Nightmare Or Dream? ‘Underwater Skydive’ Into 663-Foot-Deep Blue Hole A free-diving video that will, er, take your breath away. Written by Amy Oberbroeckling January 31, 2014
Amazing, Short-Lived Artwork Created On Beach At Low Tide Artist uses a rake for his “brush.” Beach sand is his canvas. Written by Sean McCoy January 30, 2014
This Olympic Skier’s Weight Room Workout Made Our Jaws Drop The road to a Nordic Skiing podium in Sochi looks really, really hard. Written by Sean McCoy January 30, 2014
That Weird Fleece ‘Onesie’ Suit? It Was Designed For Ski Racers The one-piece design isn’t just for infants. Written by Sean McCoy January 30, 2014
Colorado Gov. Renames 14’ers After Denver Broncos If you ever had the desire to climb Mt. Peyton Manning, now’s your chance. Written by Sean McCoy January 29, 2014
Icebreaker Enlists ‘Snow Artist’ Simon Beck For Garment Design Project Intricate patterns created on snowy landscapes will be translated to merino base layers. Written by Sean McCoy January 29, 2014
First Look: ‘Fishpond’ Makes A Big, Burly Water-Resistant Duffel Bag When you go from home to airplane to the outdoors, it’s nice to have a bag that keeps gear dry and can be carried moderate… Written by Sean McCoy January 29, 2014
Origami As Outerwear. The North Face ‘Jacket’ Made From Paper Cut out the template, then fold. That’s all it takes to make a paper version of a real jacket. Written by Stephen Regenold January 29, 2014
Fat Bike, Survival Mode, And Drinking Your Own Urine At Minus-27 F. How To Podium At ‘Arrowhead 135’ Tom Puzak, a contributing editor and athlete on Team GearJunkie/WEDALI, this morning finished the brutally cold Arrowhead 135 in 2nd place. He almost didn’t… Written by Stephen Regenold January 28, 2014
Frozen Beauty: Immense Apostle Ice Caves Accessible For First Time In Years Thanks to the deep freeze in the Midwest, the ice-covered sea caves of the Apostle Islands are open to visitors, and the photographs coming back… Written by Sean McCoy January 28, 2014
Naked Ski Jump = Horrible Idea This naked ski jump video is a few years old so you may have seen it floating around the web. Still, it’s a good 39-second… Written by Sean McCoy January 27, 2014
Sochi Olympics ‘Official Car’ Is Volkswagen (Fleet Includes At Least One Monster Truck) An expedition used these lifted VW’s to cross 16,000 miles of Russia, including a lot of wilderness, to promote the Sochi Olympics. Written by Sean McCoy January 27, 2014
Cook Without Fire Using Water-Activated Packets That Look Like Tea Bags Simply add water to this gizmo’s disposable heating packs and cook instantly. Written by Sean McCoy January 27, 2014
Best Gear In 2014… Outdoor Retailer ‘Best In Show’ Awards (part II) Our awards highlight a mini ice axe, a helmet, and a camera sensor that can track your moves. Written by Stephen Regenold January 26, 2014
‘Best In Show’ Gear Awards (part I) From Outdoor Retailer Trade Show New gear was onstage all week at the Outdoor Retailer trade show. Here are some top picks. Written by Stephen Regenold January 25, 2014
Review: All-Weather, Waterproof ‘Changeable Lens’ Rugged Camera Nikon’s new waterproof and shockproof camera gives photographers creative control and rugged peace of mind. Written by Cameron Martindell January 24, 2014
Winter Ascent Of Mount St. Helens The stars align for a perfect summit day on Mount St. Helens this week. Written by Jeff Kish January 24, 2014
‘Most Comfortable Out-Of-Box’ Alpine Ski Boot Ever, Said Our Tester We test a to-be-released ski boot from Tecnica. Written by Sean McCoy January 23, 2014
‘Maya Mountain Adventure Challenge’ (Team YogaSlackers Race Prep Video) Our athletes are headed to Belize next month to race. This video offers a peek into their training for the big event. Written by Stephen Regenold January 23, 2014
First Look: ‘Future Gear’ From OR Show We got the scoop on new gear and gadgets before the show even opens its doors… Written by Stephen Regenold January 21, 2014
‘Denali’ Ski Developed With International Mountain Guides (we test on Utah peak) We test the 2014/15 Dynafit Denali ski on an 11,000-foot Utah backcountry peak. Written by Sean McCoy January 21, 2014
‘How To Dress For Extreme Cold’ Our editor gives some basic tips on surviving out-of-this-world cold. Written by Stephen Regenold January 21, 2014
‘LighterBro’ Turns Common Bic Into Knife-Equipped Multi-Tool This neat new product costs just $9.99 and fits a standard lighter… Written by Stephen Regenold January 20, 2014
Inside Look: Ice Climbing On World Stage Climbers compete on a structure that resembles “something of a different world.” Written by Sean McCoy January 18, 2014
Emergency! Break Out The ‘Survival Mug’ Move over man with survival bracelet, but let me finish my coffee first. Written by Sean McCoy January 17, 2014
‘Girls Only’ Terrain Park At Utah Ski Area The park gives girls and women a place of their own to jib, grind and grab. Written by Sean McCoy January 17, 2014
‘Slob’ To Chicken Salad… Snowboarding Grab Terms (on one handy chart) Who you calling Slob? What, are you Mute? Fine, just bring me some Chicken Salad. (Yes, that just described a series of snowboarding tricks.) Written by Sean McCoy January 17, 2014
High Peaks To Canyon Depths: Best ‘Durable People’ Photos So Far 10 top images so far from readers in our ‘Durable Person’ photo contest… Written by Stephen Regenold January 17, 2014
Crashing: It’s Like Riding A Bike The Rubber Tramp Jeff Kish met a little adversity on a recent bike ride. Night riding left an unforeseen obstacle in the path at the… Written by Jeff Kish January 17, 2014
Beauty To Big Air… The Eclectic Instagram Of An Olympic Skier From the looks of British ski cross racer Pamela Thorburn’s Instagram feed, she leads one interesting life. She allowed us to share some of her… Written by Sean McCoy January 16, 2014
