Heading out for an adventure beyond the comfort of tame indoor spaces is often a priority for eager explorers. Whether you're meandering around a park or trail for the day or plotting a longer camping ...

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Backpacking can be intimidating. You have to haul all your food, water and shelter into the backcountry and sleep there — but you are self-sufficient! You are carrying everything you need on your back ...

Is the W Trek the World’s Best Beginner Backpacking Trail? My experience hiking the W Trek in Torres Del Paine National Park in 4 days was an adventure from beginning to end. I’m sharing my takeaways ...

Every afternoon near the start of my first thru-hike, I knew just where I’d find the hiker named Poncho—and that he’d greet me with advice that would help me finish the Appalachian Trail. A few years ...

The Inter-Mountain Alpine School plans its annual backpacking school designed to teach you what you need to know to get started backpacking on your own. Courtesy Paul Krupin The Inter-Mountain Alpine ...

Beginner backpacker Kanisa Hutchins conquers the Appalachian Trail November 6, 2023 by Anna Lad ... Kanisa Hutchins makes backpacking look easy. The Chattanooga native had zero prior backpacking ...