Trails Magazine

The magazine for BACKPACKERS.

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The adventure community has had enough mass produced, ad-filled, cheap magazines from outdoor media monopolies. Trails Magazine isn't that. We're an independent, quarterly, print-only, high-quality coffee table magazine for the backpacking and trail community.

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Trails is both a rarity and a crucial necessity in the modern outdoor media landscape. It's edited and written by some of the most passionate, knowledgeable and talented folks in the industry. Their love for adventure and expression is palpable as you turn each page.

- Eli Bernstein, Former Backpacker Magazine Gear Editor and Trails Contributor

I always look forward to the newest issue of Trails Mag. The stories are engaging, the photos are transporting, and the gear is stuff I use. It's community in a magazine.

- Lloyd Vogel, Co-Founder of Garage Grown Gear

A backpacking tent in Denali National Park.

Loaded with photos, the quarterly magazine excels far above magazine rack throwaways, and is worthy of any hiker's coffee table.

- Field Mag

Watching the sunrise in White Sands National Park.

Beautifully designed, shot, and edited, Trails is what outdoor magazines were supposed to be. The team does an incredible job of sourcing authentic voices and delivering a fresh, nuanced take on the biggest issues facing our public lands today. It's exactly what this industry needed.

- Corey Buhay, Former Backpaker Magazine editor and Trails Contributor

Climbing through the fog on Mount Shuksan.

It's simply the best magazine I've gotten in years!

- Actual Subscriber

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The magazine for BACKPACKERS.

Join the movement.

Trails is both a rarity and a crucial necessity in the modern outdoor media landscape. It's edited and written by some of the most passionate, knowledgeable and talented folks in the industry. Their love for adventure and expression is palpable as you turn each page.

I always look forward to the newest issue of Trails Mag. The stories are engaging, the photos are transporting, and the gear is stuff I use. It's community in a magazine.

Loaded with photos, the quarterly magazine excels far above magazine rack throwaways, and is worthy of any hiker's coffee table.

Beautifully designed, shot, and edited, Trails is what outdoor magazines were supposed to be. The team does an incredible job of sourcing authentic voices and delivering a fresh, nuanced take on the biggest issues facing our public lands today. It's exactly what this industry needed.

It's simply the best magazine I've gotten in years!

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The magazine for BACKPACKERS.

Join the movement.

Trails is both a rarity and a crucial necessity in the modern outdoor media landscape. It's edited and written by some of the most passionate, knowledgeable and talented folks in the industry. Their love for adventure and expression is palpable as you turn each page.

I always look forward to the newest issue of Trails Mag. The stories are engaging, the photos are transporting, and the gear is stuff I use. It's community in a magazine.

Loaded with photos, the quarterly magazine excels far above magazine rack throwaways, and is worthy of any hiker's coffee table.

Beautifully designed, shot, and edited, Trails is what outdoor magazines were supposed to be. The team does an incredible job of sourcing authentic voices and delivering a fresh, nuanced take on the biggest issues facing our public lands today. It's exactly what this industry needed.

It's simply the best magazine I've gotten in years!

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