
photo: Dave Cox | trail runner: Leigh Gilmore Terry | location: Boulder, CO
features
Aaron Teasdale on the closure of bike trails across the West.
From light and fast trail runners to supportive hikers, and versatile road-to-trail kicks to full-on rock scramblers, these 2016 shoes best enhance your chosen method of travel. Plus, our picks for time tested running gear.
We tested 13 mountain and gravel road bikes so you don’t have to. Which one is right for you? Also: Women specific bikes, the accessories you need, and why we picked Carbondale, Colorado as our test site.
2016 Summer Gear Guide
Time tested gear for fly-fishing, water sports, car camping, festivals, and light and fast backpacking. Plus, sunglasses and gear haulers.

Photograph Meg Haywood-Sullivan
departments + columns
Mtn Gallery
A portfolio that’ll make you beg for more vacay.
Mtn Report
An interview with ultra-conservationist Kris Tompkins, on buying—and preserving —Patagonia, her husband Doug’s enviro-entrepreneurial legacy, and why you should never call her a hippie. How direct-to-consumer brands are changing the outdoor industry. Your elevated summer reading list. Plus: Happy Centennial, National Parks! Now, can we talk about your corporate sponsorships?
Mtn Lodges
Stage your next multisport from a luxe tent in Moab, Utah, a sprawling resort in Leavenworth, Washington, a chateau along the Arkansas River in Buena Vista, Colorado, a distillery in Carbondale, Colorado, or a century-old lodge in Tannersville, New York.
Mtn Habitat
Mtn Advocate