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Latitude 40: Making Adventure Maps the Old-School Way Since 1989
This Niche Map Maker Proves the Old-School Approach Still Stands a Chance

How a passion for mountain biking, hiking, and kayaking led one couple to dedicate their lives to hand mapping Utah & Colorado for future adventurers

How Alpine Parrot Is Promoting Inclusion & Equity With Hiking Gear
This Tiny Hiking Brand Is Taking on the Outdoor Industry's Inclusion Problem

The outdoor apparel brand for people of size founded by engineer Raquel Vélez is driving a new narrative around who participates in outdoor activities

3 Gear Redistribution Groups Making the Outdoors More Accessible
These 3 Gear Redistribution Groups Are Helping Make the Outdoors More Accessible

Getting quality, used gear into the hands of underrepresented outdoorists is an impactful way to build a better, more inclusive outdoor community

Big Wave Surfer Kai Lenny on Risk, Fear, and Surfing 60-Foot Waves
Big Wave Surfer Kai Lenny on Risk, Fear, and Surfing 60-Foot Waves

A Q&A with the world-class surfer on his new book, "Big Wave Surfer," the best advice he's ever received and the worst wipeout he's ever taken at Jaws

9 Outdoor Brands With Repair, Resell & Upcycled Gear Programs
9 Outdoor Brands With Repair, Resell & Upcycled Gear Programs

These major gear makers are using closed-loop cycles to keep equipment and apparel in use and out of landfills

What It Means to Be Carbon Neutral, as Explained by a Beer Company
What it Means for a Brand to Be Carbon Neutral in the Outdoor Industry

How Colorado's own Fat Tire is helping reduce the footprint of their own breweries and that of their competitors

Chasing Waterfalls & Fall Foliage in New York's Catskill Mountains
Chasing Waterfalls & Fall Foliage in New York's Catskill Mountains

Trading the daily grind for cabin time, leaf peeping, and waterfall gazing during a rare midweek escape from NYC

Eastern Sierra Camping: The 10 Best Spots According to a Local
A Visual Guide to Eastern Sierra Camping in California's High Country

A comprehensive guide to roughing it on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada—where to camp, hike, fish, and soak in hot springs this season

Climbing Mount Huntington: A Harrowing Tale of Alaskan Mountaineering
The Exhausting Reality of Climbing Alaska's Most Beautiful Mountain, Mount Huntington

Adventure photographer James Barkman shares a first-hand account of summiting the 12,241' pyramid of rock and ice—central Alaska's most striking peak

A Modern Guide to Ethical, Sustainable Foraging
How to Be an Ethical, Sustainable Forager

Learn how to become a responsible forager with expert advice and actionable tips on both finding mushrooms and respecting your environment

Hiking Mount Marcy, New York’s Highest Peak
14 Medium Format Photos From Hiking Mount Marcy, New York’s Highest Peak

A trip report and history lesson from the little known 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, the largest publicly protected natural area in the lower 48

Snow Peak Reimagines the Campground With 25-acre Long Beach Campfield
Snow Peak Announces 25-acre PNW Campfield, Reimagining the Classic Family Campground

Set to open in Spring 2024, the Japanese outfitter's first North American campfield concept will feature campsites, gear rentals, and micro cabins