The Best Way to Vacation in 2018: Volunteering
Whether you want to dedicate a few hours or a few weeks, here’s how to give back on your next trip This year, pledge to take a trip that gives back to the community you’re visiting in a meaningful way.…
Is Your Health Data About to Get Hacked?
> Data breaches are now literally more than a daily occurrence—2,216 happened in the past year alone, according to Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report, released on April 10. Health-related organizations accounted for a quarter of those incidents. Three weeks…
Mammoth Opens Its Bike Park to E-MTBs
> When Mammoth Bike Park opens for its 2018 season on May 25, it will become the first major park on U.S. Forest Service land where riders can saddle up on electric mountain bikes. Mammoth, which leases its 3,500 acres…
5 Spots Where You Can Actually Ski This Winter
Yes, you can still find powder somewhere Unless you live in New England (or, oddly, Florida), this winter feels like it’s off to a very slow start. It’s bone-dry in places around the West right now, with record-low snow conditions…
Op-Ed: Whose Scouts Are They?
> On May 2—two days after I got to tell the story of the Girl Rangers, the first all-female Boy Scout troop from the 1970s—the Boy Scouts of America announced that it will drop the male modifier from its name next…
How OluKai Makes Its Hand-Dyed Indigo Kicks
> Want true one-of-a-kind footwear? OluKai’s new Hawaiian Blue indigo shoes are literally that. The canvas slip-ons from the Aloha State–born brand are made from fabric that is hand-dyed by a pair of Hawaiian artists. No two are the same.…
Trading Football for Fat Tires in Mississippi
> Lots of depressing statistics plague the Magnolia State. Poverty, unemployment, obesity, and teen pregnancy rates rank among the highest in the country, while education equity and life expectancy are at rock bottom. More than 40 percent of school-age children are overweight…
7 Campsites You’ll Have Entirely to Yourself
Remote, empty spots to pitch your tent in peace this summer You’ve planned a stellar camping trip—packed all the essentials, booked the site, brought your closest pals. Then you show up and it turns out you’re sleeping in a small,…
The Daypacks We Use for Hiking
> When you buy something using the retail links in our stories, we earn an affiliate commission that helps pay for our work. Read more about Outside’s affiliate policy. You’ve got your PB&J, map, rain jacket, and canned beer wrapped…
The Best Performance Food for Every Activity
The sports-nutrition market is confusing, so we created a helpful guide to show you exactly what and when to eat Twenty years ago, performance nutrition meant water and a banana. Today, it more closely resembles a science experiment, with neon-colored…