Ryan George, 19, died after falling near Illilouette Falls, the second fatal incident involving a young Yosemite visitor and ...

A proposed mine inside neighboring Lake Clark National Park is moving forward, raising concerns about bears and other ...

A 19-year-old hiker died on Utah's Mount Timpanogos and several others suffered injuries while sheltering from a storm in a mountaintop structure.

Books are a contentious item among ultralight backpackers. Sure, a little entertainment can help pass long hours in the tent during storms or help you settle into camp at night. But reading material ...

Fat Bear Week, the annual March Madness-style competition that lets viewers vote for the fattest brown bear in Katmai National Park and Preserve, starts early this year. Beginning on September 18, the ...

This month, we're asking Active Pass and Backpacker Pass members to weigh in the cover of our May/June 2021 issue.

Improvising your own firestarter is a quintessential camping experience. DIY starters are easy to make, the materials are cheap, and—because so many household items are incredibly flammable — they ...

Newly-released maps of this week’s steep cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante are shedding light on what exactly the White House’s proclamation stripped from the national monuments, ...

Editor’s Note: In May of 2024, legendary long-distance hiker Heather Anderson set a new record for an unsupported thru-hike of the 800-mile Arizona Trail (AZT). In keeping with unsupported conventions ...

Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating a bear attack that led to the injury of two hikers on May 4. The pair set out to explore the Mystic Falls Trail near Old Faithful when they came ...

Hikers on the Appalachian Trail reported nearly twice as many bear encounters in 2025 as in 2024, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s annual Appalachian Trail Wrapped roundup. Modeled ...

Do you consider hiking a 365-day-per-year sport? We do. All it takes is some local intel and well-thought-out planning to pick the perfect trail for the time of year you plan to hike. From timing your ...