1 1

Trails Magazine Annual Subscription

Trails Magazine Annual Subscription

$75.00 USD
$75.00 USD
Sale Sold out
  • A subscription will begin with Issue 14, shipping in May 2026. Interested in starting to read sooner? Tack on our most recent issue and we'll ship that right away.
  • Interested in gifting a subscription? Head here to purchase a gift subscription for someone else.

Subscribe to a year of Trails Magazine and get the next four issues delivered to you quarterly, hot off the presses. 

You won't find these stories on our website or on grocery store newsstands. With each issue, you'll get a collection of the best journalism the backpacking and outdoor community could ask for. In-depth reporting, large-format photography, with minimal ads, all from an independent, small team. No paywalls, no logins, just your mailbox.

In addition to four great mail days per year, subscribers get a pile of other awesome perks:

Free Shipping

Subscribers get free shipping on four issues each year, mailed to them before anyone else gets their hands on them.

Best Deal

Subscribing is cheaper than purchasing four issues individually, even before you add on the shipping cost.

Backpack Hangtag

New subscribers receive the Subscriber Backpack Hangtag to show off their support of print journalism.

Gear Discounts

Active subscribers always get 15% off Trails Magazine gear, including hats, shirts, posters, stickers, camp mugs, and a lot more.

Partner Deals

Subscribers also get deals and discounts from our partners, like 70% off onX Backcountry. 

All subscriptions are auto-renewing by default, but may be cancelled at any time. Read more here. 

View full details

Real Adventure Stories

We invest in the best possible storytelling from the most experienced, talented journalists in the outdoor space. You won't find listicles, cheap gear roundups, sponsored content, or clickbait in our pages. Instead, expect well-reported investigative stories, character-rich profiles, colorful adventure tales, and nuanced opinions from around the world.

Large Format Photography

We pair the best writing with the best photography and illustrations around. We work with exceptionally skilled photographers to tell rich stories, and we print their work as large as possible.

Independent

Too many magazines that you find at the grocery store are owned by massive outdoor media monopolies more concerned with selling NFTs than sharing good adventure stories. Trails Mag is completely independent, written for—and by—those of us actually sleeping in the dirt.

Coffee Table Quality

Trails Mag isn't mass-produced. It's printed on high-quality paper, it's thick with content, and it puts an emphasis on high-quality design and beautiful large-format photography. This isn't a magazine you throw out when the next one arrives.

Print Only

We want to bring you the things you didn't realize you needed to know. The beauty—and fun—of print is the ability to browse and discover, something a web search will always have a hard time replicating. That's why Trails will only be available in print. No paywalls, no logins, just your mailbox.

Fewer Ads

Legacy magazines stayed afloat (or didn't) by keeping issues ridiculously cheap and jamming ads into every nook and cranny. No more of that. We're strictly limiting ads and carefully choosing advertisers that we believe in and can impact your adventures. Outdoor print magazines are thriving in the current digital age with this model.