Whether read before the trek, during the adventure, or after it's over, these books remind us why we love the wild.

Readers weigh in with their picks for the best outdoor books of all time.

Enhance your next hiking trip with these local craft brews that (handily) come in cans.

Fads come and go, but you've been a backpacker through it all. Here are a few signs you're a diehard dirtbag.

Here's our favorite pictures from this month's photo contest. Vote for your favorite to help us choose the winner. The winning photo will be published in Backpacker's June issue and the winner will receive a Tamron zoom lens*.

From alpine obsession to the search for Abbey's grave, here are six new books for every backpacker's reading list.