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Beyond Bears Ears

THE REAL FIGHT TO PROTECT AMERICA’S PUBLIC LANDS ISN’T IN UTAH. IT’S RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR BIGGEST CITIES

Playmaker

How Thomas Meyerhoffer designs our favorite things

Get Stranded

Why One Couple Couldn’t Keep a Secluded Caribbean Island to Themselves

Less Is More

You’re addicted to your phone. You’re loaded down by useless stuff. And you eat like a teenager. No wonder you can’t find the time to play outside, see the world, and get in shape. Fortunately,  streamlining your life—and having more fun—is easy: just do less. Here’s how.

Dispatches News From The Field

Safety in numbers? How a park city, utah, tech start up is trying to make avalanche deaths a thing of the past.

Ramble On

Inspired by Iconic American Long Trails, a New Generation of Pioneers Are Creating Paths for Hikers and Bikers the World Over

Alex Honnold

For Outside's 40th Anniversary, We're Featuring People Who Changed Our World. This Month, We Look at a Climber Who Makes or Palms Sweat.

The God Dimension

Athletes Are Turning to Meditation and Mindfulness for a Performance Boost. But Neuroscience Shows That It’s the True Believers Who Are Finding That Higher Gear Through Prayer.

Into The Wyld

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

Stranger Than Fiction

The Summer’s Hottest Documentaries Take on Conservation, Climate Change, and Doping

Kyle And Rachel Strait

When Kyle and Rachel met in 2012, Kyle—a freeride phenom who won Red Bull’s notorious Rampage at age 17, in 2004—was burned out. Rachel, the 2006 junior national cross-country champion, was switching to enduro, stage races where riders are timed only during downhill sections. The pair, who married last year, found that they helped one another with their performance weaknesses. Kyle went on to win the 2013 Rampage, and Rachel now competes in the Enduro World Series. 

Handing Over The Sharpend

When Daniel Duane Was a Kid, His Father Taught Him How to Climb in Yosemite Two Decades Later, When His Teenage Daughter Wanted a Valley Education of Her Own, He Realized That the Old Beta No Longer Applied

A Different Feather

MEET THE NEW FLOCK OF SYNTHETIC FILL

Exit Stage Left

During her four-year tenure as Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, a former oil-industry engineer and CEO of REI, has helped designate 18 new national monuments, increase youth engagement in the national parks, and limit access for energy exploration. As a Trump administration with very different views on conservation prepares to take the reins in Washington, Christopher Keyes sat down with the secretary to discuss her legacy—and the uncertain future of America’s public lands.

Feel The Noise

Most of Us Hit the Outdoors Seeking Calm and Quiet, but Chuck Thompson Prefers to Blast a Little 38 Special by His Campfires. Still, Even a Rustic Headbanger Like Him Has to Wonder if the Coming Age of Total Backwoods Connectivity Is Good for Bees, Beasts, and Man.

Leader Of The Pack

CAN WOLVES AND HUMANS COEXIST IN YELLOWSTONE?

Lindsey Vonn

FOR OUTSIDE'S 40ANNIVERSARY, WE'RE FEATURING PEOPLE WHO CHANGED OUR WORLD. THIS MONTH, A SKIER WHO JUST CANT BE KEPT OF THE PODIUM.

Single-Track Minds

HOW A COUPLE OF HEIRS TO AN AMERICAN RETAIL DYNASTY ARE PUTTING BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS, ON THE FAT-TIRE MAP

Nowheresville

TWO NEW NONFICTION BOOKS BY STAR JOURNALISTS EXPLORE A CHANGING WAY OF LIFE IN RURAL AMERICA

Reduce, Reuse, Resell

WHY OUTDOOR BRANDS WANT TO HAWK YOUR OLD EQUIPMENT ONLINE

Grain Bowls for Dummies

TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF FUELING AND FOLLOW THIS SIMPLE FORMULA

Let's Fix This For Good

THE HORRIFIC SCANDAL IN U.S. GYMNASTICS IS PART OF A LONG HISTORY OF SEXUAL ABUSE IN AMATEUR SPORTS—ESPECIALLY SWIMMING. THE TIME FOR LASTING CHANGE IS NOW

Racing Thoughts

IN TWO NEW BOOKS, A RECORD-HOLDING MARATHONER AND A JOURNALIST EXPLORE HOW YOUR MINDSET CAN IMPROVE YOUR RUNNING AND YOUR RUNNING CAN IMPROVE YOUR MIND

Over Exposed

When alpinist and photographer Cory Richards dug himself out of an avalanche in 2011, he emerged alive but scarred—an ascendant star in a community that tends to shun the very idea that trauma can have lasting effects. As his profile climbed ever higher, his career and personal life imploded. Six years later, one of the world’s best artist-adventurers comes clean about the panic attacks, PTSD, and alcohol abuse that nearly killed him.

It Just Consumed Me

”Normally, not photograph by MICHAEL MULLER something you want a shark scientist to say. But Eric Stroud is talking about his chemistry-lab quest for the ultimate shark repellent, which he appears to have found. The questions that remain: Does it work on the great white, the ocean’s most fearsome predator? And can a couple of rookie entrepreneurs get it to market?

Ryan Lochte Will Not Be Defeated

The Late - Night Punch Line Is Getting Older, And Some Say Slower, But He Has A Habit Of Piling Up Medals Anyway

Waiting To Inhale

When his daughter developed a serious form of arthritis, LOGAN WARD watched her drop out of sports and lose confidence. The one place she could still move with ease was underwater, and he decided to push her boundaries with one of the world’s most dangerous sports: freediving.

Cruise Control

As Arctic Sea Ice Melts, Business for Alaskan Passenger Ships Is Booming. Can the Fragile Region Handle the Traffic?

Body Work

Mission: Barely Possible Sometimes Setting an Unreasonable Goal Is the Only Way to Jump-start Your Fitness

The Shape-Shifter

REALITY-TV STARS NEVER SUSTAIN LONG CAREERS. JUST DON’T TELL THAT TO BEAR GRYLLS.