Baldface Lodge is the mecca for powder hounds with a passion for backcountry in its purest sense, boasting over 32,000 acres of unadulterated terrain and 500 inches of fresh throughout a typical season.
From the client evaluation to the material selection to the tedious labor, one thing’s clear: making custom skis requires patience and skill.
On January 14, after 19 straight days of clinging to Yosemite’s El Capitan, climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson successfully completed the first free ascent of the 5.14d Dawn Wall, widely considered the most difficult big wall rock climb in the world.
NuDown, a small company based in Reno, Nevada, has an innovative new solution and it might just be better than down: air. Sometimes the best solution is the one that’s all around you.
Tough Mudder, which currently produces 150 events in 7 countries, will add 10 new obstacles, redesign its existing obstacles and launch a brand new event series called Urban Mudder.
Most people don’t use high-end outdoor gear, like skis and bikes, to their fullest potential.
Here’s the right cross-country ski gear — classic, skate and backcountry — to get you out the door and on the trail.
Having come of age during the classic era of cross-country skiing, I took a defiant view of skate skiing. Finally, this winter I decided to end my holdout and learn to skate.
Ayers Rock, a huge, flat sandstone summit in the middle of the Australian desert, draws huge crowds. But part of that tourism involves climbing over ground that the Anangu tribe, the owners of the land, consider sacred.
Will McGough explores the length of the Kalalau Trail, recently voted America’s best hiking trail by GP readers.
This summer, GP’s Jason Heaton set out to dive five of Lake Superior’s most notable wrecks.
The Hi-Mod Evo is a racer that’s lighter, stiffer, and stronger than most everything else on the road.
Dan had mentioned his novel idea before our summer trip to Switzerland: we’d go backpacking, in the Alps — no huts. Bring your sleeping bags and bivy sacks, he said.
From hiking the Speyside Way to mountain biking in Torridon, Scotland is the land of outdoor adventure.
With wind-tunnel fluidity and lab-engineered stiffness, the new S5 is made for straight speed on the open road.
Gore-Tex’s latest technology is their new “C-Knit” fabric, which will debut in Gore-Tex-equipped jackets in 2015.
At 40 years old, he had achieved some of the most astounding ascents in mountaineering history. He was seemingly invincible.
After years mastering groomed trails, lift lines and overpriced hot chocolates, some people just need a change of pace when it comes to winter adventures. Whether it’s snowshoeing in Maine, scaling manmade Colorado glaciers or camping in a Californian desert — these destinations should be on every winter sportsman’s radar.
The person responsible for cycling brand Rapha’s display of enthusiasm for fashion and cycling is the company’s Head of Central Brand Marketing, James Fairbank.
Welcome to our sprawling travel journal of Scotland’s environmental, cultural and culinary riches. Over the next two weeks we’ll be sharing our collection of 50 essays, videos, anecdotes, photo essays, travel guides, recipes, poetry and tall tales gathered during one hell of a trip.