The sun dipped below the horizon, and I was set to sleep on top of Wetterhorn Peak at 14,021 feet. Deep in the mountains of Colorado, I was putting my sleeping bag system to a real stress test: Would I be able to stay warm enough at the equivalent elevation of Camp 3 on Denali? All signs were pointing to...

　　The arrival of summer means more hikers seeking high-altitude summits —and more rescues when they get into trouble. That was evident this weekend, when a lightning strike on a couple of Colorado hikers resulted in a high-altitude rescue from some of the states most experienced first responders. 　　The rescue began Thursday evening, June 12, when Colorados Alpine Rescue Team was...

　　A missing hiker has been found after spending nine days lost in the Himalayan foothills in northern India. 　　According to reports, the hiker, Samuel Vengrinovich, 44, survived the ordeal despite limited access to food and water. He also had a broken arm. 　　He ate insects along the way to survive and was following the river to get to Dharamshala village,...

　　This winter a woman in Steamboat Springs spotted an elk on her property. When she went out to take a picture, the animal startled and ran into a gully where it got stuck in snow up to its neck. Convinced the elk needed rescue, she called game wardens, who told her to leave the animal alone. By morning, she’d gathered...

　　When Chevrolet relaunched the Stingray back in 2020, it pushed into entirely new territory with a first-ever mid-engine version of “America’s sports car,” pouring out as much as 495 horsepower. Of course, anyone who’s followed the history of the ‘Vette over the decades is well aware that the bowtie brand routinely rolls out a series of ever more exotic machines....

　　Finding a cache of gold out in the woods is every hikers dream —and sometimes, it comes true. In February 2025, two tourists were hiking on a hill in the Czech Republic when they stumbled upon a life-changing find. They noticed a tin can and a metal case tucked within an old manmade wall. 　　Upon pulling them out and opening...

　　Profound silence on the tundra in sub-Arctic Canada, the gunshot of a calving glacier heard from a tent in Greenlands backcountry, the reflection of snow-crowned peaks in a mirrored lagoon in the high plateau of Bolivia. Some of my most awe-inspiring travel experiences have been in the vast wilderness, where I felt humbled by the scale of time and space...

　　Parked at the trailhead, I’m standing outside my truck, stuffing gas station food and storm layers into my running vest. The sun is baking the high desert valley floor, and the temperature is already above 80 degrees — it’s 8:00 a.m. I arrived at the trailhead a few hours later than I intended. As the king of late starts, this...

　　Last month we sent reporter Ben Ayers to Mount Everest Base Camp. Ben brought a ton of outdoor gear with him to test: boots, sleeping bags, parkas, gloves, and other items that are built for the harshest alpine environment. 　　In this video, Ben discusses the footwear that got him through the 11-day trek from Lukla to Base Camp, and also...

　　Runners who travel know a packing trick: Instead of cramming our bulky running shoes in our luggage, we wear them. We wear them on planes, trains, and car rides. We wear them to tour cities, countrysides, museums, galleries, and trails. While others suffer from blisters and fatigue in their sandals, loafers, or even stylish hiking boots, we think to ourselves,...

　　Search teams using a helicopter hoisted two hikers off the summit of a Colorado fourteener after a lightning strike badly injured one of them on Thursday June 12. Rescuers believe the medevac mission may be the highest-altitude helicopter evacuation in state history. 　　In a Facebook post, Evergreen, Colorado’s Alpine Rescue Team wrote that it had received a message just before...

　　A trail camera image captured in rural Sibley County, Minn., helped bring an end to a massive manhunt for Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of killing two prominent political figures and attempting to murder two others over the weekend. 　　Authorities arrested Boelter, 57, on Monday morning after locating him in a field near his abandoned vehicle. The image from...