Taylor Gibler, 26, barreled towards frozen peril after stumbling on Mt. Baker in June of 2020.
With Covid cases hitting all-time highs, the nonprofit is still urging thru-hikers to stay home.
After years of demonstrations and congressional battles, the sale of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge finally went ahead on January 6—and almost no one bit.
A new initiative launching this week seeks to create a program to fund outdoor recreational and educational activities for underserved youth around the United States.
Fewer than 4 percent of people who apply for a permit to hike The Wave will get one. A new rule change from the Bureau of Land Management would triple that number—but environmental groups warn it could come at the expense of the scenery itself.
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Thousands of people hike the Colorado Trail every year, but India Wood had a bolder idea: Hike a 732-mile diagonal, from corner to corner, straight across the state. It would take dozens of maps to do it—and help from a few new friends.
After years of slashed environmental regulations, the United States’ public lands need a friend—and hundreds of U.S. representatives, tribal leaders, and even celebrities think Rep. Deb Haaland could be it.
Hiking the Appalachian Trail with four kids is tough; figuring out how to do it safely and legally in a pandemic year might seem insurmountably so. But for Olen and Danae Netteburg, two physicians who have spent the last decade working in Chad, it was just another challenge.
When they wake up broke, broken, and far from home, how do thru-hikers find the will to go another mile?
Why do we still run our public lands like it’s 1920?
The 72-year-old activist, who passed away last month, used mining claims, scenic flights, hiking trails, and occasionally outright confrontation to protect the Opal Creek Wilderness.
The results of this fall’s election could change the outdoors for a long time. Make a plan and make your voice heard.