Get schooled on ice from the park to the wilds of the San Juan Backcountry. … [Read more...]
Yosemite of the Sea: Cala Gonone, Italy
A solo-venture to a distant island helped me rediscover myself while exploring mountains by the sea. … [Read more...]
Mountain Running Along the Esplanade Range
A warm breeze propels my ponytail above my windbreaker, and I find my cadence atop the broad high-alpine saddle at 7,800 feet. Running south, I mediately found between the soft, flower-crowned mountain heather and glimmering quartz-embedded schist of the Esplanade Range. I'm here to experience one of the … [Read more...]
10 Years: A Decade of Elevation Outdoors
Since 2009, Elevation Outdoors has been celebrating the outdoor lifestyle in Colorado and the Rockies. Here's everything we've learned (and all that has happened in the outdoor world) on this long strange trip. … [Read more...]
How I Gave Back to Kids By Summiting Kenya’s Peaks
Searching for an avenue to summit Africa's peaks while giving back to the community? A new social good program developed by MSR and Flying Kites invites travelers to adventure in the mountains of Tanzania and Kenya while changing the lives of local kids. … [Read more...]
Colorado’s Sister Cirque
British Columbia's Powder Highway provides a haven of deep snow in the Rockies. … [Read more...]
The outdoor industry can help the world’s water crisis
MSR and Flying Kites join forces to create a sustainable, scalable program that provides clean hydration--and human survival--in Kenya, and beyond. … [Read more...]
What the Middle Fork Reveals About Our Public Lands
The nation's oldest protected waterway is a 104-mile gateway to our past and future. … [Read more...]
Paddle The Gauley River This October
Our raft inches toward the cliff-like drop and the resonating chorus of the rapids disappears. The only sound that remains is that of bystanders as they hoot-n-holler from the islands of rocks, a coliseum-like shelf that’s adjacent to the river. … [Read more...]