Videos

Hanging on one of the walls of Tate MacDowell's treatment center in California is a photo of the Grand Teton. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Brian McDonnell also has a landscape of the Grand in his treatment facility. Together, they decide they're going to beat colorectal cancer and ...read more

Surely one of the most anticipated movies this year, "Free Solo" is the story of climber Alex Honnold's 3,200-foot ropeless ascent of a route on El Capitan in Yosemite.The dramatic National Geographic film was shot by world-renowned photographer and mountaineer Jimmy Chin, and ...read more

From outdated facilities to crumbling roads to well-traveled trails, many national parks are in need of facelifts with a total price tag of more than $11.6 billion. In order for generations to come to enjoy the parks' wonders and rejuvenating magic, that maintenance backlog must ...read more

Elevator Pitches are written by the company and edited for space and clarity. They do not express the opinions of SNEWS or its editors.Ride the elevator with Andrew Bydlon, one of the filmmakers of the 7 Generations film.The 7 Generations film aims to bring awareness to two ...read more

Pretty much out in the middle of nowhere, a team of kayakers—with the help of a bush pilot—traverse the crushing whitewaters of three unrun rivers in Alaska. In a little over 10 minutes, Frontier of Firsts follows their experiences, from the fast and fun action on the water to ...read more

Presented by Black Diamond, Climbing Out of Disaster is a compelling 8-minute film about how a climbing guide from Puerto Rico helps his community in the wake of Hurricane Maria in September 2017.Bryant Huffman—a 39-year-old climbing guide from Cupey, Puerto Rico—along with his ...read more

Patagonia's new feature film "takayna" documents the destructive impacts of mining, forestry, and even firebombing in the takayna / Tarkine region in Northwest Tasmania. In partnership with the Bob Brown Foundation, the film is part of a campaign to get the region designated as a ...read more

Sometimes we forget to breathe. Wireless headphone brand Jaybird is reminding us that we can inhale and let it back out as part of a new film series, Run Wild.The series’ journey begins in Park City, Utah, where a group of running athletes attended a week of high intensity ...read more

Over this Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Army veteran Stacy Bare is visiting Telluride, Colorado to show his film Adventure Not War. The timing couldn’t be more perfect.“I think going to Mountainfilm to show this film on Memorial Day is pretty special,” Bare said. “Even though the ...read more

Our sister publication, BACKPACKER magazine, are the masterminds behind the highly-anticipated Bear Week—a full week celebrating the magnificent bruins with stories about all sorts of topics, from scaring away a bear to polar bears in jail. In this new gameshow segment, three ...read more

Ultra runner Adam Campbell’s life revolved around motion until he almost died during a traverse on August 30, 2016, through Roger's Pass in British Columbia. His mantra has been this: "If you’re not moving, you’re dead." Presented by Arc'teryx and directed by Cam Sylvester, In ...read more

There is such thing as overtourism and it's leaving countries in worse shape than before tourists invaded.Adventure Travel Trade Association President Shannon Stowell starts off his TEDx Talk grim, with stories that challenge the common assumption that mass tourism generates ...read more

Just in time for Mother's Day, a new creative agency has released a video celebrating moms who crush and inspire their kids to do the same. This 2-minute happy tears-jerking video is the first by Home Team Creative—founded by photographer and videographer Alton Richardson and ...read more

President Donald Trump's face could melt into the sea if a Finland-based group raises enough money to carve a monstrous ice sculpture of him into an Arctic glacier. It's all to prove to the president that climate change isn't a hoax.The nonprofit, Melting Ice, needs $500,000 to ...read more

With more than 100 abandoned ski areas in Colorado—old ski runs left like scars on the mountains—the film crew at The Road West Traveled seeks to tell the stories of a few in the future ski documentary, Abandoned."Through captivating interviews with former owners and skiers we ...read more

Every once in a while, we could all use a good reminder to not take ourselves too seriously. Perception Kayak’s newest video, “Don’t Get Yakked Off,” pokes fun at its cheaper competitors, its customers, and itself.While they’ve been making helpful videos since 2015, this is ...read more

It’s National Park week, and while many of us see that as a celebration of our shared public lands, it’s not such a rosy story for people of color. Angela Fichter, a freelance writer and digital journalist, tells that story in her latest Grist video. From land stolen or coerced ...read more

Wyoming-based filmmaker and photographer Tristan Greszko condensed 2 hours, 19 minutes, 44 seconds into a 7-minute time lapse of climbers Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds breaking the standing speed record on El Capitan last October.And even though it was a speed ascent, Gobright ...read more

Fifty times this year, Randy Propster will roll up to outdoor retail shops and various festivals in a flashy expedition vehicle and captivate an audience for 90 minutes by talking about the latest and greatest gear as wells as trail-tested tips and skills. He might even tell a ...read more

While each and every shot of the 5Point Adventure Film Festival's trailer for this year is captivating, it's the narration that you want to pay attention to.The words were written—and are spoken in the 3 1/2-minute video— by legendary alpinist Michael Kennedy for his son, Hayden ...read more