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Bikepacking Gear We’re Testing Right Now

Bikepacking Gear We’re Testing Right Now

Here's are three pieces of bikepacking gear we're testing this summer, in time for our third annual Editors List.

Bikepacking Gear We’re Testing Right Now

Here's are three pieces of bikepacking gear we're testing this summer, in time for our third annual Editors List.

Making Art in the Mountains with Emma Mary Murray

Making Art in the Mountains with Emma Mary Murray

Emma Mary Murray’s Issue 13 story, Stitched Together, documents the work of the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project—a combined group of scientists and writers who spend weeks in the Washington...

Making Art in the Mountains with Emma Mary Murray

Emma Mary Murray’s Issue 13 story, Stitched Together, documents the work of the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project—a combined group of scientists and writers who spend weeks in the Washington...

The First Woman To Almost Make Everest History

The First Woman To Almost Make Everest History

Whether she made it to the top of Mount Everest or not, climber Marty Hoey made a impact for female mountaineers. 

The First Woman To Almost Make Everest History

Whether she made it to the top of Mount Everest or not, climber Marty Hoey made a impact for female mountaineers. 

After A Hard Month for the Boundary Waters, Advocates Push On

After A Hard Month for the Boundary Waters, Adv...

“That protection was put in place after extensive careful review, including looking at the best science, studies, expert input, and giving the public opportunity for input,” Chadwick said. “None of...

After A Hard Month for the Boundary Waters, Adv...

“That protection was put in place after extensive careful review, including looking at the best science, studies, expert input, and giving the public opportunity for input,” Chadwick said. “None of...

Behind the Story: Hiking Through Our Geologic Past

Behind the Story: Hiking Through Our Geologic Past

“Geology’s greatest contribution may be philosophical rather than scientific: the concept of deep time,” wrote Taylor Roades in her Issue 13 feature, Time Scales. “Hiking, then, becomes a way of...

Behind the Story: Hiking Through Our Geologic Past

“Geology’s greatest contribution may be philosophical rather than scientific: the concept of deep time,” wrote Taylor Roades in her Issue 13 feature, Time Scales. “Hiking, then, becomes a way of...

Could things be changing on Vermont’s Long Trail?

Could things be changing on Vermont’s Long Trail?

The Long Trail has resisted a National Scenic Trail designation. Could that be changing?

Could things be changing on Vermont’s Long Trail?

The Long Trail has resisted a National Scenic Trail designation. Could that be changing?