Adam Roy

1 week ago | backpacker.com | Adam Roy

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. $72 (60% off) on Steep and Cheap-15L (Unisex) $99 (45% off) on Backcountry-15L (Women) $120 (40% off) on Backcountry-22L (Unisex) $110 (40% off) on Backcountry-22L (Women) Thanks to their secure ride and smart organization, Black Diamond's Distance series are among my personal go-to packs for long trail runs and fast-paced dayhikes.

2 weeks ago | backpacker.com | Adam Roy

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Yosemite National Park will bring back its reservation system for visitors this summer in a scaled-back form, the park said in an announcement on its site on Tuesday. Most hikers and other visitors who plan on entering the park between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. between June 15 and August 15 or during Memorial and Labor Day weekends will require reservations.

2 weeks ago | backpacker.com | Adam Roy

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. It's never a bad time to go hiking, but the middle of spring, when the trees are finally leafing out and the temperatures are rising, is especially choice. This month, the Backpacker editors ran thawed-out trails and squeezed in spring ski tours across Colorado, California, and Washington, finding time to flower-peep, bug-catch, and gear-test along the way.

3 weeks ago | backpacker.com | Adam Roy

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. I've always loved leafing through travelers' sketchbooks. In a world that's awash with crisp digital photos of every place, plant, and animal you could think of-and now, the mushy, occasionally Ghibli-fied AI fakes of them, too- images people paint or draw in the field have an analog warmth that make me feel like I can understand what it was like to be on their journeys.

3 weeks ago | outsideonline.com | Adam Roy

A vast grassland in central Montana might seem like an odd place to go snorkeling. Comprising nearly 463,000 acres of private and leased public land centered on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, the American Prairie reserve is decidedly un-tropical, a rolling shortgrass prairie that stretches out to the horizon, punctuated by smatterings of trees and rocky buttes.