friendly maps the old-school way. But it's not a lost art—in the enduring popularity of his products is a lesson on what makes the paper map special.

Unplug from the grid here

Wally Hesseltine's goal: to become the oldest finisher of the Western States 100 in history.

Offshore brings you along with Ventura, California native, surfer, and Patagonia ambassador Mary Osborne as she shares her favorite place to escape

It’s wildfire season in the West, and we’ve seen a lot of terrifying and dismaying scorched-earth photos, but none that are quite as stunning as Stuart Palley’s. The 28-year-old photographer, based in Newport Beach, California, has spent much of the summer chasing that state’s drought-fed blazes and shooting hard-working hotshot crews, gut-wrenching property destruction, and night shots that are just as eerie as they are beautiful. To find out more about how Palley works, we caught up with him late last week while he was coming back from the Blue Cut Fire near his home.

How to build a huge fire while staying on the right side of the law

'Living Refuge' is a series of upcoming short documentary films that highlight the work of biologists who study, manage, and protect the biodiversity and wilderness of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Marcos Vaz takes us along to Death Valley National Park, notoriously the hottest, driest, and lowest national park

At Death Valley’s Furnace Creek Inn, it looks like you’re on the moon but feels like you’re in heaven

The crew at Local.Studio captured this beautiful collection of clips purely out of passion and opportunity

'Our World Is a Beautiful Place' is a collection of photographer and filmmaker Michael Shainblum's favorite shots

Ultrarunner Mina Guli completed 40 marathons across seven deserts on seven continents in seven weeks

No Reception is a short film from the folks at Taylor Stitch and Mission Workshop about a mountain biking adventure on the North Coast of California. Originally, the purpose of the trip was to test new gear designed collaboratively…

Visiting Catalina Island is cheap, easy, and epic

Filmmaker Oakley Anderson-Moore traces the golden age of climbing on a quest to understand more about her father, a pioneering dirtbag from the era

"There are few things that can match the overwhelming sense of wonder felt when you're looking up at a sky full of stars."

Arborist David Milarch is renowned for helping California coastal redwoods migrate northward to survive the dangerous climate changes that threaten their current habitat.

Ever wonder what it's like to hike the ever-more crowded PCT? I'm about to find out.

The secret to surviving a weeklong family vacation along the Pacific Coast? Rent a tricked-out minivan

Love it or hate it, people are whipping around dirt courses on bikes with motors. Last weekend, the Sea Otter Classic, an annual event in Monterey, California, that celebrates the arrival of bike season, held the first-ever large-scale eMTB race.

You can hang in Cancun with the rest of the world, or head to one of these less well-known spots for a real ocean adventure.

From epic skiing in Antarctica to a lazy beer-fueled canoe trip in North Carolina, these are the best places to visit this year

A leather jacket a generation in the making

The first members of the U.S. track and field team have punched their tickets to Rio

>Today, the White House created three new national monuments in the California desert, adding nearly 1.8 million acres to one of the largest and most pristine swaths of protected land in the Lower 48.

The California Coastal Commission's decision to oust its executive director has set in motion a chain of events that could change the character of the state's iconic coastline

For the price of a few cups of coffee, the Boulder company is helping offset the cost of Olympic dreams

Fastest American marathoner cites chronic fatigue, low testosterone

It's a different kind of nostalgia when you're out in the backcountry (or out of the country) and trying to preserve the holiday spirit—but these adventurers did their best and lived to tell the tale

They may not bring rain, but they could help us better use the water we have

Bernie Krause’s vast library of field recordings reveals a sad truth: wild sounds are quickly vanishing

California just approved the roving bars—here’s why your state should go for them too

Even if you don't believe in campfire stories about ghosts and aliens, you can get your fill of fright with a haunted pre-trick-or-treat hike this Halloween.

Fulfill that childhood fantasy and book one of these high-end treehouses, from Costa Rica to Italy to San Francisco

The much-hyped weather phenomenon is upon us, but whether or not it will quench the drought in the West and bring much-desired snowpack is complicated

Some ski resorts are already spinning lifts. Here’s where to ski and ride at the beginning of the winter.

Escape San Francisco to play in the booming East Bay

Where to enjoy autumn's best views—on two feet or two wheels

Presenting blueprints for the best way to beat post-summer blues

Simone Anne soloed all 220 miles of the trail in a month, capturing her favorite moments along the way and posting them to her feed.

We asked photographer Jeff Clark, who travels around in his customized Sprinter, to document a few of the best rigs and personalities he came across while spending the summer on the California highways.

Learning to ride the waves isn't easy. But pick the right spot and find a gifted enough teacher, and you'll find your flow state

Find a hardy vehicle and hit the (off-) road

The persistent water shortage in the West is changing the landscape not only in ways you can see, but ways you can hear

An insider-approved itinerary

The Urban Wildlife Conservation Program is the best outdoor initiative you’ve never heard of. Let these fantastic photos be an introduction.

Photojournalist Max Whittaker takes you right to the fire line.