Pacific Crest Trail
Industry Buzz: The newest national park, tribute to a great outdoor writer, outdoor inclusivity reading list, no refunds for Ironman entrants, Pacific Crest Trail permits available this year
Industry headlines: Intriguing reads from around the web New national park: The nation officially has a new national park in West Virginia, thanks to the latest pandemic stimulus package. [Travel + Leisure] Tribute to a great outdoor writer: A remembrance of “one of the great ...read more
Industry Buzz: Goal Zero, PCT, L.L.Bean, Dick's Sporting Goods, Headsweats, and more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] TLC from L.L.Bean: Using a $50,000 grant from L.L. Bean, the Trust for Public Land oversaw a major remodel of a recreation area in Ohio. The revamp includes new ...read more
Industry Buzz: National Park fees fund Trump's fireworks, Gear Aid, PCT, The North Face, pride in the outdoors, and more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] This year's national fireworks show has sparked controversy: President Donald Trump siphoned $2.5 million out of National Park fees to cover the cost of the ...read more
Fresh air, the right kind of medicine
Study after study has confirmed what we already knew: the outdoors heals us in ways that other antidotes don't. For Brandon Kuehn, an Iraq War veteran, reaching for a literal, physical summit helps him face a range of trauma, including post-traumatic stress disorder. This ...read more
Industry Buzz: Emerald Expositions, Canada Goose, Keep Nature Wild, avalanche awareness, and more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] Emerald Expositions Events' CEO David Loechner has resigned after serving since 2013—though he'll stay with the company until the end of the years. His ...read more
Industry Buzz: Big Agnes' and Honey Stinger's hike progress, no more Stone Nudes, beer benefiting the PCT, and more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected]. NEMO Equipment and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have issued a recall for about 7,500 Stargaze Recliner camp chairs—Recliner, Recliner Low, ...read more
Nomad Ventures is a small, but mighty #CoolShop
Nomad Ventures in Idyllwild, California, was supposed to be a short-term, weekend gig for founder Bruce Damon. At the time, the then-26-year-old had a good, full-time job as a production manager at a local machine shop. But his passion for backpacking and paddling piqued his ...read more
Industry Buzz: A ski shop's final week, legislation to watch, Trump's year-long attack on public lands, #MerrellMagic, and more.
TGIF. We can't wait to get outside this weekend. You? Before calling it a day, catch up on the latest news. Here are today's must-read headlines: Have a hot news blurb for Industry Buzz? Or a burning story idea for another one of our columns? We've created a new form where you ...read more
Number Cruncher: The Real Wild Effect
In the years following the release of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, first as a novel and then as a star-studded Hollywood production about one woman’s journey on the Pacific Crest Trail, the number of PCT hikers quadrupled. Publications from The Wall Street Journal to Mashable suggest ...read more