The Contradiction of Fossil Fuel-Powered Ski Resorts
Getting up a mountain on a ski lift requires the burning of fossil fuels at the majority of America’s ski resorts. Like all greenhouse gas [...]
Adventurous from Scratch
What is Intrepid? Intrepid Academy at Hale is an outdoor semester day school for Boston Public Schools students held at Hale, a 100-year-old outdoor education [...]
No Matter the Goal
I come from the flatlands of Northeast Ohio. The largest hill where I grew up had approximately 30 feet of vertical relief. And it happened [...]
Hiking for Girl Empowerment
In 2016, when I was thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, I stopped for a few hours to swim at a lake in New York. I overheard [...]
A Trip to Havasupai
On Valentine's Day, a group of runners visited Havasupai with the greater mission of preventing uranium mining. Roughly 170 miles west of Flagstaff, nestled in [...]
From Start to Finish
So far, Flagstaff’s winter has produced trace amounts of measurable snow. It’s been one of the worst winters on record, and the tail end of [...]
A WINTER Bob Graham Round
Why would I want to run around 42 rugged Lake District fells totaling 105km and 8,700m of ascent/descent in winter? I was missing something this [...]
In a Perfect World
Every December for the last 11 years I’ve had the opportunity to attend Summit for Life, an amazing annual weekend event in Aspen, CO, that [...]
With Beauty and Positivity
We all have that friend. The one who, the second they cross over into their favorite landscape, they transform. And the first time they connected [...]
#OptOutside
Thanksgiving. For many it’s a day wrapped up in kicking back and relaxing with family and/or friends, adult beverages, great food and—with a nice buzz [...]
