Schooled by a Girl: 3 Days on Mt. Baker with Pro Boarder Liz Daley

At 28, Liz already has an impressive collection of peaks in her bag, including “15 or 16?” summits of Baker, not to mention regularly shredding...

The Making of UNEARTHED

Pro climbers Renan Ozturk, Matt Segal, and Alex Honnold take boulderer Daniel Woods on his first trad climbing trip, accessing new parts of...

Heart of Darkness

Need-to-Know Climbing Knots: Clove Hitch

The Clove Hitch is one of the essential knots that all climbers should know. Pro climber Andrew Bisharat offers step-by-step instructions, with...

Need-to-Know Climbing Knots: Prusik

The Prusik Knot is one of the essential knots that all climbers should know. Pro climber Andrew Bisharat offers step-by-step instructions, with...

Need-to-Know Climbing Knots: Double Fisherman’s

The Double Fisherman's Knot is one of the essential knots that all climbers should know. Pro climber Andrew Bisharat offers step-by-step...

Need-to-Know Climbing Knots: Munter Hitch

The Munter Hitch is one of the essential knots that all climbers should know. Pro climber Andrew Bisharat offers step-by-step instructions, with...

Need-to-Know Climbing Knots: Euro Death Knot

The Euro Death Knot is one of the essential knots that all climbers should know. Pro climber Andrew Bisharat offers step-by-step instructions, with...

Need-to-Know Climbing Knots: Figure-8 Retraced

There are dozens of knots that might be worth learning as a climber. But for the most part, you can get up and down any climb on Earth with just...

Need-to-Know Climbing Knots: Girth Hitch

The Girth Hitch is one of the essential knots that all climbers should know. Pro climber Andrew Bisharat offers step-by-step instructions, with...

The History of the Sickbird

In the world of freeskiing 3 competitor make up the podium. Backcountry.com's Sickbird award is for the charger that didn't make it up there but...