While the pavement melts in the city of salt, cool air and wilderness are under two hours away: the Uinta Mountains. Hiking, rock climbing, fishing, kayaking, overnight or week-long backpacking—the Uinta Mountains deliver. So if you’re thinking about making a pilgrimage to the Rockies, the Uintas are a great alternative to the higher traffic areas to the south and north (see: Colorado, Jackson Hole). Read More …
‘Trip of the Month’ Articles
Trip of the Month: Uinta Mountains, Utah
By: Justin Mool | July 26th, 2010Trip of the Month: BWCA paddling, Minn.
By: Andy Anderson | June 29th, 2010
Boundary Waters Canoe Trip Sunset
The great North Woods have long been a destination for wilderness travelers of all varieties, and nowhere are the woods greater and more northern (at least in the states) than in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area. With a million acres of quiet forest (double that when counting Canada’s neighboring Quetico Provincial Park), more than 1,000 unspoiled rivers and lakes, and over 1500 miles of canoe routes to choose from, the BWCA wilderness offers nearly unlimited options to the intrepid backcountry paddler. Seeing other people is a rare occurrence, and often the only sounds you’ll hear are the lap of water on the shore, the soft chirp of crickets, and the occasional loon call. Read More …
Trip of the Month: South America Skiing
By: staff | May 19th, 2010
For this Trip of the Month, we decided to do something different: plan ahead. Spring is the best time to book a flight to the Southern Hemisphere so you can make turns between June and October. Our friends down south are tuning their boards, dialing in their bindings, and waiting for the winter storms that will inevitably slam their major mountain ranges. We’re here to hook you up with a mini-travel guide, so grab your skis or your board, and head way south for an unconventional summer vacation. Read More …
Trip of the Month: Climbing Red Rock Canyon, NV
By: Andy Anderson | April 20th, 2010
It’s April, and your poor feet have been confined to the stiff, plastic pain factory of your ski boots for nearly six frigid months. Warm, sunny rock starts to overpower bottomless pow as the subject of your dreams, and you yearn to peel off those heavy layers in exchange for flip flops and a T-shirt (or no shirt). Flake out your ropes, lube up your cams, and make a beeline for Red Rock Canyon. Read More …
Trip of the Month: US Virgin Islands – St. John
By: Justin Mool | March 23rd, 2010
Gray skies, sub-zero temps, and a down jacket that hasn’t seen any closet time—man, winter can be a drag. Especially if you live in Vermont and all these epic winter storms keep hitting NYC. Screw that. It’s time escape the mid-winter doldrums and replenish your Vitamin-D in the Caribbean.
St. John in the US Virgin Islands provides just the cure for escaping the freezer. This tiny island on the northern edge of the Caribbean boasts pristine beaches, great snorkeling, and countless miles of trails. And if you’re a US citizen, you don’t even need a passport to get there. Read More …
Trip of the Month: Snowshoeing Bryce Canyon NP
By: Andy Anderson | February 23rd, 2010
The summer months in southern Utah bring dry, hot weather, sunny skies, and hordes of RVs, tour buses, and camera-toting tourists. Bryce Canyon National Park remains a mandatory stopover on the summer road-tripping circuit, but in the winter, the park’s towering hoodoos, miles of trails, and epic views see only a handful of people per day.
A pair of snowshoes or cross country skis might seem like a useless tool in what is normally an arid desert landscape, but with deep snow that provides a stark contrast to the surrounding red and orange walls, they can be your ticket to total solitude. Miles of ski trails line the rim of Bryce Canyon, and the park’s entire network of summer trails remains open to snowshoers. Read More …
Trip of the Month: Big Bend National Park
By: Andy Anderson | October 19th, 2009
In a remote corner of southwest Texas, in a large crook formed by the meandering Rio Grande, the Chisos Mountains rise from the rolling desert scrub and soar to nearly 8,000 feet. Surrounded by vast and often unforgiving terrain that stretches endlessly into the horizon, the majority of this massive expanse (over 800,000 acres to be exact) forms Big Bend National Park, one of the least visited parks in the United States. Read More …
Trip of the Month: Teton Crest Trail
By: Andy Anderson | July 20th, 2009
For much of the road-tripping summer tourist crowd, the Tetons are but a bonus stop on the way to the geysers and wildlife traffic jams of Yellowstone—but for backcountry travelers in the know, the Teton Crest Trail trek up the spine of America’s youngest and craggiest range hosts some of the most epic alpine terrain and scenery this side of the Alps. Read More …
