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The magazine for BACKPACKERS.
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A new kind of magazine.
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.
![Camped high on the Shuksan Arm.](http://trailsmag.net/cdn/shop/files/20200920_Shuksan_Fisher_Chimneys_02746.jpg?v=1663080549&width=3840)
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
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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.](http://trailsmag.net/cdn/shop/files/20210604_Denali_Backpacking__06907.jpg?v=1663080210&width=3840)
Loaded with photos, the quarterly magazine excels far above magazine rack throwaways, and is worthy of any hiker's coffee table.
![Watching the sunrise in White Sands National Park.](http://trailsmag.net/cdn/shop/files/DSC4152.jpg?v=1663080347&width=3840)
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 Backpacker Magazine editor and Trails Contributor
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It's simply the best magazine I've gotten in years!
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