Carolyn Webber

Are hiking dresses, skirts, and kilts more than a novelty? I freed my legs to find out.

Keep your body healthy and fueled on long-distance hikes.

When you're hiking for weeks or months at a time, sometimes you need a little audio therapy.

Kenneth Knight, 42, survived alone for six days near the Appalachian Trail in April of 2009.

The Packing It Out crew hauled thousands of pounds of trash off the AT and PCT over the last two years. If we all followed their lead, perhaps there’d be nothing left to pick up.

Keep yourself (and your supplies) from freezing this winter with tips from Philip Werner, an Appalachian Mountain Club leader and founder of sectionhiker.com

Sometimes it’s the fastest way. Often it’s the prettiest. And in places like the Great Lakes region, ice creates temporary routes only winter adventurers get to explore. Stay safe with tips on assessing ice and preparing for self-rescue.

Workers got August 11 off for first-ever Mountain Day.

NPS to pay $6.8 million for Nature Conservancy land.

Athlete to document trek on Facebook Live, website.

There's no evidence that more people are being attacked by bruins in the backcountry. But shifting visitor patterns could change that.

Casey Nocket painted graffiti in seven parks in 2014.

Hungarian tour group rescued by emergency services

Josh Reichert walked away from his ordeal with only a broken heel.

Alex Bestler was stung over 1,000 times.

Covers 67 miles from L.A. to Ventura County