Once a Thru-Hiker, Always a Thru-Hiker
When you’ve stepped onto a long trail, you never really leave it.
Colorado Trail Diary 2020
You Make Fast Friends on a Thru-Hike
As she nears the end of her journey on the Colorado Trail, our writer reflects on some of the people she’s met along the way.
Before I Could Hike My Own Hike, I Had to Learn to Accept Myself
A chance encounter with a group of friends on an annual, women-only backpacking trip leaves our Colorado Trail correspondent reflecting on how her own life changed her attitude towards the trail.
Learning to Love Type 2 Fun
What do hiking the Colorado Trail and childbirth have in common? Sometimes, you just need to trust your body to get you through it.
The True Meaning of Trail Family
After a series of mistakes left her dehydrated on the Colorado Trail, our writer learned that making it on a long trail is about more than guts or skill.
Packing for a Pandemic Thru-Hike
Hiking a long path is hard. As Patricia Cameron discovered while getting ready for the Colorado Trail, doing it in the era of COVID-19 adds a whole new level of difficulty to the process.