I’ve Forecast Extreme Weather for 30 Years. These Are My Top Adventure Towns for Escaping the Heat.
As a television meteorologist forecasting weather for over 30 years, I spend summer watching heat domes expand across the country....
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Outdoors
PODCAST: What It’s Like to Crew the World’s Hottest and Hardest Ultramarathon
In 2025, writer Devin Kelly traveled to the Mojave Desert to report on the Badwater 135, the iconic ultramarathon that...
A Guide to Training for Your Bucket List Hike, According to Physical Therapists and Hiking Experts
Hiking is intense. It’s even more intense for those starting out or for people who haven’t hit the trails in...
1 Climber Dead, 3 Injured in Early-Morning Rockfall on Mount Rainier’s Disappointment Cleaver
Falling rocks killed a Washington climber and injured three others on July 19 along Mount Rainier‘s Disappointment Cleaver route, the 15-mile...
A ‘Freak Accident’ Left a Salmon River Rafter Crushed Beneath a Tree. His Fellow Campers’ Quick Thinking Saved His Life.
Just after midnight on July 18, a 100-foot-tall tree fell onto a campsite along Idaho’s Salmon River, crushing a camper...
Sharks Sightings Are Up at Popular U.S. Beaches. How Concerned Should You Be?
Every July, Discovery Channel’s Shark Week fills American screens with teeth and blood and dread. It’s the longest-running cable series...
A Lightning Strike Ignited a Wyoming Forest. Minutes Later, 20 Campers Were Fleeing for Their Lives.
On the afternoon of July 21, lightning struck the Laramie mountain range west of Tie Siding, a small community in...
The $500 Arc’teryx Beta SL Jacket Is 40 Percent Off
Buying brand-name toilet paper. Hiring the moving company. Some things fall under the category we deem “regrettably worth it.” A...
Great Basin Is One of the Most Underrated National Parks. And It’s Only Hours From Zion.
There are just two other vehicles at the Baker Creek Trailhead parking lot when my wife and I set off...
