Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bear with three cubs at Yellowstone National Park, USA. A bear sighting on a backpacking trip can be a truly memorable experience, ...

In my experience, the people most eager to tell you the outdoors aren’t safe for a solo woman are those who haven’t spent much time in the backcountry. I’ve backpacked about 3,000 miles alone, and ...

Early this spring, during a fact-finding sprint up a storm-damaged section of the Appalachian Trail (AT), I had a comical epiphany about my backpacking life: Despite hiking 11,000 miles since 2019, or ...