The December Issue of Blue Ridge Outdoors is Live!

THE DIRT

Meet the winners of our Dirty Dozen Wilderness Hiking Challenge

Kids and Skiing | Terrain-based Learning

CHATTER

A Monthly collection of Reader Reactions to previous BRO Issues

QUICK HITS

Running shop owner chases down much slower vandal • Polar plunges to start the new year

CONTRIBUTOR QUESTIONS

Once a month we throw our contributors for a loop with a different question about their lives in the outdoors. This month we wanted to know, “what’s the best way to spend a snow day?”

FLASHPOINT

Can Southern ski resorts adapt to climate change?

THE GOODS

Essential gear for Timberline ski patrol and surviving a winter atop LeConte.

TRAIL MIX

The top 20 albums of 2015.

FACES OF WINTER

Meet a pro climbing bum, ski coach, weatherman, ice climber, and a girl that shreds harder than you.

UNSTOPPABLE

Adaptive snowsports athletes are making incredible comebacks on the slopes.

NO DOGS NEEDED

North Carolina ultra runner Peter Ripmaster will be pulling his own sled in the 1,000-mile Iditarod footrace.

SECRETS OF AN OUTDOOR DAD

Former pro paddler Adam Herzog reveals how to keep fit as a stay-at-home parent.

TEACHINGS FROM THE RIVER

Girls at Play founder Anna Levesque discovers five life lessons from her thrills and spills on the water.

SNOWBOUND 2015-16

It’s time to hit the slopes. Opening days are upon us at regional resorts, so wax your skis and get ready for some downhill thrills with BRO’s annual Snowbound winter sports guide.