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Hiking the Teton Crest Trail

One of America's most iconic backcountry routes, the Teton Crest Trail takes backpackers into the heart of the spectacular Grand Tetons, and comes with enough route options to make for a weekend or a week-long adventure that will prove unforgettable.

Climbing

Eiger Obsession

John Harlin's life-long obsession with the mountain that killed his father 40 years ago comes to life in the new IMAX film, The Alps.

Cycling

Colorado's Multi-Day Mountain Bike Tours

By Ted Stedman

Think of it as backpacking with a mountain bike through a variety of Colorado landscapes: these four outstanding multi-day rides will wear you out but leave you begging for more

Travel

Patagonia: Cure for Winter Blues

For backcountry travelers yearning for warm sunshine and green meadows, the rolling wilderness at the foot of Argentina's Fitz Roy group offers up world class hiking and a travel bargain to boot.

Camping & Hiking

Jordan's Jewel: A Trek to Petra

Everybody who goes to Jordan goes to Petra, but few people get there via a 50 miles trek that in six days travels from Dana Biosphere Reserve to Wadi Araba and into the Sharah Mountains before arriving at the storied city of Petra through the back door. Come along as GreatOutdoors.com shows you the way.

Paddling

Luxury Adventuring on BC's Sunshine Coast

Whether it's sea kayaking, hiking the coast, or mountain biking single tracks, the Rockwater Resort on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast makes a unique--and outrageously comfortable--base for exploring the inlets, coves and coastal trails of the Malaspinas Straight north of Sechelt.

Running

Around Mount St. Helens in One Day

By Mike McQuaide

Where in the Northwest can you experience a full spectrum of spectacular landscape? From rain forest to desert, from canyons to riverbeds, from alpine meadows to volcanic blast zones, here's a 30-mile trail run you'll never forget.

Photography

Art Wolfe Photographs the American Southwest

Join us in this ongoing series as GreatOutdoors.com showcases photographer Art Wolfe's world-wide expeditions as he films his PBS series, Travels to the Edge. For this gallery, Art shows us a glimpse of the landscape of the America'n Southwest

2010 Everest Photo Gallery 3: The Upper Mountain

By Dave Hahn
July 8th, 2010

GreatOutdoors.com Everest correspondent Dave Hahn shares his images from previous expeditions. Here, in this gallery of images taken high on Everest on his nine trips to the summit, Dave shows us the famous features of Everest's summit.

Images of Jordan

By Mary Beth Kratsas

See photographer Mary Beth Kratsas's images from the Kingdom of Jordan. 

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