January 28, 2021

Backcountry Teams Up with Natural Selection Tour as Official Outerwear and Retail Partner

PARK CITY, Utah (Jan. 27, 2021) – Backcountry, the specialty retailer of premium outdoor gear and apparel, has teamed up with the Natural Selection Tour (NST), the first winter sports tour to showcase the world’s top snowboard athletes competing on the planet’s most exciting natural and naturally-enhanced terrain. As the...

January 27, 2021

Virtual Women’s Outdoor Summit ‘21 Set for March 11 – 13

San Francisco, CA – January 27, 2021 –  In celebration of International Women’s Month, Teresa Baker has teamed up with JAM Collective and Ravel Media to launch a virtual Women’s Outdoor Summit for women of the outdoor industry to connect and learn from one another. The three-day virtual event is...

January 26, 2021

PeopleForBikes Joins The Big Gear Show as Presenting Sponsor

PARK CITY, UT – The Big Gear Show, the first of its kind outdoor and bike hardgoods buying and demo experience debuting in Park City, Utah in August of this year, announces PeopleForBikes as presenting sponsor. PeopleForBikes builds a favorable bike business environment through legislation and regulation, and works to...

January 25, 2021

Video: Bear chasing skier down groomed run

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January 20, 2021

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy Won’t Recognize Your 2021 Thru-Hike for Now

With Covid cases hitting all-time highs, the nonprofit is still urging thru-hikers to stay home, and will not recognize thru-hikes after March 31, 2020 or for those who traveled through any areas that were posted closed when the hiker entered. Backpacker

January 20, 2021

Tokyo Olympics “looks unlikely,” says London 2012 chief

Sir Keith Mills, the deputy chairman of the organising committee for the 2012 Olympic Games, is doubting whether the delayed Tokyo Olympics will take place, insisting rising coronavirus rates make it “unlikely” to happen. However, Tokyo organisers and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are adamant the Games will start in...

January 19, 2021

U.S. snowboarders out of World Cup event due to coronavirus

Kyle Mack, an Olympic silver medalist, and fellow snowboarder Lyon Farrell are out of this week’s Laax Open in Switzerland after testing positive for the coronavirus. Other unnamed U.S. snowboarders who traveled and shared accommodation with Mack and Farrell, though they have not tested positive, are also out of the...

January 18, 2021

Here’s a Guy Skiing Down a Wave Mountain at Mavericks

Chuck Patterson is shown in this video from Powerlines Productions while riding one of the best waves of all time at Mavericks - the big-wave break in California that’s put on quite a show this winter. Adventure Journal

January 16, 2021

Triumph and Tragedy on K2 as First Winter Ascent is Achieved

A team of Nepali climbers reached the summit of K2 during the winter for the very first time, bringing after years of struggle on the world’s second highest mountain. But the triumph was quickly diminished, as the Savage Mountain claimed the life of Spanish climber Sergi Mingote who fell while...

January 13, 2021

Storied La Ruta Mountain Bike Race Sells Out Field for 2021 Event

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (January 13, 2021) - Following the first cancelation in its 28-year history, organizers of the La Ruta mountain bike stage race have announced that the 2021 event, scheduled to take place November 4-6, 2021, is sold out. This marks the first sellout for La Ruta in...