Not so very long ago, Cory Richards was among those climbers who considered a borrowed floor a suitable bed and scratching out a living by photographing climbers just a dream.

Named for Prescott, Arizona’s infamous Whiskey Row—a collection of rowdy bars, boutique shops and libraries lining the town square—The Whiskey Off-Road is one of the most popular races in the West. Now it wants to become a national event and hopes to attract North America’s top racers.

Sometimes, the anticipation surrounding a ski trip creates a type of pressure that detonates the first night of vacation. Here’s what happens: arrival in a ski town, off the plane and direct to the slope side hotel. This is immediately followed by an indecent amount of cocktailing and pizza eating with old pals in effort to blow off steam accumulated by wrapping up work projects needed to get away.

2012 marks the arrival of America’s Enduro scene. This week Yeti Cycles and subsidiary Bigfoot Productions have announced a race series called The Big Mountain Enduro Series, squarely aimed at all-mountain riders. The series will be anchored by an event with the clout of those established in Europe: The Whole Enchilada Enduro in Moab, UT.

Verno turned around, the spotlights were on him and he was shadowboxing, getting ready to walk out to the ring for his fight, and he looked at me and said, ‘Bro, you all right?’

Boxing may seem like a strange stop on the path to inner peace. From outside the ring, the sport resonates violence, fury and chaos. The most direct path to victory is to knock your rival into a stupor.

In 2010 the federal government gave the National Park Service $2.7 billion and the return on investment was $31 billion and 258,400 jobs. According to a just-out, peer-reviewed study on the economic value of the NPS, most of the revenue was generated by lodging and food bought by visitors, who totaled a whopping 281 million — the equivalent of 90 percent of the U.S. population.

We had a lot of fun with the mountain bike ownership analysis a couple weeks ago and now it’s time to delve into some trail stats. Ever wonder which US states have the most miles of mountain bike trails? Or which states have the lowest trail use densities? We did–and here are our findings.

Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating farming communities and making Mount Everest increasingly treacherous to climb, some of the world's top mountaineers have warned.

Matt Cudmore always wanted to own a ski shop. The idea struck Cudmore in his time as a ski instructor in Germany. Three years ago, the 32-year-old found himself drinking beers with his neighbor in his garage and threw the idea out there again.