HIKING & CAMPING

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. Crumbling ledges overlooking deeply forested mountains, hidden gorges where clear creeks tumble into waterfall spray, wild black bears–no, it isn’t the rainy west coast of Canada or the edge of

My love for monochrome images started in 1989, when I joined the newspaper staff at my local high school. I had only been taking pictures for two years, and this was the first time I was able to shoot, develop and print my own images, all in black-and-white. I spent all the time I could

I’m lying on copper-colored sand ground from High Sierra granite, the coarse grains pushing into my temple and knees and elbows. An army of black ants is crawling up my sunburned arm, across my muddy hiking shorts and down my legs. My lungs feel like crushed plastic bottles as I gasp for air. I want

Home » News » Back in the Saddle! ‘Ladies AllRide’ Mountain Bike Skills Camps Open for Registration Ladies AllRide camps help women (and girls) gain skills and experience in mountain biking. Entering its eighth season of camps, it’s itching to reach more riders than ever before. From beginners to seasoned riders, all are invited to

I needed my camp chair. That was what doomed my initial efforts to lighten my load. Because once you concede to carrying a chair, it’s awfully easy to justify a book. And camp shoes. Sure, I could save a few pounds by splurging on titanium cookware and a silnylon shelter and 900-fill down, but all

You’ve just arrived at your campsite, popped up your rig, set out your tent, or laid out your sleeping mat in the back of your car. You’re getting comfortable, and getting ready to start cooking your favorite camp dinner. Suddenly, you realize you forgot to get a second jug of water… Or maybe it was a

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. I have chronic circulation problems—it doesn’t take much for my extremities to turn purple and feel icy—so I am always on the defensive when it comes to exercise-related hand and

What hiker hasn’t dreamed of being a National Park Ranger? It’s the primo job in the outdoors, right? You patrol the country’s most spectacular wilderness preserves, become a backcountry hero (with government benefits!), and get to wear that iconic hat. But what really happens when you put on a smokey the bear stetson? For 12

Photo By Stephen Smith Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Yellow Warbler” by Stephen Smith. Location: Floreana Island, Galapagos. Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon 24-105MM lens at 28mm. Exposure: 1/500 sec., f/5.6, ISO 320. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is

After nearly 30 years of carrying the .270 Winchester as my rifle of choice, I made a leap forward to its modernized kin — the 27 Nosler. Nostalgia is a funny thing, and us seasoned hunters have more of it than most. It’s easy to look back at your childhood and remember your early hunts

February has been a month full of cold-weather adventuring for the Backpacker staff. Baselayers seem to be the most-popular picks for our favorite gear of the month, and there are some skis, sunglasses, and other enticing winter products to round out the lineup. Here’s what the staff’s loving right now. (Photo: Courtesy) Zoe Gates, Senior

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. The days of unidentifiable dinner globs and cardboard-like snack bars are over. With the number of artisan backpacking food makers growing every year, organic vegetables, grass-fed meat, and a diversity

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. As the old Scandanavian saying goes, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes.” Sure, the air outside is feeling frosty and the hot cocoa is calling your

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. As the wind howled outside our cabin at 9,0000 feet in State Forest State Park, in northern Colorado, I casually asked my buddies if anybody was willing to test insulated

Your departure day has finally arrived. You’re packed, all your gear is ready, all batteries are charged and your adrenalin is pumping. It’s time to begin your photo safari to do a wildlife shoot of your favorite mammal, bird, predator, macro subject and more. A natural instinct is to grab your longest lens to get

Receive $50 off an eligible $100 purchase at the Outside Shop, where you’ll find gear for all your adventures outdoors. Sign up for Outside+ today. Whether you’re on skis or on foot, heading into the snow-covered backcountry could expose you to dangerous avalanche terrain before you realize it. This guide will give you a basic