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Sunset on the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Sunset on the beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama (courtesy, Gulf Shores Convention & Visitors Bureau)

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Practical Advice

Rising to the Challenge
How do you learn to conquer a snow-covered mountain—and your fears? Simple. Go with Wyoming's Exum Mountain Guides, the leaders in mountaineering training.
How to Build a Snow Cave
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Ask ten people how to make a snow cave and you'll get ten different answers. Winter-survival expert Greg Davenport, 49, ends the debate. Here's his definitive guide to making a bomber backcountry bunker.
What Andrew McLean, Ski Mountaineer, Brings
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McLean, 47, is one of the world's most accomplished backcountry skiers, with first descents on every continent—and more than 100 total. This spring, he's off to Greenland for a few more. Here's what he's packing.
Playing It Safe
Tout, scam, trickery, pickpockets, or downright theft—any one of 'em can turn a trip of a lifetime into a lifelong lesson. Here's how to avoid bad experiences.
Fix a Busted Tire with a Buck
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Flatten your bike tire on a thorn and you can patch the inner tube or swap in a new one—no problem. Damage the tire itself (say, by tearing your sidewall on a sharp rock)—much bigger problem. Here's a quick field solution to keep you on the roll.

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Gear

What You Need: Ski Mountaineering
The gear you need to strap on, pack up, wear, and shed to get up—and back down—a serious mountain.
Gear of the Year
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Wilier Triestina Izoard
Women's Road Biking
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Race Upgrades
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KTM Adventure 990
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Fitness

Four Steps to Peak Agility
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Without agility, working out is just bodybuilding.
Cutting-Edge Sports Gear
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The athletic equipment that made the cut for our second annual celebration of the best in design and technology.
Revolutionary New Gear
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Outside's guide to the best new concepts in gear, garb, human performance, and green.
Are the Mountains Killing Your Brain?
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Alarming new science shows that thin air can wreck brain cells—at lower altitudes than you'd think. Here's how to protect yourself.
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Attractions

Alabama Coastal Birding Trail

PO Drawer 457
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36547

Description: A great blue heron sails across a Mobile Bay sunset. Pelicans fly in perfect formation as they... Read More

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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

12295 State Highway 180
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542

Description: The Bon Secour NWR contains 7,000 acres of wildlife habitat for migratory birds, nesting sea... Read More

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Gulf State Park

20115 State Hwy. 135
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542

Description: Located in the city of Gulf Shores on the coast of Alabama, white sun-kissed beaches, a surging... Read More

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