Merrell’s new line of NADA jackets takes their name from an acronym of the phrase “Not Any Dye Applied.” As you would guess, the garments are Storm Trooper white, which is going to look great when I sit on a bus seat or some grease drips off the chairlift tower onto me. Merrill’s claim is [ more... ]

Morgan Briggs planned a four-day backpacking trip that would take him off trail into a rugged part of Smoky Mountains National Park. Dense vegetation and downed trees pointed him into sheer bluffs on day 2, and he became lost. He made his way out and hiked to a high point where he pitched his tent, [ more... ]

A landslide into Lake Roosevelt in Washington created a massive wave that caused about $250k in damage. The Morning Report puts the wave at 12 feet tall while The Seattle Times says only 5 or 6 feet. Two kids were slammed into a dock and no one was seriously injured; during a similar incident earlier [ more... ]

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Kens Burns chats with Backpacker about the impeding release of his latest 6-part film series, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.” I’m really excited to see this and mean no offence to Mr. Burns, but you worked on the project for 10 years and you couldn’t come up with a better name?

My friend Chris took off for Italy last fall with a dream of finding a job at some small ski resort in the Alps. When he arrived he discovered the harsh reality that high unemployment rates meant Italians were forbidden to hire foreign help. I wondered why we didn’t have laws like that in the [ more... ]

A section of the Sierra Nevada national park was closed on Thursday while rangers removed a marijuana stand less than a half-mile from a popular, kitschy crystal cave tour. While the Associated Press suggests this proximity to highly trafficked tourist areas represents a new boldness on the part of marijuana farmers, I’d suggest that it [ more... ]

Backcountry.com Athlete and ringmaster of his own vertical carnival, Cedar Wright shot this video at Ten Sleep Canyon in Wyoming a few weeks ago and dropped it onto The Snaz yesterday.

I was blown out of the water by what would appear to be one of the largest sport climbing resources in the country. More limestone than you could shake a power drill at, so to speak! Ten Sleep is blessed with jaw-dropping vistas and world class stone, but the true charm lies in the quirky western town and the friendly characters who call it home.”

Forgive the cheesy Guinness World Record intro to the video and you’ll see some crazy high slacklining. Christian Schou sets the new world record for highest slackline with a 1000m high walk in Norway. Now we just need to find somewhere higher to hang the damn thing. What’s wrong with stringing it between two hot [ more... ]

At 13 years old I was mostly stoked on how well my new neon Batman cycling cap matched my Batman T-shirt. I was in no way prepared to sail solo around the world. But they say girls develop faster than boys, so I’m sure this 13-year-old girl who has been taken into protective Dutch custody [ more... ]