Get up to Get Down - Mountain Magazine

Environment

Rafting the Wildest River You’ve Never Heard Of

Few places feel untrammeled. The Jarbidge-Bruneau is one of them.

Bike

The Mountain magazine bike test

Bend is part of the pantheon of North American destination mountain biking locales.

Ready for your journey?

Want to commemorate that epic roadtrip? Or the time you discovered the road less traveled closer to home? Add your memorable journey. nokiantires.com/journey

Bike

Fat Tire Stimulus

When the Mountain team conceived this special recovery issue, the idea was to safely promote in-state and regional tourism in an age of COVID-19.

Culture

The Cold Vanish

The only thing two dog handlers will ever agree on is that the third one is doing it wrong. — A common search and rescue saying.

Culture

The Road Trip is Dead. Long Live the Road Trip.

Recreation tourism is vital to the economy. Right now it’s relegated to road tripping. We can do that safely. We must.

Environment

COVID and Evolutionary Fitness

...no amount of social justice, kindness-washing, science denial, or normalization of the obesity epidemic through social media campaigns will change the fact that obesity isn’t a lifestyle choice, it’s a disease.

Ski

Crossover Skis

As skis have almost universally grown lighter, the distinctions between backcountry skis and resort skis have blurred.

Ski

Women’s All Mountain Frontside

These skis tend to feature underfoot waist widths of 80 millimeters to 90 millimeters.

Ski

All Mountain Frontside

These skis tend to feature underfoot waist widths of 80 millimeters to 90 millimeters.

Ski

Women’s All Mountain Powder

Skis that typically feature waist widths between 100 millimeters and 110 millimeters underfoot.

Ski

All Mountain Powder

Powder skis typically feature waist widths between 100 millimeters and 110 millimeters underfoot.

Ski

Women’s All Mountain

Without question the most versatile skis on the market.

Ski

All Mountain Skis

Without question the most versatile skis on the market.

Environment

Cross Pollination

The outdoor industry and the backcountry bowhunting worlds have been commingling of late, driving innovation. Here’s a look at some products shaking up both categories—tested.

Bike

Upgrade—Gravel Edition

Only a few years ago, most gravel bikes were just glorified cyclocross steeds with fatter and faster tires. But innovation chases passion...

Ski

Enduro’s Winter Soulmate

Will the Red Bull Raid uphill/downhill shred event reinvigorate big mountain competitions?

Culture

Viva El Fun Hog

How to summarize a life? The resúmé part is easy. Born in 1938, Dick Dorworth grew up on skis after his parents settled in South Lake Tahoe after WWII.

Resorts

Make That Pass Count

The mega passes, which let you ski multiple destinations and local ski areas off one (or two or more) comprehensive passport, have fundamentally changed skiing and snowboarding.

Gear

Perfect Vision: How We Tested the Best Skis of 2020

This year's ski test was our most comprehensive yet. Find the results in the Early Winter issue, coming soon.