How to Save Phone Battery Life in the Backcountry
Many backpackers depend on their phones as cameras, GPS devices, e-readers, and more. Keep yours running for longer with this advice.
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Gaia GPS: One Backcountry Navigation App to Rule Them All
The outdoor mapping app, launched in 2009, is now as necessary as a pair of hiking boots.
Editors' Choice Snow: Delorme inReach Explorer
Upload routes, plot waypoints, and communicate with friends in the field, at home, and on Facebook and Twitter with this next-gen, do-it-all device.
Los Angeles: Chaparral Crest Loop
Test your map skills on this moderate 4.7-mile hike into the woodland maze along the Ventura River in El Nido Preserve.