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Rock formations in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan (courtesy, National Park Service)

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Trip Ideas

Best Sand Playground: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Seashore (Michigan)
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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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Michigan's Leelanau & Mackinac Explorer
Timberline Adventures
from $2195, 7 days
The beautiful rolling hills and windswept dunes of Leelanau, the expansive wooded shoreline of Torch Lake, miles and miles of magnificent beaches...

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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

Gitchi Gumee Agate and History Museum

E21739 Brazel St.
Grand Marais, Michigan

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Lake Superior Brewing Company

N14283 Lake Ave.
Grand Marais, Michigan 49839

Description: Lake Superior Brewing Company offers a full menu of home-cooked foods, beers, root beer, brewery tours, great view of Lake Superior shoreline, rock & mineral displays, and homemade beer. ... Read More

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Michigan AuSable Valley Railroad

230 S. Abbe Rd.
Fairview , Michigan 48621

Description: Chug through a 115-foot tunnel to wooden trestles on an exciting ride through Northern Michigan.... Read More

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