A group of 13 members of Congress are pressing USFS Chief Tom Schultz to detail his officers' collaboration with immigration ...

Maggie Slepian is an award-winning freelance writer based in Montana. Her work lands at the intersection of the environment, travel, and the outdoors, and has appeared in the New York Times, Lonely ...

Alabama, known for its inland waterway system, is located in the southeastern part of the U.S., bordered by Mississippi to the west, Georgia to the east, Tennessee to the north, and both Florida and ...

Muhammad Ali, Dale Earnhardt, Florence Griffith Joyner: Even the most high-flying heroes eventually fall to Earth, weighed down by time, accident, and the vagaries of biology. To that pantheon, add ...

In her monthly column, The Survivalist, Jessie Krebs writes about staying alive in dangerous backcountry scenarios. Krebs is a former Air Force S.E.R.E (survival, evasion, resistance, and escape) ...

After five years and over 100 stories, I’m moving on from my post as Backpacker’s ultralight columnist. There’s a lot I could say about the people I’ve met, the stories I’ve told, and the trips I’ve ...

Winter is an especially great time to go hunting for animal tracks in the snow. In summer, animals’ prints can be difficult to spot on packed dirt trails. But snow preserves them, allowing hikers to ...

Backpackers are fond of saying that the only way to get fit for hiking is by hiking. But that’s not necessarily true, says Marc Monroe, a physical therapist and strength and conditioning coach based ...

On Sunday afternoon, lightning struck Colorado’s 14,264-foot Mount Blue Sky fourteener, killing one teenager, causing serious injuries in a second minor, and injuring three more adults. Clear Creek ...

The stars overhead looked close enough to touch. I lay quietly and comfortably in my sleeping bag, totally transfixed by the night sky. This was the first time I’d used my Sky View Solo Tent, and it ...

Hawaii’s highest mountain is one of the most spectacular hikes on the planet, a place where the Arctic and the tropical meet. Mauna Kea’s volcanic topography feels like a land before time, primal and ...

Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail takes months, but you can see some of its highlights in just a long weekend. Between a big dayhike and a three-day weekend, these five hikes will let you sample one ...