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The Inflatable Camp Pillow That Could Fix Your Worst Nights Outdoors
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

The Inflatable Camp Pillow That Could Fix Your Worst Nights Outdoors

Backpacker's reviewer calls the Sea to Summit Aeros Premium the comfiest camp pillow he owns — synthetic fill,...

Into Vermont: A Thru-Hiker Crosses the Connecticut River Into the Trail's Gentlest State
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Into Vermont: A Thru-Hiker Crosses the Connecticut River Into the Trail's Gentlest State

A southbound AT hiker crosses from Hanover, NH into Vermont — smooth trails, fall foliage and small-town trail...

Starting the Continental Divide Trail: What the First Week in Glacier Actually Looks Like
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Starting the Continental Divide Trail: What the First Week in Glacier Actually Looks Like

A southbound CDT thru-hiker's first week in Glacier: bear encounters, Triple Divide Pass, the Dawson Pass alte...

The Loowit Trail: A 31-Mile Loop Around an Active Volcano in Washington
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

The Loowit Trail: A 31-Mile Loop Around an Active Volcano in Washington

A 31-mile loop around Mount St. Helens: permits, blast-zone camping rules, wind, water and terrain on Washingt...

Twenty Miles from Canada: A PCT Finale Through Snow, Smoke and Rock Slides
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Twenty Miles from Canada: A PCT Finale Through Snow, Smoke and Rock Slides

A thru-hiker's final 20 miles on the PCT: snow at Hart's Pass, fire closures, new rock slides and a 30-mile vi...

Adventure & Outdoor Travel

A Pre-John Muir Trail Crash Course: Gear Swaps, Shakedown Hikes and a Yosemite Fire

From a last-minute pack swap to a Mt St Helens shakedown loop and a Yosemite wildfire, the practical prep less...

Hexacuba and the Long Road Back: A 25-Mile Final Push on the Appalachian Trail
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Hexacuba and the Long Road Back: A 25-Mile Final Push on the Appalachian Trail

A 25.7-mile final day on the Appalachian Trail past the six-sided Hexacuba shelter and Smarts Mountain fire to...

New Research Says Keep Your Hiking Pack Under 10 Percent of Your Body Weight
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

New Research Says Keep Your Hiking Pack Under 10 Percent of Your Body Weight

New Camino de Santiago research found plantar pressure rises sharply once a hiking pack exceeds 10% of body we...

On Vermont's Long Trail, Day 27 Is Where Hiking Turns Into Scrambling
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

On Vermont's Long Trail, Day 27 Is Where Hiking Turns Into Scrambling

Day 27 on Vermont's Long Trail: half-mile-an-hour boulder scrambles, eroded ledges and grouse panic — an hones...

Four Mountains, One Fire Tower: A 25-Mile Day on the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Four Mountains, One Fire Tower: A 25-Mile Day on the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire

A thru-hiker's 25.7-mile, 7,800-foot day across Moose Mountain, Holt's Ledge, Smarts and Mount Cube on New Ham...

Finishing the Continental Divide Trail: Eight Days from East Glacier to the Waterton Border Obelisk
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Finishing the Continental Divide Trail: Eight Days from East Glacier to the Waterton Border Obelisk

How the final eight days of the Continental Divide Trail look from East Glacier to the Waterton obelisk: passe...

Three Weeks on the John Muir Trail: A Hiker's Honest Numbers, Gear Wins and Regrets
Adventure & Outdoor Travel

Three Weeks on the John Muir Trail: A Hiker's Honest Numbers, Gear Wins and Regrets

A 21-day John Muir Trail thru-hike debrief: real mileage, resupply strategy, gear that failed, Whitney tips an...

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