Casey Lyons

Here's what 2,000-plus miles does to your system–and how to get the same results at home.

Tiny. Featherweight. Simple. Affordable. From the windy peaks of Colorado's Rockies to the icy summits of New Hampshire's Presidentials, these canister stoves kept us fat and happy.

This stove comes tailor-made for winter campers and high-altitude mountaineers.

Few stoves are tougher or more stable than the Brunton Raptor.

This tiny, fast stove performs great in poor weather.

The Optimus Crux Lite is meant for backcountry foodies who need precise cooking control.

If you need speed, this boil-test champ is your stove of choice.

Extremely lightweight and versatile, this stove can handle just about anything.

The secret to long-term health and fitness? Reap backpacking's many benefits–a strong heart, lean muscle, superior endurance–through every stage of your life. Here's how.

Paddling, hiking, testing self-arrest skills–we cover it all in these 10 epic trips throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Check off the most remote miles in California's Range of Light.

Trek empty terrain all the way from the Grand Canyon to Zion.

Test your self-arrest skills on Mt. Adams's 12,276-foot fractured glacier.

See one of the sea's keenest hunters as you paddle San Juan Island.

Traverse the wildest part of the lower 48's last great grizzly hideaway.

Beat your own path through Denali National Park's confounding and little-traveled Wyoming Hills.

Get vertical on a tricky class 4 route to the top of Granite Peak.

Get your feet (and more) wet on the Florida Trail's best section.

Dodge high wattage on the newest stretch of the Colorado Trail.

Got guts? Good. Now learn what skills you'll need to bag America's Little Everest—a traverse of New Hampshire's Presidential Range—in winter.

Want to make it out alive? Consider packing these 17 items carried by a veteran Yosemite search-and-rescue ranger.