HIKING & CAMPING

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. In the 50 years since Backpacker published its first issue, the hiking world has evolved in all sorts of ways. Breathable trail runners eclipsed stiff leather boots. Leave No Trace principles have become

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. This year marks Backpacker’s 50th anniversary. To celebrate, we asked four of our favorite writers to write a letter to the backpackers of the future—specifically, to 2073, when Backpacker will turn 100 years

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. This year marks Backpacker’s 50th anniversary. To celebrate, we asked four of our favorite writers to write a letter to the backpackers of the future—specifically, to 2073, when Backpacker will turn 100 years

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. In Backpacker’s 50-year history, we’ve told every kind of hiking story you can imagine: those of endurance, heartbreak, and triumph. We’ve spun tales of wildlife, introduced you to hundreds of quirky characters, uncovered

“It’s almost better to be doubtful than to be certain.” That’s one of the many vulnerable moments in the latest episode of skiing icon Mikaela Shiffrin’s YouTube series Moving Right Along. In this case, it’s a line delivered straight from her bed after waking up. Though Shiffrin’s videos are published on her personal channel, she

Share with your friends! Are you dreaming of hitting the open road, traveling to new places, and living a minimalist lifestyle? If so, van life may be just what you need! Living in a van is a unique and exciting way to explore the world and experience a sense of freedom and adventure. However, before

This week, three lucky winners will receive a pair of Danner Mountain 600s to up their hiking game. More on the Prize Crafted to withstand rugged and wet Pacific Northwest weather, Danner chose lightweight leather and lined the Mountain 600 with waterproof Danner Dry. Also, the Danner Mountain 600’s midsole is made of Vibram SPE

Photo By Kenneth Wong Today’s Photo of the Day is “Dance with Me” by Kenneth Wong. Location: Hayward, California. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook,

The wind was howling when I reached the top of our backcountry run on Vail Pass; a whiteout with driving snow and flat light. As I started ripping my skins, it dawned on me — I was dry. As someone who runs exceptionally warm, I rarely get to the top of a skin track without

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. Taking those first couple of steps into the wild can be intimidating. So can trying to parse all the advice out there: Everyone crunchy old hiker has their own, occasionally contradictory, ways of

California gray fox at a fruiting palm tree. “These Butia palms produce sweet fruits every year which the foxes really enjoy eating,” Toft observed, “so I placed a camera trap to catch them coming during the night.” Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM at 10mm, four Nikon SB-28 Speedlights, Camtraptions PIR Motion

The warm reprieve of spring is off to a slow start in many parts of the country. But it’s still a great time to lock in upcoming camping plans. As you reserve campsites and plan your itinerary, why not also pick up some fresh gear for the season? Check out these awesome discounted camping accessories

While surfing my Facebook feed recently, I saw that one of my high school friends was taking a motorcycle camping trip across the Western United States with some of his lifelong friends. While I had lost touch with my friend Eric since we graduated, my jealousy quickly led to curiosity and I became eager to

Photo By Sumi Das “During Christmas and New Year’s of 2020-2021, I was visiting Yellowstone National Park with the hope that I’d get to photograph wolves,” explains Sumi Das. “Well, that wish was hard to come by despite our weeklong stay in the park. After spending a whole day driving up and down the Lamar

Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app. The United States Forest Service is asking community members for comments on the management of the Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT), a 1,200 mile route that runs from Montana to the Washington coast and