Kelly Bastone

One backpacker shares her secret to maintaining a decades-long hiking streak.

Like your life and limbs intact? Then you'd better get skilled before visiting these trails.

These 9 difficult hikes will challenge even the toughest backpackers.

Learn more about what goes on beneath the surface by casting a line.

Protecting land is only the first step. Hikers need trails, and trails don’t build themselves. Grab a Pulaski and create new paths and restore lost routes on these 10 trips.

Hit these endangered trails to vote with your feet and send a message that protection pays off.

From climate change to energy development, various threats promise to wipe out what’s best about America’s 12 most endangered trails.

The only thing better than Yellowstone in summer? Yellowstone in winter.

Five Native American tribes band together to protect ancestral lands in southern Utah.

Can a no-name imitation work as well as pricier outdoor gear? Our tester heads to Amazon to find out.

You can now discover the other Caribbean on the Waitukubuli National Trail. But should you?

Behold, the year's best new base layers.

From ultralight solo tents to basecamping palaces, these 16 shelters deserve to be your next home away from home.

More and more outdoor products are made in America. Here’s why you can expect the trend to continue—plus a few choice gear picks to look for.

Our scout hits the show floor and rounds up the coolest new outerwear hitting the market next year.

Lose yourself in the Lower 48's wildest park.

Our expert reveals his top dayhikes, overnights, and tricks for your best trip ever.

This hike will tempt you to pack a parachute as sandstone peaks reach 1,500 feet above Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area's valley floor.

The forbidden fruit of Arizona, Coconino's Agassiz will mesmerize and tempt you.

Trace the seam between land and sea on Vancouver Island.

The Appalachian Trail in Maine will take your breath away, both as you climb 3,662 feet to the summit and then your 360-degree view.

This desert gem is an explorer’s heaven.

Visit Craters of the Moon to see this lava-tubed wonder under an and azure sky.

Hiking this 8,007-foot peak will bring you peace and solitude, as well as breathtaking views.

Navigate your own route through grizzly terrain in Elias National Park, all to access seldom-seen panoramas of the 16,000-foot Wrangell Mountains.

Grab your paddle to explore a watery wilderness where solitude reigns.

Tips from our expert on exploring New England’s biggest alpine zone.

A local expert picks his favorite books for this classic New England region.

An expert's reading list for Minnesota's premier hiking-and-paddling destination.

An expert's reading list for two must-see California parks.

Stalk golden trout.

Savor instant solitude.

Gobble the PCT's tastiest morsel.

Scale Utah's mightiest mountain.

Soak in simmering springs.

Tag two tough fourteeners.

Explore the Rockies' sharpest peaks.

Make the most of your precious weekend Freedom. These 15 hikes deliver epic to all types of time-crunched hikers.

Our favorite high-risk, high-reward adventures in North America.