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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

In 2026, lightweight backpacking is more mainstream than ever. Where slashing pack weight used to be the realm of toothbrush-cutting die-hards, advances in fabrics, design, and technology have made it ...

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 ...

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) ...

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) closed Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument and Dark Canyon Wilderness on Sunday, June 28, due to the Babylon Wildfire. The same day, the National Park Service (NPS) ...

When I moved to Washington state three years ago from Boulder, Colorado, I wasn’t sure how I’d handle the gloom. In Boulder, I’d enjoyed 300 days of sunshine per year. I’d heard about the Pacific ...

Troy Croxdale did not mind talking on the phone as he ran nearly 50 miles on a sunny Saturday near San Bernardino in early December; he was, after all, nearing 10,000 miles on the year, so an hour of ...

The two hikers were above treeline when the thunderstorm rolled in. Lightning split the sky, thunder boomed, and rain thrashed all around, pinning the 20-year-old and his 16-year-old brother to the ...

When it comes to insulation, most ultralighters head straight for down jackets and sleeping bags—and for good reason. Try as we might, humans haven’t managed to create a synthetic insulation designed ...