Innovation in outdoor gear can often feel like a game of limbo: How low can you go? Or to be more specific: How lightweight can a piece of gear be and still remain functional? 　　That threshold seems ever closer with the debut of HOKAs 2026 update of the Cielo X1 3.0. Now in its third iteration since the models debut...

　　An off-roader from Genesis? The Korean brand known for luxury cars and SUVs has built one of the coolest off-road concepts Ive seen in a very long time, and a few more wild ones. 　　Genesis revealed the X Skorpio Concept in the desert, and it is designed to make you think it can conquer it. It also showed off the...

　　SHOT Show 2026 didn’t feel like a hunting show. Tactical and home-defense shotguns dominated the floor, with rails, optics, and black polymer everywhere you turned. The shift was obvious and intentional. Even hitting the range felt foreign. There was almost no one there, and not a single shotgun to be found. 　　The firearms industry is responding to a tense political...

　　Most people run around the SHOT show floor looking at all manner of firearms, ammunition, and tactical gear. Not me. I spent the majority of the time looking for the best knives of SHOT Show 2026. The knife guys need some love, too, and there was plenty to look at this year. 　　In fact, there was so much to look...

　　REI Co-op Trailmade 60 Pack: 30% Off 　　 　　(Photo/Ian Graber Stiehl) If youre looking to get into backpacking and dont want to spend a fortune, check out REIs Trailmade 60 Pack. Its on sale for just $125, and our reviewer praised its comfortable hip belt and inclusive sizing. 　　Shop Womens Pack Shop Mens Pack Cotopaxi: Up to 40% Off Cold-Weather...

　　Snapping selfies can backfire in an instant when wild animals are involved. A skier in Chinas Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was hospitalized on Friday following an extremely rare snow leopard attack, which occurred when the victim tried to take a picture with the big cat. According to reporting from China News, the skier remains in stable condition. 　　The attack, which...

　　On Friday, Jan. 23, an Alaskan oil rig carrying more than 4,000 gallons of oil overturned near the small town of Nuiqsut. A crew with Doyon Drilling, operating on behalf of ConocoPhillips, was moving Rig 26 — dubbed The Beast because its one of the largest mobile oil rigs in the U.S. — over a gravel road when it overturned....

　　Even before the explosion from an IED changed everything, Hari Budha Magar had lived an extraordinary life. The 46-year-old grew up in a family of nomadic cattle farmers in the foothills of the Nepalese Himalayas, where the colossal mountains Dhaulagiri and Sisne were often visible over the horizon. 　　He was fascinated by black-and-white photographs of the historic first ascent of...

　　In the 30 years that I’ve been visiting Las Vegas, this was the first time that I’d intentionally popped a wheelie on an e-bike — or really any bike, for that matter. But it was the end of a long day trawling around CES and I was up for some fun. 　　Just after dusk, right in front of the Venetian,...

　　I wasnt expecting to find futuristic footwear at a nerdy electronics show. So, when I saw Fitasy’s booth at CES, I did a double-take. The brand was debuting eye-catching, monochrome recovery kicks called the Stride, which featured some fancy technology I hadnt seen before. 　　To make them, Fitasy takes a custom scan of your feet and prints shoes tailored to your...

　　In less than 24 hours, search-and-rescue teams had to fly to the same location in Colorados remote Elk Mountains four times to rescue the same group of backcountry skiers in two separate incidents. 　　Temperatures across the state plummeted over the weekend. They dropped into the single digits and even negative degrees as a winter storm passed over the region. The...

　　You might think youve had s**t beer before, but I can guarantee — never like this. In the lead up to the Big Game (its the Super Bowl, sue me) Columbia Sportswear partnered with Portlands Breakside Brewery to tee up a debut brew —  Nature Calls — that fits in with the companys Engineered for Whatever slogan. 　　Its not the first time the beer...