Skills

Are the difficulties of taking a toddler on a 200-mile hike worth the rewards?

If you want to appreciate how your body feels, rather than looks, on the trail, you have to let it all hang out.

Those familiar aches that arise from hauling a heavy pack can force you into bad posture and take all the fun out of hiking. Fight load fatigue by strengthening the muscles that surround your spine, hips, and shoulders

If you have a yard or even a balcony, you have a campsite. Here are 8 ways to make the most of very close-to-home camping.

Submit your best trail recipe here for the Basecamp Recipe Box

Cold soaking is a popular no-cook method among weight-conscious hikers. But ditching your stove doesn’t have to mean sacrificing flavor.

Photographer Chris Burkard talks about his process and how the May/June cover shot came together.

The most important tool for staying safe in bear country? Knowledge.

This workout will get you trail fit without the trail—or any equipment.

Turn your daily dairy into a tangy, protein-packed snack that's ready for the backcountry.

Practice mindfulness to experience the healing of nature from home.

Up your fitness the easy way with these simple exercises.

With TP disappearing off of store shelves around the U.S., maybe its time for the public to learn something backpackers have known for a long time.

BACKPACKER’s Intro to GPS Navigation online course taught by expedition guide and polar explorer Eric Larsen, will give you all the information you need to set up, dial in, and navigate via any GPS device.

BACKPACKER’s Intro to GPS Navigation online course taught by expedition guide and polar explorer Eric Larsen, will give you all the information you need to set up, dial in, and navigate via any GPS device.

BACKPACKER’s Intro to GPS Navigation online course taught by expedition guide and polar explorer Eric Larsen, will give you all the information you need to set up, dial in, and navigate via any GPS device.

BACKPACKER’s Intro to GPS Navigation online course taught by expedition guide and polar explorer Eric Larsen, will give you all the information you need to set up, dial in, and navigate via any GPS device.

Skip ahead with BACKPACKER and the Colorado Mountain School, who will teach you how to tie the most essential knots and hitches that you can use for nearly any outdoor situation, from bowlines and square knots to girth and trucker’s hitches, in our online video course.

Skip ahead with BACKPACKER and the Colorado Mountain School, who will teach you how to tie the most essential knots and hitches that you can use for nearly any outdoor situation, from bowlines and square knots to girth and trucker’s hitches, in our online video course.

Learn how to tie the most essential knots and hitches that you can use for nearly any outdoor situation, from bowlines and square knots to girth and trucker’s hitches, in our online video course.

Learn how to tie the most essential knots and hitches that you can use for nearly any outdoor situation, from bowlines and square knots to girth and trucker's hitches, in our online video course.

Learn how to tie the most essential knots and hitches that you can use for nearly any outdoor situation, from bowlines and square knots to girth and trucker’s hitches, in our online video course.

Skip ahead with BACKPACKER and the Colorado Mountain School, who will teach you how to tie the most essential knots and hitches that you can use for nearly any outdoor situation, from bowlines and square knots to girth and trucker’s hitches, in our online video course.