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Forgotten Mountains of North Korea
Loading ...On the Korean Peninsula is a Great Ridge beginning at Korea’s holiest of mountains, Baekdu-san, undulating its dragon-like back along a serrated mountainous landscape that stretches for 1700km.
AT Trail Days
Loading ...[ May 19, 2012; May 20, 2012; May 21, 2012; ] An event full of history, tradition and good fun! Get ready for the water balloons to start flying! Appalachian Trail Days takes over Damascus, May 19-21st. With gear repairs, giveaways and goodies, food, music, free showers and cookouts! Walk your trail-weary feet into town for an awesome weekend of refueling and recharging. Swing by the [...]
The Classics: Mountain Biking, North Shore Vancouver
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North Shore, Vancouver, British Columbia
Season:
Spring, Summer, and Fall. In Winter, many of the mountains and trails are covered in snow.
Route(s):
Ladies Only, Pipeline, Oil Can and Espresso
Getting There:
It’s tough to say what is the best part of riding on the North Shore, but ease of access is certainly one of [...]
The Classics: A Word About Music
Loading ...There are a lot of things I love about what I do for a living. Getting to be creative with close friends. Working outdoors a good chunk of the year. Right at the top of the list is finding the music for my various projects. How do I find the music? I get asked this [...]
The One Piece of Gear: A Eulogy for the StormTracker Gloves
Loading ...Fitz Cahall wistfully recalls highlights from countless adventures spent with his dearly departed Outdoor Research StormTracker Gloves.
The Classics: Backpacking, Wind River Range
Loading ...Becca Cahall, Amanda Stuart, Brendon Leonard and Aaron Rodriguez backpack to Titcomb Basin at the heart of Wyoming’s Wind River Range, home to some of the wildest mountains in the lower 48.
Accidents Happen: Rescue on Washington Pass
Loading ...A very experienced climber and ice and rock instructor, Jason didnt expect the hike down to be so dramatic. Two broken bones, 8 hrs and one helicopter later, he had a different story. Are you prepared?
A Different Kind of Hiking: The Life of an AMC Ridgerunner
Loading ...Many people dream of the day they complete a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, when they will look out from the summit of Mt. Katahdin and know they have traversed essentially the entire length of the East Coast on foot. When the opportunity to spend the summer between my junior and senior years working as a ridgerunner for the AMC came up, I couldn’t say no.
Suffering
Loading ...After 2,176.3mi on the AT and 2,663mi on the PCT, Chris “Chance” DiPolo has new challenge: the Continental Divide Trail. Suffering isn’t the goal but certainly plays a part in the journey. What motivates a thru-hiker to take on the Triple Crown?
The Raw Edges of The Olympic Coast
Loading ...“Eendless skies layer on top of never-ending ocean; green folds of forest roll into fog….” A classic NW trek across rugged, unforgiving, beautiful coastline.
