Adam Roy

Irresponsible campers put forests, people, and hiking seasons at risk. Do your part by making sure your blaze is dead out.

Periodical cicada hatches like this year’s are an underrated wildlife experience. See the swarm up close—and maybe eat a few of them—on these hikes.

Washington man facing federal misdemeanor charges after allegedly organizing gigantic group hike.

Crews discovered a giant sequoia still smoking in a burned-over area.

Wildlife officials are investigating after the death of a 39-year-old woman in Durango.

Bear spray is a weapon, created to fend off one of the planet’s biggest predators. So you’d be surprised how many people think that they're supposed to spray it on themselves.

Bureau of Land Management offering $10,000 reward for information on culprits.

There are hundreds of thousands of black bears in America, and we know precious little about what they do with their time. The researchers of the #BearsEyeView project are trying to change that.

The musician spills on shooting in Death Valley and his new National Geographic collaboration ahead of his Earth Day concert with Backpacker.

Investigators shot and killed the bear after it charged.

The popular California park will soon require reservations for day use—and it expects them to go quickly.

Exercise may not be enough to make up for thru-hikers’ bad diets, a new paper suggests.

Career conservationist Tracy Stone-Manning will be nominated as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management.

The company’s push to extend its clothing’s lifespan may be the final nail in the coffin for Wall Street’s unofficial uniform

With the Biden administration mulling whether to restore Bears Ears to its original size, we dive into the history of America's most controversial national monument.

Become a trail botanist. Learn to identify ten of our country's most common wildflowers

Josiah and Amanda Powell planned an intimate, friends-and-family wedding in the Colorado backcountry. Then 60 surprise guests showed up.

Getting pine sap on your apparel can put you in a sticky situation. Get yourself out of it with a little bit of elbow grease and know-how.

Adirondack Mountain Reserve to begin limiting hikers on May 1.

Reservations for the popular hike will open on April 1.

Light up your hike with these smart picks, from an ultralight headlamp to an upgraded set of string lights.

Will take up position after being approved in 51-40 vote.

Conservationists are ripping Wisconsin after the state blew past its target for its first wolf hunt since 2014.

With the Covid-19 pandemic closing parks and borders, U.S. national parks saw fewer visitors than they had since 1980.

The Tread Labs Pace Insole Kit let us dial in our fit no matter what pair we were wearing.

After two days of pointed questioning, the U.S. representative from New Mexico looks all but certain to become the next Secretary of the Interior, and the first Native cabinet member in history.

When it comes to remembering my best trips, smells do something that photos never could.

Night bikers and skiers will have a hard time outrunning this light's powerful beam.

What happens when you introduce condiments to your dehydrator? We head to the kitchen to see if molecular gastronomy can work for hikers, too.

That shiny sheet of plastic you have wadded up at the bottom of your daypack can help you stay alive. Will it help you stay comfortable? That’s a different story.

Too cold to catch some rest? This simple hack provides a long-lasting boost of warmth—and works as well at home as it does on the trail.

A spate of avalanche deaths across the Rockies is pushing the US towards one of its worst seasons in recent memory—and it’s mostly experienced skiers getting caught. What’s behind the spike?

National parks will require masks in visitor centers, busy trails, and overlooks, agency says.

Starting on February 8, Yosemite will cap visitor numbers by requiring day-use permits, and reservations for this year's annual spectacle are expected to sell out.

In November, Colorado will make history when it lets voters decide whether to reintroduce gray wolves. But the discovery of the state’s first confirmed pack in nearly a century is casting an old debate in a new light.

Want to go really, really light? Take a hint from a guy who finished the Long Trail in less than 5 days.

After a cross-country road trip, Earl Hunter Jr. made it his business to break down racial lines in the outdoors.

See the peaks, parks, and hotspots of America's most storied long trail in this interactive 3D map from BACKPACKER.

She came to the US to hike the best long trails it had to offer. Now, the first known Mexican national to finish the Triple Crown wants to bring the thru-hiking experience back home.

Follow along on one of our biggest trips of the year.

Follow along with BACKPACKER's 2019 Editors' Choice trip in this interactive story.

They don’t call it Elephant Hill for nothing. Tackle a rugged, 11-mile day hike with some of East Africa’s most iconic fauna (if you’re lucky) and support clean water projects in the Kenyan mountains.

There are many kinds of bears in the world. Which matches your personality? Take our quiz and find out.

The Navajo Nation and four other tribes are going to court to restore Bears Ears National Monument's original boundaries. If they fail, it could change American public lands forever.

President Trump has announced sweeping cuts to Bears Ears—and some of its most important lands are on the chopping block.

A wrecked alpine village from Colorado's mining history awaits you at the end of this dayhike.