This trail cuts through the mountains of West Virginia and offers a less crowded alternative to the better known thru-hikes ...

Emily Keddie designed and completed the Oregon Volcanic Skyline Trail, setting the fastest known time (FKT) on the ambitious ...

A survey of PCT thru-hikers found a big leap in costs in recent years. Surveys of the Appalachian and Continental Divide ...

Lake Tahoe has always drawn people who’d rather be in the mountains than anywhere else. John Peretti was one of those kids.

As tourism season begins, trail crews are facing disruptions in key trail maintenance projects.

You don’t have to hike 12 miles over a High Sierra mountain pass to be a trail angel — but we did, and it was magical.

A Colorado thru-hiker is establishing a new long-distance trail that traverses the northern part of Colorado. If you're looking for a new adventure this ...

The Pacific Crest Trail stretches from Mexico to Canada for a grueling 2,700-mile adventure in which hikers push themselves to the limit.

Appalachian Trail thru-hiker Zeke Meddock, trail name Petroglyph, attempts the half-gallon ice cream challenge at Pine Grove Furnace State Park in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting ...

In January, the Canada Border Services Agency announced that hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail would no longer be issued permits to enter Canada without presenting themselves at a port of entry.