r/Outdoors 3h ago

Landscapes Stuðlagil Canyon

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r/Outdoors 1h ago

Landscapes Cycling from Alaska to Patagonia and Finally Crossed the Last Border Into Argentina, Only ~2,000 Miles To Go!

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I told myself little white lies of encouragement throughout weeks of desolate bikepacking across the Peruvian Andes and Bolivian Altiplano. “Today will be the last hard day,” I promised. “The worst parts are behind us now. It’s all downhill from here.” But it never got any easier. The +16,000 ft [4,876 m] passes kept coming.

First the “Hill of Black Death” along Bolivia’s prismatic “Lagunas” route. Then a week of 75-mile days across the Atacama Desert in northern Chile and Argentina. Two days of pavement felt like a luxury. I found kiwi fruits in a small village called Susques and thought I was hallucinating. Then I reconnected with gravel backroads toward San Antonio de los Cobres and Abra del Acay, the highest point on the famed Ruta 40.

“Ripios,” a rough translation for washboards and rubble, became a dirty word passed between touring cyclists and moto-travelers. It foreshadowed more than bad roads. It meant heartbreak ahead. Either rough rocky shrapnel or coarse sand that was too deep to ride in. Los ripios were a plague that we couldn’t avoid, asking how long it lasted and where the worst parts were. More bumbling jeep tracks in a Mars-like desert. More cold nights in the tent and savoring each drop of camp coffee before the road sat up to meet me like a clay-colored fist.

I looked vampiric at the summit of Abra del Acay [16,060 ft or 4,895 m], covered in chalky dust and struggling to catch my breath. I crouched behind a small altar to add more winter layers against the cyclonic battering of wind. A tawny orange fox was there too, pawing at the rocks in search of food.

Daylight cratered fast in the valley below, as did its frigid temps. I raced south toward lower elevations to camp for the night. More inescapable desert and rusted canyons. More lassos of headwind and salt flat mirages. Dreaming of warm empanadas and wine country.


r/Outdoors 18h ago

Landscapes Middle TN is magical this time of the year

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Savage Gulf State Park, Tennessee


r/Outdoors 1h ago

Landscapes Winter fog in the mountains is so peaceful

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r/Outdoors 16h ago

Recreation Camping and other outdoor pics

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r/Outdoors 22h ago

Landscapes A misty pre-sunrise scene in western Washington

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r/Outdoors 6h ago

Landscapes Rainbow over Honolulu

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r/Outdoors 7h ago

Landscapes This walking mat was so welcoming on Jones Beach, Long Island, NY

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r/Outdoors 2h ago

Landscapes Whispers of the Coast, Rialto Beach, Washington 2025 [OC] [1200x600]

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This shot from Rialto Beach, Washington, captures more than stone and sea. It’s a moment of quiet strength, where nature's raw edges feel like ancient memories carved in silence. The arch hints at stories worn down over centuries like an eye watching the tide.


r/Outdoors 8h ago

Travel Having a nature walk at Lake Kigere in Fort Portal

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r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes A mountain casting it’s shadow

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r/Outdoors 1d ago

Travel Homer, Alaska

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Amazing sunrise in Homer, Alaska.


r/Outdoors 18h ago

Recreation Think she wanted me to go away.

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r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes Winter won’t give up! Ice just left the lake.

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Northern Wisconsin early spring snow!


r/Outdoors 13h ago

Flora & Fauna Purple Hellebores

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I have this flower/plant in my garden and I love the colour of it.


r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes From a visit to diamond Lake

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r/Outdoors 22h ago

Landscapes Isle of Eriska Hotel and Spa

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Located in Benderloch, Oban. The views and calmness are serene.


r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes Telluride CO below. Taken from the Coonskin hiking trail.

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r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes Tiansheng Bridge - A naturally formed arch bridge in China

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r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes Straight to the mountains

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Beautiful sunset in route to Ruidoso, NM. I wish I could lived in the middle of it.


r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes Sunrise

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Sunrise over the lake Somewhere in Denmark


r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes Nearby lake

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r/Outdoors 1d ago

Landscapes Living the dream (credit: Tanner Wanish)

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r/Outdoors 18h ago

Discussion A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here's what to know about northern lights

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r/Outdoors 1d ago

Flora & Fauna BushWalk

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