On the final run of the freestyle ski course, athletes have to decide: avoid a fall or go for glory? The decision will determine who is crowned Season 2’s Ultimate Mountain Athlete, the three-sport ...

The Argo Aero is compact, lightweight, and easy to inflate but feels more like a hardshell boat in more ways than one.

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Vincent Bouillard, a product designer for shoe brand Hoka, is quietly crushing the fields at the world’s top ultramarathons.

On May 3, Anthony Pollio, 33, was hiking Glacier National Park’s Mount Brown Trail when a grizzly bear attacked and killed him. Now, new details about his final moments offer a stark reminder of the ...

The most important upgrade in the new Trail-Terrain T/A + is an updated rubber compound, which, matched with a specialized ...

The official record for highest VO2 max belongs to a former cyclist named Oskar Svendsen, whose brief career I wrote about back in 2019. VO2 max is a measure of how much oxygen your lungs, heart, and ...

We tested tons of options to find the real difference between a $140 sleeping pad and a $400 camping mattress.

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Every summer, our gear editors head to OMA’s media show for a look into the future of gear. For 2027, big name brands are pushing the limits for what’s possible in ultralight, from quilts to rain ...

After a punishing 40-mile trek through the Grand Canyon, I ditched my hiking boots to test America’s first earthing park. To ...