Lesser-Known National Parks, Forests, and Wilderness Areas

Sick of all the tent traffic in the big-name parks? These lesser-known national parks, forests and wilderness areas are hiding right next door with the same stunning terrain and reliable wows. The difference? Even purer solitude. Instead of Glacier National Park (Montana) Try: Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada) Fifteen years after Waterton Lakes became … Read more

Mountain Biking Norway’s West Coast: Oslo to Lofoten Islands

Of all of the places I’ve been around the world doing mountain biking road trips with Irish pro Enduro racer Jonathan Maunsell (pictured), exploring Norway’s E-39 Highway along the country’s West Coast might just be the most spectacular and scenic I’ve been on. The highway is a marvel of engineering. Its $47 billion price tag … Read more

The Best Mountain Bike Trails in Central Colorado

You can’t discuss mountain biking in Colorado without talking about the Central Rockies region. Well, you can—you’ll just be leaving out some of the juiciest singletrack rides, through some of the most spectacular scenery, with some of the raddest terrain anywhere in the state. Central Colorado is characterized by its pine, spruce, and aspen groves, … Read more