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.