The Drought in the West Is Bad and It’s Gonna Get Worse
“So just a heads-up,” said my friend Ted, who was shin-deep in the icy snowmelt of Colorado’s Roaring Fork River. “We hit the first Class III pretty quick around the corner.” He pushed off in his...
View ArticleThe Best Hipcamp for Every National Park
Feel like sprucing up your outdoor getaway? The prominence of swanky camping digs far from the crowds and the pit toilets of public parks has skyrocketed in recent years. San Francisco-based Hipcamp...
View ArticleWe All Deserve a Spring Break This Year
One year ago, any plans you had for a spring getaway were likely canceled. Mine were. I was slated to go camping in Joshua Tree National Park in mid-April, and I remember the email from the National...
View ArticleWill the Pandemic Fix Hawaii?
“The pandemic was really the second disaster. The first one was the flood on Kauai,” says Alan Carpenter, assistant administrator of Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Division of...
View ArticleThe FAA Is Enabling Helicopters to Ruin the Outdoors
In August 2018, about 250 fed-up Hawaiians filed into a Department of Transportation meeting in Hilo to rail against a steady stream of helicopters passing over their homes—as many as 80 a day—en route...
View ArticleOur Favorite Hipcamp in Every State
Looking for a new place to camp in your backyard or beyond? You’re not alone. As droves of people across the U.S. look to safely travel by opting for remote, outdoor destinations, it’s no surprise that...
View ArticleCarissa Moore's 5 Favorite Surf Towns
Carissa Moore grew up in Honolulu, which the 27-year-old pro surfer still calls home when she’s not traveling the globe for competitions. Moore earned her fourth World Surf League Women’s World Tour...
View ArticleMeet Surfing's Most Humble Champion
In this film from Morgan Maassen, he profiles two-time world longboarding champion Honolua Blomfield as she reflects on her relationship with her home of Haleiwa, Hawaii.
View ArticleTravel the World with These Livestream Cameras
I recently discovered a link to a livestream camera overlooking a bay in British Columbia and claiming to show orcas in real time. I hopped on to see what was happening, with the attitude of like I’m...
View ArticleSalvage Woodworking Is Green and Beautiful
Big Ben, from Felt Soul Media and Patagonia, profiles former professional surfer Ben Wilkinson, whose current career is retrieving problem trees on the Hawaiian island of Oahu and turning them into...
View ArticleHow This Mountain Biker Stays Sane in Racing Limbo
One of the toughest climbs in the world is in Hawaii, on the Big Island. It’s a 42.6-mile leg buster that gains 13,837 feet as it winds up Manua Kea, the tallest volcano on the planet. But it’s a walk...
View ArticleKristy Murphy Keeps the Spirit of Longboarding Alive
The perfect longboard wave is a curious thing. While shorter surfboards perform best in large, fast waves, the ideal wave for longboards, which can reach 11 to 12 feet long, isn’t about power or size....
View ArticleThe Ultimate Volcanoes National Park Travel Guide
It doesn’t matter where I am in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park—standing at the Kilauea Iki overlook, which has views of a mile-long crater, peering into steam vents along the edge of Kilauea Crater,...
View ArticleThis Woman Wants to Row Across the Pacific
Angela Madsen began her career by entering the military right after high school. She was injured, and after more than a decade of spinal degradation, a poorly executed surgery permanently placed her in...
View ArticleHow a Shipwrecked Crew Survived 10 Days Lost at Sea
On November 25, 2019, Chris Carney and his two-man crew, Pete Brown and Jun “Sumi” Sumiyama, set off from Japan on their way to Hawaii in a 42-foot sailboat, the Coco-Haz III. They had four weeks to...
View ArticleA Love Letter to Old, Dorky, Perfect Hawaiian Shirts
A few inarguable facts about the Hawaiian shirt before we get started: first, it’s impossible to take yourself too seriously while wearing one. Second, these wildly patterned shirts look good. Really...
View Article7 Cabins That Are Perfect for a Romantic Getaway
Forget chocolate and roses. All you really need to celebrate Valentine’s Day is quality time outside and a cozy place to curl up at night. We found some cabins located in ideal places for exploring,...
View ArticleThe Trips Outside Editors Are Taking This Year
At Outside, our staff makes the most of our home base of New Mexico, from winter dawn patrol at Ski Santa Fe and year-round climbing in Roy to summer road trips throughout the Southwest and beyond. But...
View ArticleSave Money by Traveling to These 9 Places in Winter
Without a doubt, January through March is the cheapest time to book an international flight departing from the U.S. The reason why is pretty simple, according to Scott Keyes, founder of the...
View ArticleHow One Hawaiian Village Eats Sustainably
Hana Ku, from Olukai, profiles a small Hawaiian village’s traditional cooking and harvesting methods, both part of its focus on eating sustainably.
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