The outdoor diversity organization we’re highlighting this month (October) is the Charles Roundtree Bloom Project. A San Antonio-based non-profit, they create communal healing spaces in the outdoors for youth impacted by incarceration.
“Death Valley is known for its extreme temperatures, and this year certainly didn’t disappoint when it comes to heat!” Death Valley National Park Superintendent Mike Reynolds said after a summer that shattered several heat records.
Fall is by far my favorite season in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Bringing crisp air, stunning sunsets, great wildlife watching and breathtaking colors, fall is a great time to get outside in Shenandoah. This blog post tells you the best way to spend a day in Shenandoah in the fall.
Home to all four volcano types in the world, Lassen Volcanic National Park is a remote wilderness of volcanoes, cinder cones, hydrothermal areas, lakes, meadows and forests. This post highlights our favorite things to do in this underrated Northern California park.
Home to the world’s longest running predator-prey study, Isle Royale National Park is famous for its wolves and moose. However, after almost disappearing from the island, the Isle Royale wolf population is on the rebound. The NPS recently announced confirmed sightings of wolf pups on Isle Royale!
An online persona created by a Black L.A.-based entrepreneur and hiker, Mountain Mic is all about the therapeutic value of hiking and spending time outdoors. In this interview, Caroline and Mountain Mic discuss authenticity, mental health and racial inequality in outdoor spaces.
Heading deep into a park’s backcountry, setting up camp, exploring an unspoiled landscape, encountering wildlife,… Spending any number of nights backpacking in one of the national parks is something you’ll never forget.
Washington, D.C.-based company Soul Trak Outdoors connects communities of color to outdoor spaces. They do that through youth, college and adults programs that focus on community building, social justice, outdoor recreation and education. Find out how you can support them here.
Our public lands should be enjoyed by all of us, but when we look into who is getting access to our lands, we see alarmingly disproportionate statistics that highlight a gap between demographics and park visitations. As national park enthusiasts and outdoor recreation advocates, we are committed to addressing racism within our industry. This post outlines how we’re planning to do this.
Today’s exciting wildlife conservation news comes from Mount Rainier National Park. After more than a hundred years, wolverines (a female with two kits) have finally made it back to Mount Rainier—a massive indication that conservation efforts in the region are starting to really pay off.
In this interview, Caroline sits down with Nicole Snell, the owner of Girls Fight Back—a personal safety and self-defense workshop—and lead instructor at IMPACT Personal Safety. They discuss self-defense, solo hiking, empowerment and outdoor safety.
I wholeheartedly believe that you can’t experience a national park to the fullest without spending the night there. As the saying goes, in many national parks “half the park is after dark.” So far, these are our all-time favorite national park campgrounds.
In spring, and in some parks early-summer, colorful wildflowers put up quite a spectacle in certain national parks, carpeting desert flats, covering mountain slopes and adding color to old-growth forests.
One of the best things about American national parks is their variety. From different landscapes to iconic wildlife to usually a historical aspect as well, there’s plenty to discover in these epitomes of nature conservation, especially if you have a car at your disposal.