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Your daily cups of java seem innocent-until you hit the trail and don't get your normal caffeine buzz for a couple of days.

Think crypto comes only from polluted water? Your healthy camp mate could be a carrier.

You may have the Ozarks' wildlife-rich Ridge Runner Trail to yourself, but that doesn't mean you're alone.

Texas reader says plastic-coated wire ties are essential item for backcountry emergency kits.

Keep fresh and cool with this clothing tip from one of our readers.

Eight reasons to pack baking soda on the trail.

Forgot your toothbrush? You can still practice good hygiene.

The condors know all about Chumash Wilderness, but luckily, the masses in Los Angeles don't.

Keep scrapes clean with lightweight cleaning pads.

Cliff dwellings, petroglyphs, ancient pottery -- Utah's Grand Gulch is thick with history.

Everything you'd want in a long trail.

The little-known Ouachita Trail ranked third among the long trails for solitude.

Take along your plant guidebooks for this flora-filled treasure.

The challenge of Vermont's Long Trail will cure what ails you.

A whale of a Minnesota trail beside a Great Lake.

It's the longest stretch of virgin coastline left in the Lower 48. But that's just one of many reasons to hike it.

Mind-bending views, close-up wildlife encounters.

If any long trail is likely to induce a headache, it's the Colorado Trail.

Can you tackle our readers' favorite long trail? Test your hiking mettle against the Continental Divide Trail.

The famed peaks of the Appalachian chain entice some 2,500 people to attempt the thru-hike each year.

This magnificent trail travels through three California parks while showcasing the natural wonders Muir worked to preserve.

Carved limestone cliffs add even more to love on Wisconsin's Ice Age Trail.

David Brower led environmentalists in shaping the America we see and hike.

Quick Tips to Prevent, Recognize, and Treat Hypothermia.

A good pile of animal scat speaks volumes about your backwoods neighbors, if you know what to look for.

Compared with the rough-and-tumble Chilkoot Trail, the Senate is a walk in the park for Ione Christensen.

In the 1800s, cowboys didn't think much of the Grand Canyon's Parashant National Monument. Luckily, times and attitudes have changed.

Your 3 million sweat glands can make for a sweaty, smelly hike.

Body odor can get pretty bad on the trail. Here's how to make sure you never again hear the words, "What's That Smell?"

Tuck a folded square of aluminum foil in your pack and it may come in handy as a...

How to improve your tolerance for cold and enhance your outdoor performance.

In the 20 years since the passage of the Alaska Lands Act, nothing has changed in many of the state's wild places. And that's reason to celebrate.

The best trips are littered with mistakes, frustration, and, if a river called the "Little Misery" runs through it, boot-sucking mud.

For Deep South scenery, try Alabama's Conecuh Trail, where the gopher frogs and armadillos outnumber the people.

With a few precautions, expecting hikers can hit the trail.

The best way to honor a wilderness-minded senator is to hike the Jackson Wilderness.

Hikes with a lot of elevation gain and loss are prime for getting tendinitis in the Achilles tendon.

When you have park visitors asking such questions as, "The animals aren't really wild, are they?" you have a recipe for disaster.

Where the words "wild" and "life" take on new meaning

Some well-meaning, leave-no-trace horsepackers are trying to rein in their environmentally uncouth brethren. The question is: can they change practices and attitudes that date back to the wild west days?

Here's our guide to environmental etiquette while horsepacking.

What's good for elk is good for backpackers on Michigan's High Country Pathway.

New research suggests that bear bells don't work, and colorful tents and clothing may attract bruins.

The greatest backpacking parks in the United States, chosen for their scenery.

Glacier National Park possesses scenery that'll suck the breath out of your lungs, quiet so intense you'll wonder if your ears still work, and enough wildlife to make a zookeeper drool with envy.

When leaves turn the colors on a painter's palette, head to the Adirondack's High Peaks Wilderness.

When summer ends, crowd-free hiking begins in Colorado's Indian Peaks.

If land has a personality, then Vermont's 270-mile Long Trail is one moody, unpredictable way to hike through New England.

Unless you're partial to polluted water, don't fill your bottle during or just after a major storm.

New trail-tested advice for shading your face from the sun.

We're not saying you need a pedicure, but a toenail trim doesn't hurt on the trail.

Follow this cover-up advice before you head into the desert.

Your finger got crushed between a rock and a hard place. Here's what to do.

Robert Taylor wants African-Americans to know "there's something great out there."

The Appalachian Trail community lost a prominent supporter, volunteer, hiker, and maintainer.

Sure, you can summit Mt. Rainier, but the real treasure isn't on top. It's the Wonderland Trail down below.

The French-Canadian trappers are long gone, but the grizzlies and waterfalls remain in this alpine nirvana.

If you think the last truly wild, unexplored land is in Canada or Alaska, you haven't been to Wyoming's Absaroka range.

Out of mistakes, miscues, and unexpected turns in the trail, we find the perfect trip.

Washington's gentle "forgotten mountains" -- The Kettle River Range -- are ignored by those in a hurry to reach the Cascades.

Should we pave the wilderness and install escalators for the disabled? No, says a former backpacker.

Its bite is more than painful -- it could be deadly.

Follow Jesse James's footprints to a land of shady valleys and cool, clear lakes.

Wind chill can nip noses or lead to frostbite. Here's what you should know.