At roughly 800 calories and exactly 14 Strava Segments from my doorstep, it’s no surprise The Quince Tree is my most visited cafe. Stood at the foot of a woodland in Oxfordshire’s sleepy village … Read more

2014 has seen the protection of some remarkable areas of natural beauty in the United States, thanks to cooperation between Congress and the nation’s wilderness conversation agencies. The US Senate … Read more

2014 marked the tenth anniversary of the freeski and snowboard Dew Tour Mountain Championships, held at Breckenridge, Colorado in early December. Sochi Olympians found themselves head-to-head again, battling through slopestyle … Read more

In the last days of his life, Freddie Mercury journeyed to the tranquillity of Switzerland to enjoy its beauty and peace. Yet paradoxically it was during this time that he … Read more

Copper Mountain is one of Colorado’s best ski resorts and the home to some of the best athletes on snow.

A few summers ago I ventured with my two buddies Marc and Ed to one of the most barren and northern parts of Europe, Sørøya in northern Norway. We had … Read more

The Neve Down Hoodie Jacket is quite possibly be the best piece of cycling apparel ever invented.  Now, I hope to never catch anybody actually riding in this goose-down puffy, … Read more

Ask a runner what shoes they wear and they can ramble off make, model year, stability level, and reasons that shoe is best for their stride.  Runners even stockpile their … Read more

There will come a point in your life when sitting in traffic on your way home from work, creeping towards that intersection watching the same green light cycle to yellow … Read more

Though there is still an imbalance between male and female participation in outdoors sports, the gap is closing and deservedly so. Here are 11 reasons why.

Here are some of the most sensational soundtracks from snowsports films for Winter 2014/15. 1. God’s Whisper – Raury Some time in early October, Faction Skis showed their WE ARE THE … Read more

n July two friends and I set off to tackle a two and half week section of the Pyrenean Haute Route (HRP). This route starts on the Atlantic coast, in the town of Hendaye, and makes a complete traverse of the range, eventualy arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean, at Banyuls-sur-Mer.

There’s a long list of brands who pitch sunglass styles that claim to meet the demands of entirely different activities, a tough corner to defend when it comes to catering … Read more

When most of your time is spent bounding up jagged, snow-covered peaks at blistering speed, it’s hard to imagine that your life may be ended in the less perilous surroundings … Read more

For many of us, just the thought of clambering around to grab something from above the kitchen cabinet is dizzying. But for rock climber Alex Honnold, who makes a living … Read more

The small French ski resort of Sainte Foy in the Savoie department of the Rhône-Alpes is known by a select few for the quality and quantity of its off-piste areas, … Read more

The efforts of the initial USA Colab include promoting U.S.-made products and announcing the USA Colab group through a targeted ad campaign, which can be seen in SKIING, Powder, Freeskier, Snowboard, and Backcountry magazines. Additionally, the project has retained Terra PR and Terra Spectrum Social to help expand visibility through earned and social media channels to help spread the gospel of buying American made.

Cycling ride to do by road bike out of Chateau-d’Oex, Switzerland

Barbados is famed for its James Bond style resorts, cocktails in coconuts and clean, crisp stretches of snow-white sand. It is, in every sense of the word, paradise. And as … Read more

1. Sigur Rós – Takk Whether you’ve just summited a tricky peak, are about to lay some fresh tracks or are lying on a beach watching the sun go down, … Read more