A once-in-a-lifetime second snow day has happened at Colorado State University and it has left me, and what seems most other students, in a state of ambiguity and glee as people figure out how to best...

I had never climbed a 14er before. I originally come from California; sea level and as much oxygen as you can get. There’s an allure to the high altitudes, the more turbulent conditions, the greater...

This is The Current, a list of articles from across the world of outdoors writing.There's a tremendous amount of thought-provoking, eye-catching, well-written content out there. Every two weeks, another...

On your way to Arthur’s Rock, it’s easy to tunnel vision on all of the destinations, losing focus of possible areas of interest that border the road. That’s almost what happened to me, if not for...

How the hell do I get a permit for the world-renown John Muir Trail?That’s one of the questions I asked over and over again while I feverishly Googled what the process is like. For someone like myself,...

‘Living the dream’ is an idiom far too overused to have any real meaning anymore, but after watching “View From A Blue Moon,” I got a real sense of what ‘living the dream’ looks like.John Florence...

Disaster is afoot, and it seems as if almost nobody in America cares. For those who don’t know, Syria is engulfed in violence and war between several different factions, which include the original Syrian...

This political system is becoming increasingly nonsensical. Donald Trump, Ben Carson, that kid who went by Deez Nutz and Kanye West are all prime examples of how ridiculous politics have become. In the...

Civilian shootings have been popping up more and more in the media. There were the larger shootings where more than several individuals were fatally shot, like the Tennessee shooting at a military base...

What does it mean to be tasked with saving the world? It’s probably the largest burden you could possibly be given. Usually saving the world is reserved for superheroes or zombie movies -- it’s such...

It’s national Hazing Prevention Week, so it’s prime time to bring up the problem of hazing once again. Hazing has been normalized by our society, treating it as weird and funny more than what it should...