http://www.backpacker.com/ Backpacker Magazine en-us Copyright 2008 Active Interest Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3600 http://www.backpacker.com/article/17328 Active Interest Media is currently seeking to fill a Digital Media Specialist position at BACKPACKER, based in Boulder, Colorado. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17308 http://www.backpacker.com/article/17307 2013 is a yearlong celebration of BACKPACKER readers, with dream trips, gear makeovers, and other great prizes. Meet the lucky readers just like you who have already won this year. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17306 January 1, 2013 We tallied your votes: These are the country's top 10* gear stores. (And tips for getting the most bang for your buck when you visit.) http://www.backpacker.com/article/17305 Are you blowing big bucks driving to your favorite hike? Use these gas-mileage-boosting tips so you can get to more trailheads for less money. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17304 Add 10-degrees of warmth to your sleeping bag with this simple DIY project. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17303 February 12, 2013 What's true and what's false when it comes to bear behavior. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17302 Learn how to stay safe in bear country from myth-busting biologist Tom Smith. By Ted Alvarez http://www.backpacker.com/article/17301 Bears in the lower 48 have rebounded from decades of declining populations and shrinking habitat. Also improving: your chance of seeing a bruin in the wild. By Ted Alvarez http://www.backpacker.com/article/17300 Grizzlies vanished from North Cascades National Park five decades ago. Or did they? Our scout joins the search for Washington's elusive mountain ghosts. By Ted Alvarez http://www.backpacker.com/article/17299 You love them. You fear them. And you misunderstand them. See more bears and learn about the surprising new thinking around hiker safety in this complete guide. By Ted Alvarez http://www.backpacker.com/article/17298 This tireless trail angel is firing up a new generation of backcountry stewards. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17297 For 40 years, BACKPACKER readers have explored the wilderness and returned with photographic gold. But we were wowed by the entries for this contest—more than 650 of them. Check out these finalists (and this year's winner), then go to backpacker.com/photos to submit your own images. We’ll showcase the best entries in upcoming issues. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17296 Tromp through a Florida cypress swamp, find solitude on a Catskills peak, look for rare Carolina blooms, plus 9 more. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17295 Snag a dozen great winter trips, including a texas Hill Country overnight, a Lake Superior snowshoe, and a hike to Apostle islands ice caves. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17294 Soak in a New Mexico hot spring, spot wintering bighorn sheep in the Winds, hike to a lost California oasis, and more. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17289 Need to find food in a crisis? Just foraging for fun? Learn to raid nature's pantry, which is full of easily harvested, highly nutritious meals. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17288 Hundreds of pieces of outdoor gear from all the major outdoor retailers - now in an easy-to-print digital format. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17287 In celebration of our readers, we have designed a second tour (in addition to our popular Get Out More Tour) that will launch in 2013, the GEAR and GO TOUR. http://www.backpacker.com/article/17286 Our second-annual Adventures Denver is a family friendly day of fun in the outdoors trying out new gear and activities...for free!