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With under five minutes of prep time needed, these apples will please anyone.

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Join the Backpacker Editors on a rip-roaring tour of Wales for the 2009 Editors' Choice Awards. Hit the mountains and the coast and learn what it takes to be an Editors' Choice Award winner.

Find hikes in National Parks and regional parks with our comprehensive guides.

Use our comprehensive state-specific pages to find hikes in your home state our a state you're planning on visiting.

Use our comprehensive city-specific pages to find hikes near your hometown or in a city you're planning to visit.

You guessed, it, you need to head North. Here's where you'll get the best view of the Northern Lights.

Denver teacher Mike Haugen sets a new state summits speed record–fifty state highpoints in less than 50 days!

When senior editor Tracy Ross investigated Denali's wolf controversy, she expected to see a dead wolf--but not a skinned one. Go behind the scenes with video filmed in the field and an interview with Ross on the experience.

Paddle out to Ontario's Slate Islands where canoe and caribou are a plenty in this video of these majestic animals and marvel at a slideshow of close-up images.

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If you can imagine it, we've seen it-and offered expert analysis. From avalanches to volcanoes, this archive contains step-by-step plans for escaping a slew of mishaps that can befall weary travelers.

In "Destination Nowhere" (September 2008), Mark Jenkins explores the most remote wilderness location in the continental United States–a top-secret spot in Yellowstone. See his trip photos and read an interview with Jenkins where he discusses the assignment.

After reading Dan Koeppel's latest urban hiking adventure "Don't Pay at the Pump" (September 2008), we guarantee you'll want to crank "Magic Bus" and ditch the car on your next trip to the trailhead. We can help. Our map team has assembled more than 25 hikes you can access via public transportation. Plus, check out more of Michael Darter's photos and read Koeppel's 2004 feature, "I Climbed Los Angeles," to learn about his slightly insane 19-mile L.A. staircase route.

Head to one of the last truly wild places in the Lower 48: Wyoming's Red Desert. Read the story, follow our author on the trail in our video report, see more photos of the journey in a gallery of outtakes, and download the GPS Track.

Any suggestions for making my 5-year-old's first backpacking trip a success?

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Shhh! Find silent shores in this isolated Boundary Waters hideaway

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3-D hike videos, complete trip planner pdfs, our interactive ParkFinder tool, and more.

Tired of commuting in a car around our national parks? Catch the best backcountry bus.

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Looking to catch and eat the big one? Try paddling Arkansas' Little Red River.

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Dive into the Channels Islands with exclusive on-the-scene video, photos, and trip reports.

Clear out your car before heading into the woods.

Want to hike where the most predators exist? Pack your courage and follow these directions.

New features and web-based tools enable Backpacker's passionate online community to share trips, post pictures, and get the latest in gear reviews and adventure news and content.

In honor of Earth Day, we bring you the first industry-wide survey on which gear manufacturers are positively impacting the environment, plus much more.

We sent 209 readers out to GPS the Continental Divide Trail, the biggest, baddest, long-distance path of them all. They brought back the makings of the first authoritative map of this American classic. Here, read the Backpacker Blog on the project, and vi

Here's how Aron Ralston, Ed Viesturs, Les Stroud, and others get out and back again–and how you can, too.

Don't worry about lava. Worry about rocks and mud and ash.

Rising treeline threatens the Northeast's best views.

The Lower 48's most glaciated region is losing its ice at an astonishing rate.

A big-picture biologist unearths threats to songbirds, salamanders, and a peak-loving furball.

These dozen creatures are threatened by global warming.

Headed for the coasts? Keep those Tevas handy. Swelling oceans are threatening to submerge classic trails.

More potent poison ivy is on the way, plus fast-growing weeds that will change the face of Eastern forests.

Scientists say Nebraska's wild prairies could become the Western Hemisphere's largest sandbox in as few as 30 years.