Adventure Travel

See Hawaii's humpbacks in late winter

Explore classic views in the Coronado National Forest

Scrambling this 6,471-foot mountain is a trip, even mid-winter

Explore wild canyons just an hour from Las Vegas

Clear-running creeks, longleaf pines and wildlife in Florida's outback

Flowing water means a lighter load and an easier time exploring

A seldom-visited peak on the Continental Divide Trail

Spend New Year's in the Big Ditch, where fishing, camping, and hiking await

A meandering river and towering cliffs make this the perfect early winter spot

Mellow temperatures, low water and autumn colors make for a perfect time in the Smokies

Vibrant colors and a ridge walk you'll never forget

Only in 400,000 acres of wet backcountry will you find the oldest bird

Blazing foliage and broad Lake Superior views

Explore the past on Otero Mesa

This famous slot canyon hike in Utah and Arizona delivers broad views of the Colorado Plateau

This canyon in the Guadalupe Mountains offers an endless cluster of colors mixed together with some famous geology

A hike with an otherworldly desert, a striking escarpment, and hot springs

Autumn solitude on a well-watered, 10,000-foot plateau

Take a stunning ridge walk in this glacier-clad wilderness park

Delve into the Shoshone National Forest on the North Fork Trail

Celebrating wilderness protection where the idea began: the Gila Wilderness

Wildlife aplenty at Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary

Conquer the East's hardest dayhike

Memorable panoramas of Glacier National Park's high peaks

A backpacker's go light heaven: thru-hiking California's High Sierra

Prime time in the Rockies to explore the San Juan Hut System

A glacial sculpture of incredible symmetry in northern Canada

An Arctic wildlife extravaganza

From paddling Lake Superior to glacier-hopping in Alaska: 6 hair-raising, lung-busting adventures from America's top outfitters

An exclusive guide to five hikes that have been under water for 40 years

A night in Yosemite's most famous hotel

Camping in Death Valley might give you the hottest day of your life.

Explore a glacier-covered forest near the Canadian Rockies' highest peak

This gorgeous alpine lake hike sports huge glacier views just an hour outside of Vancouver.

Deep in the heart of the forbidden Tibetan kingdom, a long-awaited adventure inherited from the author's father takes an unexpected twist.

Learn the weird science behind our addiction to waterfalls, and the location of the best trails in North America.

Do you have what it takes to climb Alaska's Denali? Find out with our mountaineer's guide.

Dolomites, Italy

Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania

Yoho National Park, British Columbia

Mount Kenya offers classic climbing to all backpackers

Planning to climb Mexico's famous volcano Iztaccíhuatl? Start with our online guide.

Try this ultra-scenic route if you attempt North America's third highest peak.

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Jasper National Park, Alberta

When you hike the world's highest peaks in search of the legendary snow leopard, be prepared for the unexpected.

Rather than simply stare at the Great Wall, a determined hiker decided to get a different perspective.

The Annapurna Circuit is your path to the rooftop of the world.

Let rivers and ridgelines be your compass as you hike in the shadow of Alaska's Mt. McKinley.

Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Texas.

Do you ever have the urge to step off the edge and fly like a bird?

Hike a rugged, historically rich trail for 21 miles along a nearly deserted island off British Columbia's coast.

Camping with kids can plant a wild seed in them that will grow as they do-but only if you get them Out There.

How many miles of trail or acres of wilderness will we sacrifice for a tank of gas? Here's a look at eight threatened wildernesses and what you can do to stop the drilling.

When you're deep in the wilds, a bedraggled stranger wandering into camp triggers a moral dilemma: Offer him dinner or run for the hills?

When bushwacking a trail, go high altitude and stay there.

For 30 years, some wide-eyed dreamers have been chiseling a 745-mile route through the Canadian Rockies. The result is a labor of love set to become one of North America's most magnificent long trails.

We know the strength that courses through flesh and bone when standing at a trailhead, ready to set out and practice our primitive art.

Just because it's flat and treeless doesn't mean it's easy hiking.

"With some eagerness, and some anxiety, and some misgiving, we enter the canyon below?." -John Wesley Powell, August 13, 1869

Can you tackle our readers' favorite long trail? Test your hiking mettle against the Continental Divide Trail.

Compared with the rough-and-tumble Chilkoot Trail, the Senate is a walk in the park for Ione Christensen.

In the 20 years since the passage of the Alaska Lands Act, nothing has changed in many of the state's wild places. And that's reason to celebrate.

Some well-meaning, leave-no-trace horsepackers are trying to rein in their environmentally uncouth brethren. The question is: can they change practices and attitudes that date back to the wild west days?

Robert Taylor wants African-Americans to know "there's something great out there."

Five troubled teens and three well-meaning volunteers head into the Colorado mountains, hoping the wilds will help heal the youngsters. But in the end, it's hard to tell whose lives were forever shaped by the experience, the youths or the adults.

Why huff and puff to get to an isolated campsite? Simply grab a paddle, then let the current carry you to a secluded riverside trailhead.

Catch rainbows -- trout, that is -- in Rockhouse Basin's rivers, where you're more likely to see a wildcat than another human.

If you run into the big white bears, should you be scared?

If you plan on hiking the European Alps, get ready for some differences across the pond.

The bawling in the black night is the spring chorus of hooting barred owls.

The best bird window coincides with the best hiking season in the Chihuahuan Desert.

In the European high-country Alps you can wander through the most stunning mountains in the world. Vive la difference!

In mountains most hikers don't even know exist, the 150-mile Cohos Trail just waiting to carry you far from the crowds and on to Canada.

Combine white sand beaches and gin-clear water with snow-free highland hiking, and you've got Baja, the perfect midwinter escape.

Jim Lockart of Pughtown, Pennsylvania is part of a unique group who have scaled all 50 states' highest peaks.

What happens when you go from sea level to altitude too fast? One brave editor found out the hard way, and offers her blow-by-blow findings in hopes that you don't suffer a similar fate.

Like your first love, you never forget your initial visit to the Arctic.

A once-in-a-lifetime solo hike through Lake Clark National Park, where the midnight sun shines like candlelight on the mountains.

Journey to Alaska's far northern edge, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where the midnight sun shines like candlelight on the mountains.