Weather

When your spring bounces from t-shirt weather to snow in the space of a day, getting ready for the trail is a challenge.

There’s more to rain than falling water. Here are the weirdest wet weather facts you didn’t know.

Staying comfortable while hiking is about way more than protecting yourself from rain. It’s incredible just how many hikers have to learn proper layering the hard way—this one included. Here’s everything you need to know to make sure you’re setting yourself up for maximum comfort when the weather turns wet.

You're at the trailhead and ready for rain, but how handy should you keep your shell? Watch the clouds to predict precipitation.

How long before frostbite sets in? How does cold weather change your survival priorities? You asked, the Den Mother answered.

One foggy night more than 130 years ago, 16 sailors lost their lives just off the Oregon Coast Trail.

Assess a developing storm on the fly with these steps from mountain meteorologist C. David Whiteman.

In October 2014, a severe blizzard struck Nepal's Annapurna Circuit during peak trekking season. Hundreds of hikers were stranded and dozens died in one of the world's worst hiking disasters. An eyewitness shares his tale.

Mnemonics make it easy to remember weather sayings and make weather predictions, but is there any truth behind the prediction rhymes?

Waves, currents, and tides threaten thousands of miles of American trails (any within a quarter of a mile of a waterway), and hikers can get caught in the barrage. Headland-sculpting, beach-pounding waves can swallow an unwary trekker without so much as a burp. Learn how to recognize, negotiate, and avoid nearshore hazards

Bad decisions and running scared got this reader struck by lightning--but he survived.

Rising water sends this reader running--and hiding--in Utah.

Stay alert in canyon country.

What not to wear in a lightning storm.

Baked or broiled?

An autumn climb turns life-threatening when a hiker endures a night in a whiteout at 12,000 feet in the Rockies.

Why two commonly held lightning-safety beliefs could get you fried, plus expert advice.

Your odds of surviving, much less enjoying, a -30°F night in the woods rate right up there with a snowball's chance in you-know-where. That is, unless you make friends with a guy they call The Iceman.