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It's tasty, nutritious, and will survive being crammed in a pack. Might pasta be the perfect trail food?

Gain a raptor's-eye view of the world in Colorado's Eagles Nest Wilderness.

Relax and sniff the azaleas among Missouri's Whispering Pines.

What they've lost in height, the Penokee Mountains make up for in big views and solitude.

In a park full of natural wonder, the route to Maddron Bald hits the high points.

Everyone's heard of the Cascades, but no one seems to know about Tillamook State Forest.

Jim Lockart of Pughtown, Pennsylvania is part of a unique group who have scaled all 50 states' highest peaks.

Matthew Bogue, who is legally blind and was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1996, completed the 471-mile Colorado Trail.

Make your own backcountry insurance policy.

To all the techno-weenies with your space-age outdoor gear, Cody Lundin has some advice: For that day when your butt's on the line, you better know how to get primitive.

Got a first-aid kit? Great. Now add these over-the-counter medicines and it'll be perfect.

Once a bumpy stagecoache route, Arkansas's Butterfield Trail now jostles hikers.

How to find emergency water in the backcountry.

Make your own backcountry survival kit.

How to signal for help if you get lost.

How to build a shelter if you get stuck in the backcountry.

Don't expect the red-carpet treatment in Arizona's Galiuro Mountains, just wilderness on its own terms.

As ice-cream makers in Los Angeles once knew, the Cucamonga Wilderness is the essence of cool.

For almost half a century, California's rugged Ishi Wilderness hid "the last wild Indian." Even today, it is a place that can keep a secret.

Cooking tips from readers.

Where artists once found inspiration, the Catskills' Escarpment Trail now challenges hikers.

Missing for more than a month in the Australian Outback, American tourist Robert Bogucki was found alive and amazingly coherent yesterday in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia.

Stronger foot muscles can end ankle sprains and aching arches.

Test to see if your "shocks" -- the arches of your feet -- are blown.

Sometimes you have to turn off the lights in order to see.

The William O. Douglas Wilderness is a monument worthy of a great man.

Way up in Nevada's East Humboldt Wilderness, finding solitude and water are sure bets.

Play out your Lawrence of Suburbia fantasies at Indiana Dunes.

Where 100 unknown Sierra miles wait.

What happens when you go from sea level to altitude too fast? One brave editor found out the hard way, and offers her blow-by-blow findings in hopes that you don't suffer a similar fate.

In every backpacker's life, there comes a time when you stare awestruck at a mountain and wonder, "What's it like to climb that sucker?"

After you've spent a cold, drizzly, miserable night searching for a lost or injured hiker, sometimes a few simple words of thanks make it all worthwhile.

Leave the book in the tent and make a date to chat with some owls and sing with the frogs.

Stay calm, have a bite to eat, and remember there's nothing to fear but fear itself.

If you look beyond the occasional cow, you'll find the BLM has lots of ruggedly beautiful land to offer. No mining, no oil rigs, just lots of solitude.

Time it right and you can harvest fresh greens every day of your trip.

Rather than tearing open an envelope, wouldn't you rather slice and dice something fresh?

The ambling Wisconsin River has only one speed: full-out relaxed.

A Thoreauvian classic hike in New Hampshire.

While Sawtooth Lake grabs the limelight, behind the scenes lie crowd-free peace and splendor.

Why choose between breezy peaks and cool streams when you can have both at Big Frog Wilderness?

What have you done lately for the trails and backcountry you use? Join a Volunteer Vacation and save the trails you love.

Get spectacular Appalachian Trail mountain views without much effort on the Riga Plateau.

Like your first love, you never forget your initial visit to the Arctic.

The colorful walls of Palo Duro Canyon will delight hikers with masterpiece washes of color.

Escape from the urban at Wisconsin's Governor Knowles State Forest.

Check out Ted Stedman's author page.

Go through the looking glass in Utah's canyon country.

Walk among giants in Redwood National Park.

Hikers often overlook the the quiet meadows, wildflowers, and mountaintops of New Mexico's Latir Wilderness. Their loss is your gain.

A hidden spot in Washington's popular Alpine Lakes Wilderness.

Highest, biggest, wildest: Colorado's Weminuche Wilderness is a land of superlatives.

Lake Superior's best coast lies on Wisconsin's Apostle Islands.

Texas' Lost Maples has beautiful desert vistas -- and mountain lions.

Here's how to find the best of Wyoming's expansive Bighorn range.

Oklahoma's own Tennessee awaits intrepid hikers.

Boy Scouts paved an excellent trail in this Ozark gem.

The bare rocks of Oklahoma's Charons Gardens will haunt and delight hikers.

Texas' Big Slough is as wet as the Big Bend is dry.

History and landscape meet at Caprock Canyos State Park.

Think Iowa is nothing but flat? You haven't visited the Yellow River State Forest.

High, cool peaks rise over 7,000 feet above the desert flats in New Mexico's White Mountain Wilderness.

Break the long Michigan winter with a lengthy hike on Michigan's Riding and Hiking Trail.

History and nature intertwine when you hike South Dakota's stunning Black Hills.

The Marietta Unit provides some of the greatest river trails in Ohio.

Get away from the Ozarks crowd on the Berryman Trail.

The best way to see all Olympic has to offer is on the grand Valley Loop.

Never heard of Utah's George Washington Hayduke Route, have you? That's because it's brand new.

Nothing cramps your style like a knotted muscle. Here are simple ways to stay pain-free.

Use these specific stretches to alleviate muscle pain.

While the wolf reintroduction debate rages across the country, in Wisconsin the animals are simply reclaiming their rightful place.

Hike this gorgeous, mountainous section of Virginia's Appalachian Trail.

Boil, pour, stir, eat. Camp food doesn't get any easier than this.

Virginia's Iron Mountain Loop nearly breaks treeline in the east.

Hickory Creek Wilderness in the Allegheny National Forest remains a great hiking destination all year -- even in winter.

Burnt Rock Mountain provides great views along Vermont's Long Trail.