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Tired of resort crowds and overpriced snacks stealing your ski day vibe? This guide breaks down what is backcountry skiing, showing you how to chase untouched powder and epic adventures with pro tips and top spots to get started.

Umagine carving fresh powder from summit to sea, with fjords and northern lights as your backdrop. This article’s your ticket to the best ski touring Norway has to offer, packed with pro tips to shred like a local.

How do you do the Dolomites right? Get inside info and essential tips for one of Europe’s most iconic hikes.

Looking to make this season one for the books? Wondering where is the best place to ski in winter 2025? From Norway & the Alps to far-flung Greenland, we've got wild terrain, no crowds, and plenty of damn good skiing.

The Camino Frances is the most popular Camino de Santiago Route, walked by over 200,000 pilgrims each year. Learn how to do it right, and earn your Compostella without hassle.

What’s the best time to visit Svalbard? Whether you’re into northern lights, polar bears, or shredding slopes with no one else in sight, our guide will help you nail the timing for your Arctic adventure.

Wondering what the perfect Tour du Mont Blanc itinerary looks like? Wonder no more! We’ve talked to 3 expert guides and created a complete rundown for hiking, biking, or getting pampered along Europe’s finest trek.

What’s the best time to visit Croatia? Read our locally-sourced month-by-month overview and learn when to plan your perfect Croatian vacation!

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Discover the intricacies of all the Camino de Santiago routes with our detailed breakdowns, logistics, maps & plenty of pro tips.

Packing for Europe’s most famous hike can feel like a mountainous challenge itself. Worry not! We’ve created a comprehensive Tour du Mont Blanc packing list with plenty of essential tips so you can focus on enjoying your trek!

Are you a guide, ready to push your career forward? Apply for a 57hours scholarship and pay for AMGA/IFMGA course fees and travel expenses.

Nothing says summer like hitting the open road with a map and a plan and a bucket list of national parks to visit.

Whether you’re a snowbird or a snowy owl, there are plenty of ways to enjoy the outdoors this season. We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite winter trips to inspire you to get outside.

Through our Guide Education Fund, 1% of yearly profit goes to supporting aspirant female, BIPOC, and LGBTQ guides as they enter the industry, and helps current guides take advanced courses to grow their career. Another 1% protects our environment through diverse nonprofits.

When the pandemic hit, we surveyed 100+ active outdoor guides on how their businesses were affected by COVID-19. Then we followed up a year later. Here are those results.  

The 57hours and First Descents partnership makes outdoor adventuring more accessible for FD alumni impacted by serious health conditions.

In collaboration with SNEWS, we surveyed adventurers and mountain guides to find out how prevalent discriminatory route names are in the climbing world. Here’s what we found out.

We surveyed 100+ active mountain guides on how their businesses have been affected by the pandemic. The results paint a grim picture. Here’s what we found. 

The closest we mortals can come to human flight is dangling a few stories up, supported by the skin of our fingernails and a thin rope.

Paddling the river made time seem to stop… It’s almost meditative.

Imagine yourself catching an early train, headphones in, watching the sun rise as the buildings flutter by. At your stop, you walk a few blocks toward the beach, as the morning’s waves get louder in your ears. Your first shower is the seaspray as you ride your board over the day’s first wave. This can be yours and you’ll still make it to work by 10 a.m.

The original NYC hiking trails were blazed by its last native residents, the Lenape. One of those trails went on to become Broadway, which thousands still walk each day. Hiking is in the city’s blood, and you won’t find a metro area in the U.S. that spends more time on two feet.

I was going to learn to bust myself out of the woods with a map and compass.

This is the last in our series of in-depth looks at New York’s best mountain biking Trails.

This is the fourth in our series of in-depth looks at New York’s best mountain biking trails.

This is the third in our series of in-depth looks at New York’s best mountain biking trails.

This is the second in our series of in-depth looks at New York’s best mountain biking Trails.

This is the first in our series of in-depth looks at New York’s best mountain biking trails.

Have you considered mountain biking, but living in the busiest city in the world doesn’t leave you with enough time to get into trail-shredding? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

Looking for the best mountain biking in NYC? The city’s a solid, if underrated, starting point for beginners and those familiar with the sport. Hundreds of miles of forested trails wind their way through and around New York City.