The hiker was on the Bell Pass Trail, a roughly 6.6-mile out-and-back near Scottsdale, when a saguaro fell over in strong ...

How Backpacker reported this story: Writer Sam Anderson spoke with the Forest Service program manager for Shasta’s climbing rangers and the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office to learn about how two ...

Imagine spending weeks walking across remote mountain ranges, following ancient paths between villages, or trekking through wilderness so vast that you can go for days without seeing another hiker.

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

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) ...

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, ...

Bearpacker is Backpacker’s annual celebration of bear safety, science, and stories. The story of Cocaine Bear starts with a body in a driveway. Andrew Carter Thornton II had been a paratrooper, a ...

Make sure you can identify a plant with 100 percent certainty before touching or consuming it. Hone your skills by attending plant walks with an expert, studying basic botany, cross-referencing ...

There aren’t many paths that stoke dreams like the Pacific Crest Trail. On its more than 2,600-mile journey from Mexico to Canada, the PCT crosses some of the west’s most gorgeous landscapes, from the ...

If you haven’t tried Stowaway Gourmet yet, you’re in for a treat. We first sampled the brand back in 2021, and since then, it’s maintained the crown in our dehydrated backpacking meal category. And ...

Hikers and other visitors caught with marijuana on federal lands will once again face “rigorous” prosecution, according to new Department of Justice guidance, an about-face from a yearslong government ...

At 273 miles, Vermont’s Long Trail sits at a perfect sweet spot: It’s long enough to constitute a respectable thru-hike, and it’s short enough that most folks can knock it out in two weeks—exactly the ...