Four college students were rescued in the Red River Gorge after becoming trapped in the wilderness during a recent winter storm.

Bear Grylls has survived some of the planet’s most extreme temperatures and he doesn’t shy away from icy situations—just recently, he was immersing himself in the waters of a frozen lake in Wyoming while on location for Running Wild.  In order to survive in these temperatures, Bear knows how to recognize and deal with hypothermia [...]

Yosemite National Park just can’t catch a break. Just days after thousands of pounds of rockfall closed the park’s main road, record-breaking storms swept across Northern California, completely burying Yosemite Valley in snow. Originally due to reopen today, the park has just announced that it’s going to remain closed to visitors indefinitely. Most of the [...]

Arctic winds and record-breaking low temps. Will this winter ever end? Whether you’re a sun-seeker in search of soft sandy beaches or a powder hound looking to make the most of ski season, these itineraries are full of great winter vacation ideas. Warm Weather Vacations Key West, FL Famous for being the southernmost spot in [...]

Obviously, Bear Grylls is no stranger to freezing temperatures—having successfully climbed Everest and survived plenty of other extreme weather scenarios, he’s first to admit that cold climates are not to be messed with. Still, even if you’re exploring winter vistas from the heated comfort of your car, he has some sage advice to ensure your [...]

This weekend, a series of avalanches rocked popular ski areas across Europe, resulting in 11 deaths. Authorities say the slides were caused by a combination of intense wind and heavy precipitation, which loaded many of the Alps’ steeper slopes with heavy slabs of snow. When hordes of skiers hit the backcountry this weekend—a school break [...]

This weekend, it was colder in New Hampshire than at the South Pole. On Saturday, amid the dangerous “Arctic Freeze” that swept across New England, the weather observatory atop New Hampshire’s 6,288-foot Mount Washington recorded its lowest-ever wind chill: -108°F. That’s an air temperature of -46°F with 127-mile-per-hour gusts. (For comparison, the South Pole is [...]

If you’re already a savvy shopper, you know now is the time to take advantage of big sales on outdoor gear. With the holidays over and shops desperate to offload last season’s product, huge markdowns abound. Fortunately, America’s most popular outdoor gear store is no exception. REI is currently offering up to 79% off select [...]

Learning how to layer in the winter seems simple, but can be a challenging skill to master. You want—and need—to be warm, but we’re often moving through a mix of activities and intensity levels which adds complexity, like actively hiking to a lookout then sitting still in the cold. The best way to stay warm [...]

On January 19, 2023, two skiers got caught in an avalanche just outside Heavenly Mountain Resort’s ski area boundaries. Both survived.  According to the Sierra Avalanche Center (SAC), the avalanche forecast that day was “considerable,” a designation that indicates significant avalanche danger in backcountry terrain. That’s mostly owing to the recent storm cycle, which deposited [...]