Steve Hall and his won, Stefan, are pictured backpacking through the Redwood Creek area in Redwood National Park. (Courtesy of Steve Hall) “In the past, I had shared hikes through written ...

A Bay Area couple hoped to spend a few days camping near hot springs and redwoods. Then they heard a peculiar sound on the trail and their whole trip was turned upside down.

With the July nature painting and writing classes in the books, Redwood Rx programs for August include a four-part “Yoga in the Redwoods” class, which begins Friday and takes place in the ...

Access to nature — and the abundance of beautiful campgrounds within driving distance — is one of the big perks of life in the Bay Area. But if you’ve assumed you’ll always need to travel several ...

It may not be the lightest in our lineup (the 2-person model weighs in with a minimal trail weight of 3 pounds, 15 ounces), but REI’s fool-proof backpacking tents are still some of the best on ...

According to the 2022 Outdoor Participation Trends Report from the Outdoor Foundation, 58.7 million people in the U.S. went hiking in 2021 and 10.3 million went backpacking. North America offers ...

For OL’s first ultralight backpacking gear test, I invited Diana Helmuth to join us, author of How to Suffer Outside: A Beginner’s Guide to Hiking and Backpacking. Her experience of ultralight gear ...

I’m using my maternity leave to go backpacking around the world — people say I’m crazy but I don’t care By . David Landsel. Published Jan. 31, 2025, 9:25 p.m. ET.