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The Boat in Your Backpack

The Boat in Your Backpack

Where did the humble packraft come from?

The Boat in Your Backpack

Where did the humble packraft come from?

Is the Mission Workshop MW6 Performance Cap the ideal hiking hat?

Is the Mission Workshop MW6 Performance Cap the...

A good hat is a critical piece of hiking gear. This one might be the best one we've ever tried. 

Is the Mission Workshop MW6 Performance Cap the...

A good hat is a critical piece of hiking gear. This one might be the best one we've ever tried. 

Four Days in the North Cascades

Four Days in the North Cascades

With Summer disappearing, I’d been scolding myself for the lack of backpacking I’d done. So when Trails reached out to tell me I’d scored a 4-day excursion for a friend...

Four Days in the North Cascades

With Summer disappearing, I’d been scolding myself for the lack of backpacking I’d done. So when Trails reached out to tell me I’d scored a 4-day excursion for a friend...

Urban Foraging: Can I have some of your figs?

Urban Foraging: Can I have some of your figs?

Foraging doesn't only have to happen in the wilderness. 

Urban Foraging: Can I have some of your figs?

Foraging doesn't only have to happen in the wilderness. 

Trip Report: Backpacking Mineral King in Sequoia National Park

Trip Report: Backpacking Mineral King in Sequoi...

The road leading to the Mineral King region of Sequoia National Park is a 25-mile gauntlet of hairpin turns, potholes, and steep grades that rises more than 5,700 feet into...

Trip Report: Backpacking Mineral King in Sequoi...

The road leading to the Mineral King region of Sequoia National Park is a 25-mile gauntlet of hairpin turns, potholes, and steep grades that rises more than 5,700 feet into...

The end of the Roadless Rule?

The end of the Roadless Rule?

In late June, the Trump Administration announced its plans to rescind the Roadless Rule. What does that mean for our wild areas?

The end of the Roadless Rule?

In late June, the Trump Administration announced its plans to rescind the Roadless Rule. What does that mean for our wild areas?