The hiker was on the Bell Pass Trail, a roughly 6.6-mile out-and-back near Scottsdale, when a saguaro fell over in strong ...

Imagine spending weeks walking across remote mountain ranges, following ancient paths between villages, or trekking through wilderness so vast that you can go for days without seeing another hiker.

How Backpacker reported this story: Writer Sam Anderson spoke with the Forest Service program manager for Shasta’s climbing rangers and the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office to learn about how two ...

A group of 13 members of Congress are pressing USFS Chief Tom Schultz to detail his officers' collaboration with immigration ...

Mike Menand was hiking in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area this April when something—maybe a coyote, he told Georgia’s Fox 5 News—scared his dogs and they bolted, causing him to take a ...

In her monthly column, The Survivalist, Jessie Krebs writes about staying alive in dangerous backcountry scenarios. Krebs is a former Air Force S.E.R.E (survival, evasion, resistance, and escape) ...

Troy Croxdale did not mind talking on the phone as he ran nearly 50 miles on a sunny Saturday near San Bernardino in early December; he was, after all, nearing 10,000 miles on the year, so an hour of ...

Get the latest on treating backcountry illnesses and injuries in our monthly first aid column. As an ER doctor, I’ve seen wounds treated with a fantastic variety of home remedies, from coffee grounds ...

Straddling two countries and serving as home to rugged and imposing mountains, giant calving glaciers, and some of the world’s most adventurous spirits, Patagonia has etched itself into the fabric of ...

Most of us play outside. But for some lucky people, it’s where they work every day. Make the great outdoors your office with these tips from park rangers, geologists, cartographers, wind turbine ...

Appalachia’s version of meadows—colloquially called balds because they’re characteristically treeless—are as mysterious as they are magical. Their views are unhindered, their origins debatable and ...

The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) closed Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument and Dark Canyon Wilderness on Sunday, June 28, due to the Babylon Wildfire. The same day, the National Park Service (NPS) ...