Bee Stings, Concussions, and More: How to Treat Common Hiking Injuries
For how dangerous the backcountry can be, it's sometimes the smallest accidents that become the biggest injuries. Stay safe with these tips.
For how dangerous the backcountry can be, it's sometimes the smallest accidents that become the biggest injuries. Stay safe with these tips.
You spend your weekends in the wilderness. For these lucky professionals, it's a living.
Search for energy sources, or help land managers understand what's right below their feet.
Join the clean energy revolution.
Because their work week is better than your vacation.
Guides get paid to make people's vacations. Here's how you can join their ranks
Life on the fire line isn't for everyone. Could it be for you?
Make a career out of cleaning up the world.
Make tree climbing your career with a little on-the-job training.
Gather clues about how ancient peoples lived, and enjoy backcountry solitude in the bargain.
Love biology, but don't have the time or money to get a PhD? No worries.
Save the world—and get to swim on the job.
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Want to wear the hat? Here's how to better your chances.
Maximize your winter fun with a backcountry basecamp where you can spend all day skiing or snowshoeing, and all evening lounging by the fire.
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Trace a West Virginia ridgeline in the Alleghenies, show your family eight waterfalls on one Pennsylvania hike, check out a rare moonbow in Kentucky, and go on nine more adventures.
Trek along the country's first national river in Arkansas, find solitude in Michigan's Trap Hills, watch whooping crane chicks learn to fly outside Madison, WI, and plan for nine more summer trips.
Hike through wildflower-laden alpine meadows in Washington's volcanic high country, see a meteor shower in dark-sky New Mexico, escape the crowds above Lake Tahoe, and more.
Get magnificent coastal views in Maine, snag a few fish in West Virginia's Otter Creek Wilderness, spot sunning alligators in the Florida panhandle, and more.