GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Featuring stacks filled with hiking boots to sleeping bags, the city of Grand Rapids is launching a new kind of library that looks to get outdoor gear in the hands of ...

LEADVILLE – Vanessa Saldivar was 5 when her father hiked her up the bunny slope at Mt. Hood Skibowl in Oregon. She didn’t have a fancy jacket. She used socks as mittens. Her dad gave her a nudge. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Those looking for winter fun at three Grand Rapids parks need not worry if they don’t have their own ...

LEADVILLE, Colo. — Colorado Mountain College (CMC) in Leadville has a new library, but this one doesn’t carry books. CMC partnered with Get Outdoors Leadville! (GOL!) to create a “gear library” on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The City of Grand Rapids Parks & Recreation Department unveiled a "gear library" Monday that makes outdoor equipment more accessible to residents living in non-green areas. A ...

Community Gear Library’s partnership with Staunton Library makes it possible for Staunton, Augusta County and Waynesboro residents to borrow camping or hiking equipment. Photo by Rebecca J. Barnabi.

COVID-19 might have disrupted normal operations of almost everything this year, but the great outdoors is still readily available, and the School Community Youth Collaborative wants to help young ...

Sign up for the Concord Monitor’s morning newsletter for essential news each day, and our contests and promotions list for special offers and giveaways. The Keene ...

The staff of Maine GearShare -- Jackson Hall (left), Josh Bossin (center) and Emily Mackeown (right) -- pose for a portrait inside their Brunswick building on Jan. 4, 2024. In 2022, the gear share ...