What is Plogging? Spoiler: It Helps Keep Our Planet Clean
If you love nature and giving back to the earth, plogging is for you. Read on find out exactly what plogging is and how it's done!
Conservation & Sustainability
5 Women in Snow Sports to Follow This Winter
Last season taught me the importance of following strong, connected, communally-minded women because they reflect the best of what I want to see in myself.
Meet Adventure Scientists & Their Timber Tracking Project
We sat down with Michelle Toshack of Adventure Scientists and learned more about the organization and their current project, Timber Tracking!
What We Can Learn from the Water in the Mountains: Ways to Make Our Lives More Waterwise
What does it mean to be waterwise? The concept conjures ideas of conservation, rationing, and drought—but maybe it’s simpler than that. On a backpacking trip, being waterwise could mean having enough water left over to still have a satisfying sip…
The Ultimate Conservationist & Angler: Gabaccia Moreno
Gabaccia is an artist and conscious creative whose works, regardless of the medium, intersect beautifully with the social and environmental issues surrounding her. Thanks for joining us on this interview, and give her a follow at the links above.
Spend a Day with a Trail Crew in the Front Range
6 am: Most of us are out of our tents at our backcountry campsite by now, bleary-eyed and making coffee. Although it’s mid-July, at 11,000 feet elevation it’s chilly with a nip in the air, and I feel grateful for…
A Beginners Guide to Resoling Your Climbing Shoes
Choosing where to resole can be a matter of trial and error. Here's some great tips to get started!
An Ode to the Mother Earth
Resident OPL contributor Meg shares an Ode to Mother Earth.
11 Outdoor Brands Making an Environmental Difference
Eleven outdoor brands who are putting the environment first and implementing eco-friendly practices when making gear!
A Commitment to Community: Activists You Need to Know About This Earth Day
As outdoor lovers, we don't just know and love the power of transformative experiences in the outdoors. We also know, often too well, that without supportive communities, Mother Nature will suffer.