Michele Morris

The short but stunning Mahoosuc Range has major-league attractions, like the toughest mile on the Appalachian Trail and conditions that discourage the faint of heart.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in New York.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Connecticut.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in New Hampshire.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Virginia.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Vermont.

Say hello to North America's newest long trail.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Maine.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Tennessee.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in North Carolina.

Your answers could mean the difference between a nice, quiet hike and one you share with ORVers.

Feeding a diabetic hiker takes planning and professional advice, but not necessarily a special menu.

With simple planning, you can turn your bare-bones backcountry meals into satisfying, energy-boosting successes.

Meet Jamie and Joe, who need help with everything from planning to packing to eating well. Enter our team of experts, with a few simple tricks designed to turn them-and you!-into well-oiled backpacking machines.

Five troubled teens and three well-meaning volunteers head into the Colorado mountains, hoping the wilds will help heal the youngsters. But in the end, it's hard to tell whose lives were forever shaped by the experience, the youths or the adults.

Sea kayaking might not be difficult, but follow these tips to make the most of your ocean voyages.

There are scads of bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- so don't forget these tips.

Forthwith, interesting tidbits about Great Smoky's largest forest dwellers.

If rock hopping or log crossing triggers panic, maybe you need to fine-tune your balancing act.

If you've had a knee injury, follow these exercises before you hit the trail again.

Shaky on logs or rocks? Try these exercises to steady your feet.

What happens when you go from sea level to altitude too fast? One brave editor found out the hard way, and offers her blow-by-blow findings in hopes that you don't suffer a similar fate.

Choose your fuel wisely to keep your engine running strong.

Break down your calorie intake for maximum energy on the trail.

For some, reaching Maine's Mt. Katahdin is the end of a life-altering 2,100-mile pilgrimage. For others it's a lark. We captured the extremes, and a little bit of everything in between, one day atop Maine's "greatest mountain."