Under a Blanket of Stars: Camping in Great Sand Dunes National Park

Sonja Saxe

While Great Sand Dunes has beauty and fun to offer during the day the real adventure begins when the sun goes down!

To Beginner Photographers: Invest in Lenses

Matt Van Swol

Why you should spend more money on a lens than a camera

How to Balance Life and the Great Outdoors

Will McKay

Like many wise men and women have said, there is no time like the present. So go, take hold of the present, don't look back, and just live.

10 Incredible Backpacking Trips in Yosemite National Park

The Outbound Collective

Find a piece of the park to call your own for the night.

How to Keep Yourself Clean while Camping without Hurting the Environment

Jacalyn Beales

Keeping up that city-bound beauty routine? Well, turns out you can do that in the woods, too. Responsibly.

I Refuse to Let My Medical Issues Stop Me from Exploring

Stormy ~ Wandering Wild

Adventuring through Gastroparesis and Partial Complex Seizures

6 Things I Learned Driving the Alaska Highway

Justin Fricke

The drive to and from Alaska can teach you a lot of things about life and travel. Here are 6 things The Weekend Warrior learned while driving the Alaska Highway this summer.

Picking Your Adventure Rig: It's All About Charisma

Mirla Klijn

It is less about engineering. Go for something personal instead of something that ticks all the boxes.

An Epic Week of Adventure at Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

Stephanie Vezina

Trip report for the ACC Edmonton 2016 Summer Camp at Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park

Chasing Snow Leopards in Nepal

Dulkara Martig

18 days walking in far Eastern Nepal, mostly in the Kanchenjunga region, right up near the border of Nepal and Tibet. Here I share snippets of our adventure and stories that unfolded along the way. Every trip back to Nepal is different. Different companions, routes, and circumstances blend together to create an interesting mosaic of experiences which are unique. As always, small encounters with people and immersion in the culture of the ‘mountain people’ left my heart warm and excited to return for more.

6 Ways to Improve as an Outdoor Adventurer

Addison Klinke

Just when you thought you knew it all.

The Long Road: 6 Tips to Improve Your Social Media Photography

Hunter Berge

What I have learned after years of studying social media photography.

The True Beauty of the Wild

Will McKay

"​Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread​​"​ ​​- ​Edward Abbey (1927-1989)

Passing on Passion to a Future Explorer

John Entwistle

Showing the younger generation how it's done!

Feeling Small in the Face of the Mountains

Dulkara Martig

An insight into a trip in the Chugach Mountain range in Alaska.

The Golden Age of Drone Photography

Matt Van Swol

Should you buy a drone?

An Old Place for New Adventure

The Outbound Collective

Oregon's 5 Mile Lookout: 24 Hours to send you back in time.

I Revisited Adventures from Childhood and It Was Amazing

John Entwistle

Family vacations are fun, but what happens when you return to the same places you visited when you were a child, as an adult!

How I Plan My Adventures: I Don't

Hunter Berge

It is not a true adventure unless you get lost - so get lost.

Crested Butte RIMBY (Right in My Backyard) Guide

Mountain Standard

Mountain Standard Field Agents Mitch Warnick and Ian Havlick provide a local's tour of the beautiful Crested Butte, CO.

25 Badass Backpacking Trips

The Outbound Collective

Not for the faint of heart

Explorer Spotlight: Thomas Burton

The Outbound Collective

Hiking at Night was a Great Idea

John Entwistle

When hiking during the day just isn't exciting enough!

You Don't Have to Choose Between Mountains and the Ocean. Here's Why.

Mollie Carberry

Obviously there are infinite ways in which mountains, oceans, forests and lakes differ wildly, and due to this, one may feel the pull of one in particular. But fundamentally, they all offer the same physical and mental freedom and respite from life in a city.