America's 100 Best Adventures

Executive summary by darmansjah

Alaska

Complete a NOLS Semester

Explore ANWR

Heli-Ski the Chugach Mountains

Tree-Climb Chilkat

Float the Tatshenshini-Alsek River

Trek Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve

Climb Mount McKinley

Camp With Alaska Brown Bears

Arizona

Row Down the Grand Canyon

Hike Buckskin Gulch (& Utah)

Ride Monument Valley

California

Surf the Lost Coast

Bike the Death Ride

Hike Half Dome

Hike the Sierra High Route

Paddle Santa Cruz Island

Mountain Bike the Tahoe Rim Trail (& Nevada)

Bodysurf the Wedge

Raft the Forks of the Kern

Ski Mountaineer Mount Shasta

Colorado

Bike From Durango to Moab (& Utah)

Climb Ouray

Ski Scar Face

Hike the Colorado Trail

Run the TransRockies

Ski Silverton Mountain

Race the Leadville Trail 100

Backcountry Ski the 10th Mountain Division Huts

Bag Fourteeners in the Weminuche Wilderness

Climb the Diamond on Longs Peak

Florida

Kiteboard the Keys

Paddle the Everglades

Swamp Tromp in Big Cypress National Preserve

Dive Freshwater Caves

Fly-Fish for the Florida Keys Slam

Georgia

Canoe the Okeefenokee

Hawaii

Kayak the Na Pali Coast

Hike the Muliwai Trail

Kiteboard Maui's North Shore

Iowa

Bike RAGBRAI

Idaho

Hike the Salmon

Snowkite Camas Valley

Raft the Owyhee River (& Oregon & Nevada)

Kentucky

Climb Red River Gorge

Maine

Kayak the Maine Island Trail

Canoe the Allagash

Michigan

Sail the Manitous

Wreck Dive Lake Superior

Minnesota

Dogsled the Boundary Waters

Race the Arrowhead 135

Canoe the Boundary Waters

Hike the Superior Trail

Missouri

Paddle 340 Miles of the Mighty Missouri—Nonstop

Montana

Hike the Bob Marshall

Climb Granite Peak

Ice Climb Hyalite Canyon

Fly-Fish the Spring Creeks of Paradise Valley

Backpack Glacier National Park

Multistate

Get Fit at a Navy SEAL Immersion Camp

Bike Across America

Learn to Fly a Wingsuit

Backpack the Pacific Northwest Trail

Bike the Continental Divide Trail

North Carolina

Paddle the Outer Banks

Learn Paddling at Nantahala Outdoor Center

North Dakota

Bike the Maah Daah Hey

New Hampshire

Ski Tuckerman Ravine

Hike the Traverse

New Mexico

Fly-Fish the Pecos

Horsepack the Gila Wilderness

Nevada

Heli-Ski the Ruby Mountains

New York

Canoe the Adirondacks

Climb the Gunks

Oregon

Four-Wheel the Steens

Kiteboard the Columbia River Gorge (& Washington)

Ski the Wallowas

Tennessee

Hike the Roan Highlands

Raft the Ocoee

Texas

Float the Big Bend of the Rio Grande

Boulder Hueco Tanks

Utah

Raft the Green River

Scale Red-Rock Towers

Paddle Lake Powell

Backpack the Hayduke Trail

Canyoneer Grand Staircase-Escalante

Hike the Zion Narrows

Vermont

Ski Inn-to-Inn on the Catamount Trail

Washington

Transect the Olympic

Climb Mount Rainier

Hike Glacier Peak

Sea Kayak the San Juan Islands

Wisconsin

Ski the Birkebeiner

West Virginia

Raft the Gauley River

Wyoming

Hike the Winds

Climb the Grand Teton

Backcountry Ski Teton Pass

Kayak Lake Yellowstone

Hike Yellowstone’s Wild Southwest