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Get Outta Town: Los Angeles
Cross creeks, traverse semi-arid desert, and delve through thick forest, all on the doorstep of metropolitan Los Angeles.
Wanna Ride?
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Presenting our foolproof recipes for the perfect long, hot weekend: six classic road-trip itineraries, the country's best pit stops, and a lot of Willie Nelson. Just pick your route and roll.
Jawbone to Lake Isabella
Excerpts from California Desert Byways: 68 of California’s Best Backcountry Drives (Wilderness Press)
The Road-Trip Cure
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Because sometimes you've just gotta roll
Rubber Soul
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Opal Creek, Oregon
Ancient Forests of the United States
Best Wildlife: Point Lobos State Reserve (California)
America's Best Beaches
Backyard Playgrounds
Whether it’s for a few hours or a few days, we’ve all got to get away sometime. Since we can’t always explore the Amazon after work or trek Tibet in a weekend, we bring you an inspired list of the country’s best city-centric, all-natural playgrounds—ones within city limits, and ones just beyond the suburban sprawl—tailor-made for bite-sized bursts of urban adventuring.
Five Great Family Escapes
Olympic National Park, Washington
Autumn in Oregon: Willamette National Forest, Oregon
GORP's Top 10 Autumn Escapes: Fall's Best Forests

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Seafood Watch: The Eastern Seaboard
Oceana, an organization seeking to protect and restore the world’s oceans, offers information on the environmental impacts of eating various types of seafood.
Family Travel Survival Guide: Cancun
Holistic Travel: Eco-Savvy Ways to See the World
What Is Eco-Tourism
Make Your Bed
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Backcountry Touring 101
Excerpts from the Backcountry Byways series (Wilderness Press)

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Sequoia High Sierra Camp
Sequoia High Sierra Camp
from $300, 7 days
The Sequoia High Sierra Camp, located in the Giant Sequoia National Monument, combines the best aspects of a wilderness tent camp adventure - with the furnishings and guest amenities of a deluxe hotel. ......
Denali Mountaineering Expedition
Alaska Mountain Guides
from $4800, 22 days
Join Alaska Mountain Guides & Climbing School Inc for an expedition to the highest mountain in North America. Denali is frequently considered to be...
Backpacking in Yosemite - High Passes Loop
Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides
from $945, 7 days
The high country lakes, peaks, and passes of the Ansel Adam's Wilderness/Yosemite high country border are truly spectacular. This 50 mile loop takes...
Alaska Multi-Sport Adventure
Alaska Wildland Adventures
from $3595, 7 days
This 2008 special departure features a unique combination of exciting outdoor activities, such as sea kayaking in Kenai Fjords National Park,...
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - The Biggest Wild
Big Wild Adventures
from $3800, 9 days
Perhaps the greatest remaining terrestrial wilderness on Earth, the Arctic Refuge is a pulsating, living wilderness of caribou, moose, Dall sheep,...

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Complete Gear Archives: Camping
From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things related to camping
The Goods: Road Trips
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Fly-Fishing Gear Essentials
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Marmot Aura Tent
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Home Sweet Dome
Simms G3 Guide Waders
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