When I’m backpacking, I try to end every day near a body of water. That means camping near anything from a sprawling alpine lake to a seasonal creek. Wilderness camping near water makes it easier to ...

A general guide to wilderness camping can be found on the ... planners Clicking on an area will populate a map showing the backpacking sites within that area. Sites that have already been booked ...

Whether we are hiking through majestic mountain ranges, trekking across vast wilderness areas, or wandering through dense ...

The Backpacker's Field Manual is a comprehensive guide to backpacking skills and equipment by the director of one of the country's most respected college outdoor programs. Advanced and novice ...

A nice 3 day backpacking trip to the Sipsey Wilderness. We managed to fit a lot of exploring in including a cave, civil war era graveyard, the biggest tree in Alabama and an old moonshiner car!

Strayer has demonstrated as much with a group of Outward Bound participants, who performed 50 percent better on creative problem-solving tasks after three days of wilderness backpacking.

Join local author James Wapotich as he shares images and stories from his day hikes and backpacking treks through this diverse wilderness area. James is a trail guide, Volunteer Wilderness Ranger with ...

The wilderness is always quiet, but sometimes the silence of the Sierra Nevadas echoes off the cliff faces, swallowing your footsteps until you are one with the landscape. Even for the non-religious, ...

Levi Dittman left the backpack behind while lost in January, only for the bag to be found more than a month later by Julian Hernandez and his 12-year-old son Abigail Adams is a Human Interest ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you’re looking to aesthetically enhance your camping experience this season, it turns out the Oregon Coast and its old-growth forests are just the place to be.

Few communities enjoy a place quite like the 60,000-acre Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness just north of Missoula. Here, you'll find a variety of hiking, backpacking, horseback ...

“We move every day — we’re backpacking,” said Jackson Fitzsimmons, a Sierra National Forest wilderness ranger who lost his ...