My husband, Dave, went skiing down a forested slope behind our cabin near Collingwood, Ontario. It was a rare perfect day when he set out with our dog, Phoebe. The deep powder lured them both. 　　Phoebe loves to ski. She’s a golden retriever, and a homebody, with traits bred into her for domestic life. Her namesake is a character in Friends, and...

　　If youre going to camp outside, chances are youll need a good mobile roof over your head — unless youre one of those cowboy-camping thru hiker types. And while weve logged some serious shut-eye in hundreds, you wont catch us sleeping on the best camping tents out today. 　　For this guide, we intensely used more than 40 and winnowed down...

　　The latest off-road tire from Toyo for trucks and SUVs is looking to fill a gap. The rubber company calls the Open Country R/T Pro a hybrid between the rugged terrain R/T Trail and the beloved Open Country M/T mud-terrain tire. The purpose of the R/T Pro is to deliver a tire thats more off-road capable than the standard R/T...

　　Midwinter is a great time to stock up on insulated jackets, snow pants, and heavy-duty footwear. Luckily, all those in-season items are on sale. 　　Columbia uses its fabric technologies to create versatile layers of performance gear to keep you comfortable in various conditions. The brands different technologies boost the performance of its apparel with faster wicking properties, heat retention for...

　　Andrew King excels at a number of outdoor pursuits, from surfing big waves to climbing exposed peaks. But it wasn’t until after meeting Dominique Barry—a fellow surfer, accomplished rock climber, and runner-up in Max’s inaugural season of the reality competition The Climb—that his skill and love for sport climbing grew to new heights. 　　“We’ve come so far working together,” says King, who’s originally...

　　Last fall, tech entrepreneur and multi-millionaire Bryan Johnson spent two hours having all the plasma in his body removed. There was nothing wrong with his plasma; he simply hoped that replacing it would help him achieve eternal youth.  So, despite very limited scientific evidence, Johnson swapped it all for a protein-based fluid called albumin. 　　It’s not the first time Johnson’s pursuit...

　　If there’s one attitude that’s nearly universal among adventure athletes, it’s a pathological commitment to optimism. Irishmen Johnny Coyne and Liam Cotter possess this quality in spades. In the last 5 months, theyve camped in freezing cold temperatures beneath the Cliffs of Dover, hauled loaded kayaks uphill for 100 miles through Germanys Black Forest, and when they knocked a hole...

　　It’s only 10 A.M., and Aaron Olbur is already breaking a sweat. Partly to blame is the San Diego sun, which even in December shines hot and hard on the asphalt parking lot. The other reason is Olbur’s hustle. With the help of his team of four, the 39-year-old hauls out big metal rolling racks containing 700 boxes of running...

　　SHOT Show 2025 brought out the best in the firearms industry, and we got our hands on some of the hottest rifles hitting the market this year. From precision bolt guns built for long-range dominance to rugged, no-frills hunting rifles designed to get the job done, the show floor was packed with innovation. 　　After a windy day on the range...

　　When Laura Philipp won the 2024 Ironman World Championship, one of the first things she talked about in her post-race speech was period tracking. 　　“For this race, a lot of things were actually coming together,” she said in her finish-line interview after the win. “So for example, I was in the first half of my menstrual cycle, and I always...

　　My favored route to the top of Mount Sanitas, in Boulder, Colorado, gains some 1,200 feet in just over a mile. It starts on the aptly named Goat Trail and then climbs the East Ridge Trail to the 6,800-foot summit. There are much better trails for running in Boulder—less rocky, less steep—but I prefer this route up Sanitas because it...

　　Finding myself alone as I enter the roundabout-style freeway on-ramp, I stab the throttle and start to slide around the partially wet patch of pavement. The 2025 Acura MDX Type S Advance holds the road remarkably well, as the SH-AWD system transfers torque in various ways to all four corners and keeps it tracking true, which allows me to accelerate...