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Each year, Big City Mountaineers changes thousands of kids’ lives by bringing them on their first outdoor adventures. You can make it happen for another.
Each year, Big City Mountaineers changes thousands of kids’ lives by bringing them on their first outdoor adventures. You can make it happen for another.
The artist’s first-ever Web3 collection tells the story of his own journey into the outdoors
A detailed look at Outside Inc.’s first foray into Web3 and how it might improve our digital health and overall wellbeing
We've partnered with travel outfitter Modern Adventure to create four epic trips for Outside+ members at discounted rates. Better yet, an Outside editor will join you on each inaugural journey.
The new series from Outside follows the World Cup and Olympic champion as she comes back from personal tragedy.
Are you an Outside+ or Backpacker member? We want your helping ranking 62 of the most exciting products for 2022.
On this trip of a lifetime, you'll explore and trek through Katmai National Park in Alaska with Outside's editor in chief Christopher Keyes
Outside+ members can now stream this year's film from the comfort of their couch.
Introducing a new essay contest for Outside readers
Show your pride outside during the month of June for a chance to win $2,300 in prizes.
The musician spills on shooting in Death Valley and his new National Geographic collaboration ahead of his Earth Day concert with Backpacker.
The NPS will waive all entry fees to kick off its annual celebration of all things parks.
With more than 15 events in professional and amateur categories, athletes can enter to win over $120K in prize money. It’s good entertainment, too.
Join on us March 5, at 3:30 p.m. MT for a conversation with Heather "Anish" Anderson about endurance, thru-hiking, and her new book "Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail."
Our sibling brand, The Voice, is here to give you a peek behind the curtain of the gear makers that you love.
Series A funding allows Pocket Outdoor Media to expand its active lifestyle business to over 20 new media businesses including Yoga Journal, SKI, Climbing, BACKPACKER and Warren Miller Entertainment.
Share your Mothers Day message with us, and be entered to win this lovely print.
Join our virtual outdoor festival of art, fitness, film, and music with headliner G. Love on May 16.
Check out Backpacker Magazine's author page.
Join BACKPACKER’s disaster relief efforts and support education in Nepal.
Check out BACKPACKER Editors & Contributors's author page.
Get to know BACKPACKER's new top editor
Give kids a chance, and you might be surprised by what they can do.
You have a whole summer of hiking ahead of you, and we're ready to help you make the most of it.
You have questions about National Summit Day on August 1, 2020. We have answers.
Join Backpacker’s Get Out More all star ambassador Randy Propster for an engaging 75-minute seminar full of trail tested tips, regional trip advice and outdoor gear!
See bears or hike the world's longest slot canyon with these group trips.
Grab this gear at a great price before the sale ends on October 15th.
Three of the fattest bears in Katmai National Park are going head to head right now. Here's what you need to know.
Join Backpacker’s Get Out More all star ambassador Randy Propster for an engaging 75-minute seminar full of trail tested tips, regional trip advice and outdoor gear!
We want to hear about your company's efforts to give back.
Search for alligators, see a play on the trail, or visit a pictograph on these unique treks.
Master map-reading, compass use and more with our Backcountry Navigation online course.
Get in free, and then enjoy one of these awesome programs.
Announces move after contentious call with Governor Gary Herbert
Patagonia and other companies quit a tradeshow in the state in protest of Utah's public land policies. But REI and others say they won't go.
Join Backpacker’s Get Out More all star ambassador Randy Propster for an engaging 75-minute seminar full of trail tested tips, regional trip advice and outdoor gear.
Join Backpacker’s Get Out More all star ambassador Randy Propster for an engaging 75-minute seminar full of trail tested tips, regional trip advice and outdoor gear.
Some were big. Some were little. A few were celebrities. Meet the furry attendees of the outdoor industry's biggest tradeshow.
In September, we gathered backpackers from around the country for the best hiking party the country had ever seen. And in 2017, we're doing it again.
Join the Get Out More Tour. 48 states, 45 outdoor retailers, 5 on-the-trail adventures, and 5 outdoor festivals. April through October!
Athlete to document trek on Facebook Live, website.
Randy Propster is hitting the road and traveling throughout the country for Get Out More.
Discover the famous Colorado Trail this Fall during a trail-based celebration bringing together outdoor enthusiasts to hike and camp approximately a 25-mile stretch of the Colorado Trail.
Check out Katie Herrel's author page.
Scott Jurek talks about what it took to set a new Appalachian Trail record and how to enjoy wild places on the run
Adventures NYC is back! Join us on June 20, 2015 for the nation’s largest outdoor celebration in the world's most renowned urban park.
Travel the world. Take beautiful photos. Share incredible stories. Photographer Forest Woodward talks about living life in pursuit of art.
REI announces $1.5 million campaign to advance women's leadership in the outdoor industry.
Get an early look at the best new footwear headed to market this year. Your feet will thank you.
A first look at what's new in winter tents for this coming fall.
A great night's sleep awaits with these coming attractions in the bags and pads department.
It's the quintessential outdoor job: guiding clients on hiking and climbing trips around the world. Melissa Arnot dishes on what she loves about her life in the mountains.
Get a first look at these baselayers that'll keep you dry and cozy in 2016.
Our scout previews seven of next year's packs that are designed with winter in mind.
Running a gear company's product categories means lots of research, coordinating with a big team, a new challenge every day—and of course, some field testing.
Our scout previews the coolest new skis that you'll be carving turns with next year.
Being the mouthpiece for a gear brand isn't all social media and sweet trips, but it mostly is.
Preview the coolest new gear of the year with BACKPACKER's live coverage from Salt Lake City.
Enjoy an alpine adventure, raise money for a great cause, and score free gear.
Our reader reporter rounds up her favorite new products from the show floor.
We are now a week into the Get Out More Women’s Edition tour and it’s been absolutely amazing.
The past couple of weeks have taken us on route that could best be described as a toddlers scribbles on a map.
Week three of the Get Out More Tour was the busiest week we have had so far.
This past week took us to states that we’d never explored before – Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Check out Katie Herrel's author page.
After leaving Oregon, we pointed our Subaru Outback east for our second presentation at Cascade Outfitters in Boise, Idaho.
The 2014 Get Out More Tour is officially underway, kicking off this past weekend at Mountain Supply in Bend, OR.
Find a 2014 GOM event near you
Information about Backpacker Magazine's 14th annual Get Out More Tour.
Meet the intrepid GOM Ambassadors
Contact the Get Out More Tour ambassadors or directors.
The Women's Get Out More team has had a great first month
Check out Katie Herrel's author page.
Why this year's GOM team ditched the 9-to-5
Think you have what it takes to represent Backpacker and many of the top Brands in the outdoor industry on the road with the Get Out More Tour?
…it’s Yosemite, where rangers issued the most citations for marijuana possession since 2009.
Reader Report Jon Bausman takes you inside the latest in GPS navigation at the Summer OR Show, whether you're a purist seeking an inexpensive option or a tech-lover searching for the newest gadget.
Backpacker Reader Reporter Whit Vogel digs up a few pint-size multitools, watches, and a headlamp that will turn heads.