Ten trails. Ten unmatched miles each. Get maximum bang for each boot step on hikes that our most-traveled contributors call their all-time favorites.

Do winter camping the luxe way with a wood-stove-heated hut in Michigan.

Find otherworldly snow formations just a few hours outside Seattle.

Venture through the world’s oldest jaguar preserve to Victoria Peak in a vibrant Central American jungle.

When most other long trail systems are in hibernation, Florida’s premier path is coming into prime time.

These ten point-to-point treks pack the payoffs of a thru-hike, but they're hikeable in a week.

Giant gypsum dunes and winter temperatures in the sixties are only some of the draws for this preserve.

This is your year. Start planning one of these life-list hikes and create memories that will last a lifetime.

Grab a site in the dunes and go camping with the palm trees and the sea turtles.

Hike to total relaxation in Washington's Alpine Lakes Wilderness.

Navarino Island is remote and rugged, with unforgiving weather. But its beauty is revealed to those willing to battle the elements.

Follow along with BACKPACKER's 2019 Editors' Choice trip in this interactive story.

Experience the spectacle of winter weather on one of these trails.

All of the beauty. None of the crowds.

Get in touch with your wild side in some of the worst weather the Lower 48 has to offer.

One of Europe’s largest countries is one of its wildest, too.

Copper Mountain’s new Three Bears lift accesses some of Colorado’s steepest and deepest inbounds terrain—delivering you to this powder playground in exactly seven minutes.

Explore rhododendron tunnels and uncanny forests on this 19.1-mile loop.

Ideal fall spots for hiking, camping, mountain-biking--and toasting your epic day with an awarding-winning craft beer.

It's water, water everywhere in this green forest.

For these 12 hikers, local trails so inspired them that they made it their mission to open the outdoors to everyone, one mile at a time. Now let them fire you up with picks so close you can’t say no.

Change your perception of canyoneering by doing it in a cave.

It was Ansel Adams's favorite park for a reason: Catch the best scenery and the best miles on these six trails.