10 Must-Do Hikes in the Mountain West
One of the Mountain West’s must-do hikes, Wyoming’s Big Sandy Trail is a classic trek below the iconic Cirque of the Towers. -John Strother From Montana’s Livingston Range to the Lechug…
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Why Take A Resistance Band On Your Next Ski Trip?
Keep your band handy to warm up your legs on the mountain. Skiing is a sport that treads the fine line between pure exhilaration and outright terror, and the only thing keeping you on the r…
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The Ski Trips That Make You A Better Skier
A week on the slopes – and in the bars – can be an outstanding social holiday. But what if your goal is to return home a better skier? For all their physical demands and opportunities for e…
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The 10 Best Hikes in Boulder
It’s no secret that Boulder boasts a wealth of top-notch hiking. The foothills and mountains above town represent the eastern terminus of the Rocky Mountains, rising up to elevations more tha…
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Insider's Guide to Big Bend National Park
Named for the large, lazy turn in the Rio Grande river, Big Bend National Park defies expectations with lush flood plains, tree-covered mountains rising to almost 8,000 feet, narrow canyon…
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6 Historic Hotels in the National Parks That Will Take You Back in Time
The first director of the National Park Service, Stephen Mather, once said, “Scenery is a hollow enjoyment to a tourist who sets out in the morning after an indigestible breakfast and a fitfu…
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Do You Know Your Mountain Trivia?
Size isn’t everything in a mountain. Neither is topographic prominence, or isolation, or vertical rise, or geologic age, or symmetry, or wildness. The best mountains, of course, are t…
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Explore Southern Utah's Backcountry
Kanab, a tiny picturesque town nestled in Utah’s sage-studded desert, is a colorful place. It’s known for intensely hued rocks, mysterious slot-canyons, stately junipers, and all-around adven…
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6 Underrated National Parks and Monuments in the West
There's a reason National Parks are called America’s best idea. Setting aside vast expanses of pristine land for timeless preservation provides a refuge for millions of Americans to experienc…
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The Last Outbacks: Exploring Lower 48 Backcountries Where the American Frontier Held Out
From the North Cascades and Great Basin borderlands of Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho to the most obscure depths of the Greater Yellowstone and the Boreal waterways of the Upper Midwest, plenty of…
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10 Amazing (and Attainable) Thru-Hikes Across the Country
Weekend backpacking trips are one of the greatest gifts of the summer. You can get so much in just two to three days: a breathtaking vista, a serene mountain lake, a secluded old-growth fores…
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Seeking Fish, Finding Climate Change
Tales of an Indian Adventure. In Agora, India, Andy Danylchuk, Patagonia Ambassador, and I finished a day of fly fishing on the Assi Ganga River, one of the high headwaters of the Ganges. We ca…
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