7 State Parks To Visit Instead Of The National Parks
In case you hadn't heard, the federal government is still shut down and access to all 401 of our national parks is pretty limited. So, what's an...
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Ski Pass Showdown: Combo Passes Compared
Ski culture has changed. One-time ski areas are now glitzy ski resorts, yesterday's ski towns are now called resort towns and the broke, dirtbag ski bum has...
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The National Parks Are Closed... Now What?
The closure of all U.S. National Parks after Tuesday's government shutdown has alienated a lot of travelers, hikers and campers. In most parks, campers were expected to...
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A Wild Bear That's Almost Too Human
There's an injured bear in the apple orchard. This should not be huge news. Despite the rash of bear-proofing measures from electric fences to removing all the...
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Travel Tips From Backpackers: Lighter Is Better
Backpackers are known for counting ounces, and for good reason. Carrying everything you need can be an exhausting proposition, so much so that some ultralight backpackers are...
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12 Scary Roads
Bolivia's Old Yungas Road is a winding, 40-mile-long stretch that links the high Andean capital city of La Paz to Coroico, 11,500 feet below in the Amazon...
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The Creek Will Rise: Boulder Was Bound To Flood
Excuse my language, but: Holy. Shit. That's what all of us natural disaster-curious Internet voyeurs were thinking last week, our jaws giving in to gravity as we...
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Boot Camp: Fitting A Ski Boot, Step-By-Step
Fitting a ski boot shell to your foot should be treated like going to a tattoo artist: it's a highly personal process, you only get one crack...
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The Legend Of The Snow King Screamer
It's been nine years since I witnessed Tony Romania's screams as he went down Snow King Mountain. His raw wail was a sonic maelstrom, a raw, beastly...
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Open Season: 6 Top Ski Resorts For Early Snow
First snow has already started settling on the high-mountain resorts out West—a great sign for winter-starved powder hounds everywhere. So why wait for the official start of...
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Reel Big Fish: 14 Of The World's Biggest Catches
The biggest fish I ever caught was a 10-pound walleye. I was out on Lake Erie with my fish-crazed neighbor and my best friend during what seemed,...
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Out On The Trail, Nothing Else Matters
After about a week in the wilderness, I forget that there is a world other than this. There is only what happens out here every day: the...
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14 Of The Biggest Fish Ever Caught
Central Africa's Goliath Tigerfish (Hydrocynus goliath) is reportedly as fierce as its name suggests. While some compare this freshwater fish to piranha—it's equally or more aggressive, and...
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12 Trippy Tree Houses
This whimsical tree-top teahouse was designed by architect Terunobu Fujimori and sits perched among cherry trees in the Kiyoharu Shirakaba Museum, in Hokuto City, Yamanashi...
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Finally, Ski Resorts Battle Climate Change
Despite all that's written about climate change, global efforts to address the unfolding crisis are failing miserably. With greenhouse gas emissions continuing to climb and atmospheric carbon...
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Alaska Is Fishing's Final Frontier
Summer on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is a bad time to schedule meetings. When the sockeye salmon start running, all bets are off. As a native New Yorker...
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5 Ways To Learn Outdoor Skills As An Adult
Okay, so you weren't exactly Mr. or Mrs. Adventure growing up, and all your memories of summer camp are hazy at best. If asked to pitch a...
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12 Peak Fall Adventures
When to Go: Third Week September Get a rare insider's view of Glacier National Park when you attend its "Fall for Glacier" weekend at the Izaak Walton Inn,...
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Surfing Kamchatka
Keith Malloy and Dane Gudauskas exit the heli as we land in a bay with a few potentially world class set-ups. Going up and down the coast...
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Hiking During Hunting Season: How To Stay Safe
If you're like me, when you were a kid your parents warned you not to play in the woods in the fall and winter. "Hunting season," they...
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7 Ways To Start Feeding Your Snow Addiction
If you think about snow sports in August, you're either in the Southern Hemisphere or you're a full-on snow addict. This "summer" I was both, backcountry skiing...
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Picking The Perfect Paddle: Kayak Edition
Whatever water you're breaking, from calm multi-day tours to frothy, mad-dashes through boulder gardens and big drops, a kayaker's best friend is her paddle. As with any...
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Road Rules: Tips For The Drive Of Your Life
On July 24th, four friends and I left Trumbull, Connecticut, bound for a three-week cross-country drive. Our destination was Portland, Oregon—where two of us were planning a...
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It's OK To Get Emotional About Saving 'Sacred' Lands
It is difficult to know what's sacred nowadays because somehow, money has come to top the list. It may be that one person's "sacred" place is another...
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5 Facts To Put The Yosemite Inferno In Perspective
According to the latest reports, the inferno that continues to blaze through areas in and around Yosemite National Park is now 80 percent contained. Now that we know a...
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Mammoth Lakes: Made For Adventure
It all began in 1996, when I traveled to Las Vegas on assignment for Men's Journal to cover the Adult Entertainment Expo, the Academy Awards of porn....
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Bringing Down Colorado's 'Wildlife Berlin Wall'
One official calls Interstate 70 through Colorado's Rockies "the Berlin Wall for wildlife." Animals killed there include cougars, bears, moose, elk, two of the state's reintroduced Canada...
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