Midway up the Appalachian Trail, a little country store in Gardners, Pennsylvania, invites hikers to take on an additional challenge: eating a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting.

The sight of a scorched forest is unforgettable—blackened trunks, ash swirling in the air, and a silence that feels heavy. In ...

You don’t have to hike 12 miles over a High Sierra mountain pass to be a trail angel — but we did, and it was magical.

Dead trees keep falling over onto trails across Wyoming. With federal trail crews in short supply, the work of clearing the trails is increasingly ...

In Golden, a half-mile out-and-back trail on South Table Mountain is now open to hikers only. The Jawbone Ridge Trail is ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation closed the trail up Scarface Mountain in Ray Brook in December 2023 ...