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The California Experiment • Our most biodiverse state is the world’s fourth-largest economy. Now it wants to prove those things can thrive together.

Where to Run, Hike, and Picnic in PHILADELPHIA

Better Together • Your workout buddies change how you experience fatigue—and in the process, your friendships grow stronger.

My Outside Life • Indie rock icon Ben Gibbard shares how he applies lessons from writing songs for Death Cab for Cutie to his impressive hobby: running ultramarathons.

Roots of Aloha • In a time when 90 percent of Hawai‘i’s food is imported, local leaders are reviving ancestral plants and aquaculture for a more resilient future.

The Hills Are Alive • Deliciously bitter alpine spirits deliver a bracing taste of the mountains. Now, American distillers are bottling the flavors of their own wild peaks, from the Appalachians to the Cascades.

Into the Blue • In one of the most remote dive sites in North America, encounters with giant manta rays reveal surprising curiosity—in both them and us.

Hooked on Function • From multi-pocketed vests to quick-dry fabrics, the enduring appeal of fisherman core lies in its sheer utility.

Love at First Hike • We tested hundreds of wilderness essentials across the globe. Only these 24 earned permanent spots in our gear closets.

From canyon floor to mountain peak, this is the gear for days—or weeks—in the wild.

HOW TO FISH MOUNTAIN LAKES • For some, hiking is just the prelude.

BEAR CANISTERS: SO HOT RIGHT NOW • Put simply, bear-proof food containers—a requirement in many national parks—suck. They’re bulky, often weigh more than three pounds, and are painful to open with cold fingers. But after a decade of stagnation, change is finally here.

Heading on an international adventure? Bring a kit that knows no borders.

WHERE SHOULD I HUT-TO-HUT? • Backpacking Euro-style is more popular than ever.

These light, speedy daily drivers deserve a permanent spot in your trunk.

The latest tech keeps you safe without weighing you down.

Roughing it is a thing of the past.

The Way of the Walker • Celebrated chef and humanitarian José Andrés has fed millions in the world’s most dangerous disaster zones. But on the ancient trails of the Camino de Santiago, he is just a man in search of a perfect bowl of soup and the quiet wisdom of the road.

America’s Next 250 • As the U.S.A.’s big birthday approaches, meet the people and forces redrawing its outdoor future.

BEYOND BELONGING • From surf clubs to land trusts, leaders are broadening culture and protecting land to ensure nature is truly accessible for the next century and beyond.

THE ROUTE 66 REDUX • On its centennial, the nation’s Mother Road gets a glow-up with boutique hotels and pavement that sings (for real).

Tribal Current • Forget federal maps—Native nations are bypassing gridlock to lead the electrification of the road on their own terms.

MEET THE POLITICIAN WHO RAN ACROSS AMERICA • Greg Nance, House Representative from Washington, recently jogged the length of the Mississippi River to learn more about the country’s political divide.

FINDERS, KEEPERS • American Rust Belt landscapes are ripe for rediscovery. In postindustrial Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, these foragers are taking a radical approach to stewardship of their environment: they’re eating it.

The Campfire Is Dead. Long Live the Campfire. • In...