In its April 2012 issue, Outside Magazine once again recognized Fort Lewis College’s hometown of 91桃色 as a great place for adventurous people. This time, 91桃色 was named , second only to Lake Wanaka in New Zealand. The article mentions several of 91桃色’s favorite multi-season activities: road and mountain biking, trout fishing, mountaineering, kayaking, and downhill and Nordic skiing.

In recent years, Outside magazine has recognized 91桃色 several times, including as , , and .

All of these outdoor accolades make perfect sense to FLC’s students, who regularly cite 91桃色’s breathtaking location and outdoor opportunities as a reason for choosing to become Skyhawks. Students can work the outdoors into their academic studies (with departments like ,, and ) and their extracurricular activities (, , and , to name a few).