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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?

Wilderness Catalog: The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

Wilderness Catalog: The Selway-Bitterroot Wilde...

The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness—more than 1.3 million acres on the Idaho-Montana border—is vast and remote, with trails that often fade into forest and time.

Wilderness Catalog: The Selway-Bitterroot Wilde...

The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness—more than 1.3 million acres on the Idaho-Montana border—is vast and remote, with trails that often fade into forest and time.

Trip Report: The Wilderness Tri-Hard

Trip Report: The Wilderness Tri-Hard

Combine biking, backpacking, and swimming into a wilderness endurance feat. 

Trip Report: The Wilderness Tri-Hard

Combine biking, backpacking, and swimming into a wilderness endurance feat. 

Trip Report: Bikepacking B.C.’s Sea to Sky Trail

Trip Report: Bikepacking B.C.’s Sea to Sky Trail

Bikepacking from Squamish to Pemberton. 

Trip Report: Bikepacking B.C.’s Sea to Sky Trail

Bikepacking from Squamish to Pemberton. 

Wilderness Catalog: The Jarbidge Wilderness

Wilderness Catalog: The Jarbidge Wilderness

This remote Nevada wilderness are is as wild as it gets. 

Wilderness Catalog: The Jarbidge Wilderness

This remote Nevada wilderness are is as wild as it gets.