adventure

Scratching the Surface

Long after everyone else has traded skis for mountain bikes, fair-weather skiers glide out in search of the perfect crust

By Bill Donahue January 5, 2012

In this story: skiing, adventure

Climbing skins are your lift ticket to the top.

We're Skiing That?

Learning how to survive steep stuff in the Sawtooths

Text and photographs by Aaron Teasdale November 20, 2011

In this story: skiing, adventure

At Sawtooth Mountain Guide's backcountry camp, participants practice hurtling down a steep slope.

Eric Larsen, Polar Explorer

The first person to have reached the South Pole, the North Pole, and Mt. Everest's summit within the span of one year

By Avital Andrews November 1, 2011

In this story: adventure

Ghost Bird

In deep Antarctica, a surprising snow kestrel appears

By Molly Loomis November 1, 2011

In this story: birds, adventure, travel

Explore Corkscrew Peak, Death Valley National Park

With each new plateau, the canvas changes color

By Deanna Lynn Wulff November 1, 2011

In this story: adventure, hiking, national parks

Corkscrew Peak, Death Valley National Park

Flathead Guardians

Conservationists, the Olympics, and an indignant porcupine keep mountaintop-removal coal mining out of a wildlife paradise

By Aaron Teasdale May 1, 2011

In this story: biking, adventure, wilderness, saving wild places

British Columbia's Flathead Valley, mountaintops intact.

Grass Roots

A Great Plains native finds his way home

By Michael Parks November 27, 2010

In this story: travel, adventure, wilderness

Near the Nebraska-Colorado border, an early-summer High Plains mosaic stretches to the sky. | Photo by Michael Forsberg

Higher, Deeper

Snowboarding icon Jeremy Jones climbs his way to the top—and hopes others will follow

By Melissa Larsen November 22, 2010

In this story: adventure, skiing

Jonaven Moore gets a little air (left) after melding his 'skis' into a single plank (right).

Lighten Up

Jettison the tent, the candle lantern, and that copy of Moby-Dick. Ultralight through-hiking takes you farther, faster.

By Daniel Duane July 28, 2010

In this story: hiking, adventure, travel

With a light pack and nimble feet, Janine Patitucci goes rock hopping in Evolution Basin on the John Muir Trail.

Cinema Vertigo

When climbers die, is the camera partly to blame?

By Emmett Berg March 28, 2010

In this story: climbing, adventure

Left: As pre-trip inspiration, climber Micah Dash kept an image of Mt. Edgar's imposing eastern face on his computer desktop for a full year. Right: This photo of Dash (left) and Johnson was found in Copp's camera after the bodies were recovered.

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