Is it worth paying for an upgraded AllTrails plan? Here are my new favorite features to help you navigate the trails like a ...

Carry trail maps and know how to use them There’s no harm in bringing your phone (except for taking perilous selfies), but it would a mistake to rely on it for directions. Find a current map and ...

This is the Barefoot Trail, the first official barefoot park in the United States. The trail opened last summer, inviting visitors to ground themselves — literally — by walking across natural ...

The American Hiking Society has developed a list of 10 essentials that every hiker should assemble before heading out, including a paper map and a compass as backups to phones and GPS units.

1/ Haiku Stairs (Stairway to Heaven). This route has been officially closed since 1987, but it continued to draw crowds — ...

Chautauqua County is home to a wealth of year-round outdoor recreation opportunities. Whether you like to swim, fish, hike, ...

For Terry Wise, the Appalachian Trail was so special that he made it his home. But now, with Hurricane Helene leaving hundreds of miles of the trail in ruins, the future of his business and the ...

Jared Wildenradt has hiked the Ice AgeTrail nine times. Lisa Siewert is mapping the geologic highlights of the path. They ...

I won a permit and hiked The Wave, an unmarked trail that runs through Utah and Arizona.; Only 64 permits are issued each day, and we had to attend a safety briefing before hiking. Once we filled ...

Carry trail maps and know how to use them There’s no harm in bringing your phone (except for taking perilous selfies), but it would a mistake to rely on it for directions. Find a current map and ...