Southside Project
National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service and are designed to be prosperous for all American citizens, under the protection rights to conserve an...
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SHOWDOWN AT SNOWSHOE: UCI MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CUP FINALS
The biggest event in mountain biking returned to American soil this weekend at Snowshoe Resort. Mother Nature was uncharacteristically cooperative thi...
Outdoor Updates: UCI Mountain Bike World Cup at Snowshoe + Gauley Season is Here
Photo by Kurtis Schachner at Snowshoe Mountain ResortUCI Mountain Bike World Cup Finals at SnowshoeSnowshoe Mountain's bike park will reopen tomorrow, ...
All In a Day’s Work
Nakiesha Bridgers leads a trip on the river.How did outdoor professionals get their start?As more people are headed outside, outdoor recreation is incr...
Outdoor Updates: Last of the trapped crew members have been rescued
Photo of the Golden Ray posted by the USCG Southeast Coast Guard https://twitter.com/USCGSoutheast/status/1171403782716035073Cargo ship carrying 4,000 vehi...
Best in Bike Gear
Photo by Jess DaddioAndy Beckman’s must-haves for mountain biking“I grew up riding bikes up and down the street as every kid does,” racer Andy Beckman ...
Gravel Grinder: For a backpacker, there may not be a better way to see North Carolina than on a bike.
“I hope we don’t kill the backpacker.” Funny joke. The folks I was having dinner with—a handful of cycling gurus from bike gear manufacturer Blackburn...
Outdoor Updates: Happy Birthday MST + Trump Sticker found on Bear
Happy Birthday Mountains to Sea Trail!The Mountain to Sea Trail is celebrating it's 42nd birthday! The MST runs 1175 miles from the Great Smokies to the Ou...
Forest Forensics
Clues in the woods to historic crimes against nature, and the consequences todayThere are no bodies, no police tape, no cluster of curious onlookers. ...
Outdoor Updates: Overmountain Shelter on Pisgah National Forest Closed + Dorian Hits Carolinas Hard
Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service and Appalachian Trail Conservancy of the Overmountain ShelterOvermountain Shelter on Pisgah National Forest Close...
Bikepacking the Blue Ridge
Photo by Jess DaddioThe Big South Fork’s Untapped Bikepacking Potential Driving along the western edge of the Big South Fork National River and Re...
Nantahala River Re-Opens
Franklin, NC - September 4, 2019- The Nantahala River in the Nantahala Gorge has reopened to the public for all uses. A technical team assessed the river for ...
Outdoor Updates: State of emergency expanded as Dorian approaches GA
State of Emergency Expanded as Dorian Approaches Georgia CoastGov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday expanded a state of emergency to include nine additional countie...
The Battle for Shenandoah Mountain
Mountain bikers and wilderness advocates came together to protect 115,000 acres of Shenandoah Mountain. Is there really enough room in the woods for e...
The Rise of NICA
Riders in the Pennsylvania league head out on the trail. Photo by Aaron PuttcampHigh school biking is big in the Blue Ridge. Here's why.Before th...