When pro skier Owen Leeper strapped on a helmet cam near Jackson, Wyoming, last month, he expected to catch some sick footage of himself skiing a steep couloir. He didn’t expect to capture one of the most harrowing scenes of his skiing career.  When Leeper approached the couloir on Feb. 11, he was feeling confident. [...]

A village in Bhutan has been having trouble with a roving local drunkard as of late—except this one weighs 250 pounds and has two-inch claws. For the second time this year, a Himalayan black bear was reportedly caught rummaging through a small food store in Babesa, devouring snacks and guzzling alcohol. According to Newsweek, the bear [...]

A Montana hunter who killed a husky dog after mistaking it for a wolf last fall has just been sentenced to six months of probation.    Last September, Amber Barnes was walking through the woods near her home when a “wolf pup,” came at her, allegedly snarling and growling. She shot the animal, skinned it, and [...]

A 30-year-old Bolivian man has defied the odds by surviving 31 days in the Amazon with nothing but a shotgun and a single cartridge. (We can’t wait for this to be turned into a Netflix series.)  On January 25, 2023, Jhonattan Acosta was hunting with four friends when he was separated from his group, reports [...]

Planting trees is great and all, but a recent study suggests it’s time to try some wild new tech if we really want to stop global warming. Some of the solutions will blow your mind. The study in question is a new, first-of-its-kind report led by the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and [...]

Skijoring might just be the weirdest winter sport you’ve never heard of. Imagine a cross between horse-back riding and water skiing—but with hoops, jumps and obstacles involved. And, yes, it’s just as dangerous as it sounds. While skiers are traditionally pulled by horses for competition events, recreational skijoring participants sometimes hitch up to a dog [...]

Last Friday, two teenage hikers were rescued after spending 48 hours lost and snowed-in on California’s Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The two 17-year-olds, Riley Ramirez of Cypress, California and Cole White of Portland, Oregon, were left huddling for warmth amid five-foot snow drifts.  The teens began their excursion on Feb. 26, reports the Palm Springs [...]

Many dogs will bark at intruders to defend their homes. But when the intruder is a shark? A group of tourists found out last moth when a massive hammerhead swam a little too close to a courageous dog’s shoreside home in the Bahamas. As the shark neared the dock, the dog jumped into the water, [...]

Just last week, two backcountry tourers narrowly escaped an avalanche on Mt. Washington. A few days later, a 46-year-old skier was killed by an avalanche in Deschutes County, Oregon. His death brought this season’s avalanche fatality count to 14, shocking the local community and leaving many to wonder: Are deadly avalanches are getting more frequent? [...]

If you’re looking for thrill—and you’re not afraid if heights—consider adding Switzerland’s coolest new form of transit to your bucket list. When the Matterhorn Glacier Ride II opens this summer, you’ll be able to travel between the Swiss and Italian Alps in a high-elevation cable car—with a glass bottom. The mile-long ride connects Matterhorn Glacier [...]