Go beyond granola bars and make these energy-rich essential foods part of your trail diet.

If you don’t invest in more than one lens for your DSLR, it's almost like you never upgraded from a point and shoot at all: you've still got one camera and only one shooting option. When you can change your lens, suddenly you can get very different perspectives from the same spot. How do you choose the lens that’s best for your needs? Here, three things you need to consider.

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

Nice job. You’ve forgotten your sunglasses and your hat. Lucky you thought ahead and brought duct tape and beer. Here’s how to put them to use keeping the sun out of your eyes.

These adventurous ladies are the up-and-coming all-stars of the outdoors.

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