Williamson Rock, SoCal's Premier Crag, Might Reopen
> The cliffs of Williamson Rock are a sport climber’s dream. Located in Southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, the highly featured granitic rock offers around 225 routes, ranging in difficulty from 5.6 to 5.13, and its east-facing, high-elevation…
The Case for Not Changing a Thing
Sometimes, when it comes to making progress it’s the smartest choice you can make. We humans suffer from the commission bias: a preference toward doing something rather than nothing. We’re also novelty-seeking creatures, drawn to bright and shiny objects. These…
The Gear You Need to Hunt This Fall
> 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. Hunting season is here. And, boy, are you going to use…
Will Your Old Dog Feel Unloved with a New Puppy Around?
Trying to figure out how to show both of your dogs—with different energy levels—exactly how much you love them? We have answers to this dilemma and more in this week’s lightning round. Welcome to Tough Love. Every other week, we’re…
Is Rob Bishop Becoming an Environmentalist?
> Up is down. Black is white. Two plus two equals…five? Hold onto your hats, folks, because Rob Bishop (R.-Utah) is becoming a champion of the environment. On Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee, which Bishop chairs, has moved forward…
Westerners (Blue or Red) Aren't Happy with Zinke
> Republican and Democrat, the majority of westerners don’t think Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is doing a great job. They’re especially displeased by the downsizing of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, and they think preserving western land is a…
What If Our Forests Don’t Come Back?
New Mexico’s Bandelier National Monument holds clues to what may happen to forests affected by massive fires On a warm day in April, at the outset of the 2018 fire season, Laura Trader, a fire ecologist at Bandelier National Monument,…
Testing the Prevelo Three Kid’s Bike
Click:3015 plate tube laser cutting machine suppliersThe bike that turned my little rider into a ripper It’s hard to spend big on kids’ stuff. Whatever you buy is destined to be a short-term investment, given how fast children grow. And…
The Tech Generation Goes to Wilderness Therapy
> The sun sank lower as we pushed our way up the steep slabs toward the summit of Mount Chocorua, a prominent 3,500-foot peak in the Sandwich Range of New Hampshire. We had missed our time goal, but the other…
Our Favorite Post-Sufferfest Food
After an hours-long day in the mountains, all we want to do is eat. These are the Outside staff’s go-to meals. If there’s anything better than spending a day hiking, climbing, running, riding, or doing whatever outside, it’s the food…