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West Coast Trail - Vancouver Island, British Columbia
West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island
This top hiking trail follows the scenic southwestern coastline of Canada's Vancouver Island...
Spring Giveaway Switchback Travel
Spring Giveway
Switchback Travel values your opinion. We also love giving away free things to our readers. This spring we will be...
Sea Kayaking - Berry Island, Canada
An Introduction to Sea Kayaking
Sea kayaking opens new doors to wild places that are meant to be explored by water...
Antarctica
Antarctica: Photos from the Frozen Continent
An exceptional look at Antarctica from renowned photographer Christopher Michel...
Singular Patagonia hotel view
Adventure Hotels of the World: The Singular Patagonia
The Singular Patagonia in southern Chile’s Puerto Bories is in a class by itself. The former lamb...
Camera for the Outdoors
Choosing a Camera for Landscape Photography
Find the best camera for the outdoors from point-and-shoots to professional digital SLRs...
Maui - Makena State Park
Maui Off the Beaten Path
Beyond Wailea, Kihei, and Ka’anapali to the back roads of Maui, including the best hiking trails and snorkel spots...
America's Conservation Heroes
America's Top 10 Conservation Heroes
America’s Top 10 Conservation Heroes is a series honoring the individuals and organizations...
France Hiking - Pyrenees and GR 10
France: Hiking the Pyrenees and the GR 10
From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic through the villages of the French Pyrenees...

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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska’s Arctic Region
Alaska above the Arctic Circle evokes an overpowering sense of one’s insignificance. The land is vast and unforgiving...
Lofoten Islands Outdoors
Lofoten Islands Outdoors
Despite the Arctic location, the Lofoten Islands present myriad ways to get outdoors, and no setting is cooler or more unique...
Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine (pronounced PIE-nay) National Park in southern Chile is the crown jewel of Patagonia. Rising high is...
Manaslu Trek
Manaslu Circuit Trek
The Manaslu Circuit is the trekking jewel of Nepal. Bordering the Annapurna Conservation Area to the west and the Tibetan Plateau...
Patagonia National Park
Patagonia National Park
The new Patagonia National Park in southern Chile’s XI (Aysen) region, a one-of-a-kind project led by Conservacion Patagonica...
Surfing at Manu Bay, New Zealand
Surfing in New Zealand
With over 15,000 kilometers of coastline, you would be hard-pressed to find better surfing and fewer crowds anywhere...
Queenstown, New Zealand
New Zealand's Best Adventure Towns
New Zealand has established itself as one of the world’s top adventure travel destinations...
Hardangervidda
Hardangervidda, Norway
The Hardangervidda Plateau is one of Norway’s and Europe’s most wondrous open spaces, encompassing nearly...
El Chaltén
El Chaltén and Los Glaciares
El Chaltén is a dusty climbing town with a contagious outdoor vibe. The self-proclaimed “trekking capital of Argentina”...

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Outdoor Events Calendar

Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride
Friday, May 24, 2013

Mountainfilm Festival

The Mountainfilm Festival in beautiful Telluride, Colorado is one of the longest running film festivals in America. This celebration of mountain...

FIBArk - The Nation's Oldest Whitewater Festival (Salida, CO)
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

FIBArk whitewater festival






The FIBArk whitewater festival—which stands for "First in Boating the Arkansas"—takes place each June in Salida, Colorado during the Arkansas River runoff...

Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Friday, June 21, 2013

Telluride Bluegrass
The 40th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival—one of the world’s top outdoor musical festivals—will take place in June. Each year, over 10,000 people make the pilgrimage...

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