Outdoor life includes activities and daily needs outside built-up areas. See agritourism for outdoor life in farmland.

Prepare

• Baggage
• Equipment
• Packing for a week of hiking
• Physical fitness

Seasons

• Winter in Canada and the United States
• Winter in the Nordic countries

Get around

• Hiking (including links to regional guides)
  • Cross country skiing
  • Straight line missions
  • Orienteering
  • Wilderness backpacking
• Horse riding
• Cycling, Tour cycling, Mountain biking
• Mountaineering
• Sea kayaking, Canoeing, Whitewater sports

See

See also: Natural attractions

The main attraction of the outdoors is the scenery, as well as wildlife, experienced in activities such as birdwatching, whale watching and safari.

Do

• Fishing
• Foraging
• Hunting

Eat

• Camping food
• Outdoor cooking

Sleep

• Camping
• Wild camping
• Wilderness backpacking

Stay safe

See also: Stay safe

• Altitude sickness
• Arid region safety
• Cold weather
• Dangerous animals
• Hot weather
• Hygiene and body care
• Pests
• Severe weather
• Wildfires

Respect

• Animal ethics
• Leave-no-trace camping
• Right to access in the Nordic countries

See also

• Next-to-impossible destinations