Trail Archives - Mountain Magazine

Bike

The Problem With Wilderness

Aaron Teasdale on the closure of bike trails across the West.

Gear

RUN WILD

In the mountains, the running is more often up a talus slope than it is down a concrete path. That’s why we scoured the season’s trail running shoes—from rugged and burly to lightweight and even racy—and put them through the paces on all kinds of wild mountain terrain. Read on to find the best trail shoe for you to have the best summer of mountain running ever. By Lisa Jhung

Bike

Time Tested: Fat Bike Gear

Fat biking winter gear, tailored for life in the saddle.

Resorts

Nordic Gets Chic

A new reality awaits millennials at once-stodgy lodges.

Culture

the Gravitas of Doingness

Backcountry skiing Grand Teton National Park with Exum Guides.

Gear

A Sneak Peek at Next Winter’s Gear

The annual SnowSports Industries America (SIA) trade show wrapped last week in Denver, Colorado. We cruised the floor to bring you these hits, available later this year.

Gear

Cool Picks From Outdoor Retailer, 2017 Edition

Outdoor Retailer, always a life-affirming experience, can make the most spoiled outdoorsperson whine for the newest, coolest things. We went, we saw, and we came back with a list of goods worth losing your dignity over.

Culture

Jeremy Jones In Complete Form

How Jeremy Jones carved his own path, divergent of the TGR brothers.

Resorts

Highlands’ Next Act

Aspen prepares to open its most extreme terrain ever.

Ski

Nasty Chicks

Chicks with Stix teaches women to ski the backcountry.

Gear

Crossover Gear—Realized

If you resort ski 75 percent of the time and your backcountry skiing consists of short tours, occasional hut trips, and lift accessed backcountry with short egresses, you’ll be happy with this versatile rig.

Culture

The Von Trapp Family’s New Nordic Relevance

Vermont’s Trapp Family Lodge keeps the lederhosen but launches into the present with a Bierhall (that’s beer hall) and revamped backcountry adventures.