Well-loved gear can tell some of the best stories of our lives.

A year after the worst wildfire in recent history razed the historic town of Lāhainā, the community of West Maui continues to recover and rebuild.

The first-place essay from a youth writing competition we hosted with the nonprofit Write the World.

One runner gets her fix helping others chase their dreams, again and again.

After years of trying to fit in with Western trail culture, one runner realizes that what she’s been missing lies in the Colombian mountains of her youth.

All photos by Ken Etzel If you get your nose close enough, ponderosa pine bark smells like vanilla. Or butterscotch, depending on the tree. Washington is famous for its pine trees. It’s portrayed as a land of constant water and ever-present green, which, in mountain biking terms, translates to a land of perfect trails and…

Giving failure a chance in Greenland.

Renewing rivers one rodent at a time.

Meet the man working to save Mexico’s Punta Conejo.

A friendship built between waves becomes a powerful alliance for the protection of surf breaks.

Running Up For Air is not a race. It’s a community, a gathering of friends and a fundraiser for clean-air advocacy.

The making of a mountain-ready one-piece.

How one young family of five took on the Pacific Crest Trail. (Hint: There’s candy)

Do Skagit River salmon have legal rights?

Running won’t solve the issue of wood pellet biomass pollution. But it can ignite community and conversation—and that’s a start.

Taking California public transit from Oakland to Yosemite National Park, narinda heng wonders: What’s a climbing trip without a car?

A Patagonia advanced R&D designer takes to the Swedish alpine to test out a new pack prototype—and a bold idea for rethinking multiday trail travel.

In the wake of a devastating wildfire, the communities of California’s Lost Sierra look to trails for hope, healing and a dose of dirt magic.

A trip to Amami Ōshima, Japan, transports Gerry Lopez to a familiar feeling on a distant land.

A captain’s log from the biggest swell to hit
O‘ahu’s outer reefs in recent memory.

Those with the most to lose are uniting to save the Northwest’s salmon and steelhead.

A surfer’s relationship with our fragile, changing marine environment.

In a small British Columbia mountain town, one woman is using trails to help heal wounds and bridge two communities.

The decline of aquatic insects should bug everyone.

Hard alpinism in the Cordillera Huayhuash endures as the climate changes the routes.

Searching for Europe’s most infamous predator in the Italian Alps

For these Afghan women, climbing in Yosemite is a connection to home.

Footprints Running Camp is as much about finding solutions to the climate crisis as it is about running.