Stories

It’s time to extend the same respect we have for the land to all the people who use it.

Hiking isn’t all gorgeous sunsets and glowing campfires, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at Instagram. And for people just getting into backpacking, that matters.

Rue McKenrick would hike the perimeter of the country to demonstrate our nation’s unity—if only he and the country could hold together long enough for him finish.

BACKPACKER is committing to making a better world for all hikers.

Thousands of people hike the Colorado Trail every year, but India Wood had a bolder idea: Hike a 732-mile diagonal, from corner to corner, straight across the state. It would take dozens of maps to do it—and help from a few new friends.

Hiking the Appalachian Trail with four kids is tough; figuring out how to do it safely and legally in a pandemic year might seem insurmountably so. But for Olen and Danae Netteburg, two physicians who have spent the last decade working in Chad, it was just another challenge.

When they wake up broke, broken, and far from home, how do thru-hikers find the will to go another mile?

Why do we still run our public lands like it’s 1920?

The 72-year-old activist, who passed away last month, used mining claims, scenic flights, hiking trails, and occasionally outright confrontation to protect the Opal Creek Wilderness.

The results of this fall’s election could change the outdoors for a long time. Make a plan and make your voice heard.

In November, Colorado will make history when it lets voters decide whether to reintroduce gray wolves. But the discovery of the state’s first confirmed pack in nearly a century is casting an old debate in a new light.

Being a new parent is hard, but being able to share your favorite thing with your baby makes it a little easier.

Getting back to "real life" after a long hike can be rough. But if you feel low after coming home, you're not alone.

The founder of HBCUs Outside is using gear libraries and hiking meetups to tear down barriers in the outdoor industry.

Go behind the curtains at this down-obsessed outfitter

Is natural beauty always in the eye of the beholder?

With travel plans cancelled due to COVID, one hiker makes the most of staying close to home.

In a remote corner of Montana, backpackers and wildlife advocates clash over the future of a bear population hanging on for dear life.

When companies don't offer plus sizes, that sends a message about who is and isn't welcome in the outdoors.

With races around the country canceled, an unprecedented number of ultrarunners are testing themselves on the trail.