Hiking is one of my all-time favorite activities ... That is, until nature calls. Every wilderness woman has a story about going off-trail to find a spot where they can relieve themselves without ...

A nice 3 day backpacking trip to the Sipsey Wilderness. We managed to fit a lot of exploring in including a cave, civil war era graveyard, the biggest tree in Alabama and an old moonshiner car!

With iOS 18, iPhone users can download hikes or create their own in Apple's mapping app. Here's how to find your next route, and stay on track even when there's no cell signal. I've written for ...

The major upgrade for Apple Maps with iOS 18 is topographic hiking trails (same with iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and macOS Sequoia). New features include detailed planning and guidance for custom hikes ...

All this, combined with a much better data set for hiking, make it clearly superior for hikes. Organic Maps isn't just for hiking. You can use the app for walking and driving directions ...

Thankfully, with the arrival of iOS 18, and the respective 2024 upgrades for other Apple platforms, Maps is getting more friendly for hiking enthusiasts, complemented with the ability to create ...

There are also tools for customizing your walks. You'll be able to create custom walks and hiking routes to use instead of Apple Maps’ recommendations. Perhaps you prefer a more scenic route ...

Schneider literally wrote the book on “Hiking the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness,” a 943,600-acre ... Distances, difficulty ratings, elevation profiles, maps and a variety of trip types ...

I'm not going to claim to be a great outdoorsman, but I do enjoy hiking. And as I've noted in the past, earlier versions of Apple's Maps app haven't really aided in that hobby. Getting accurate ...

One of the finest places to go off-grid is the Sipsey Wilderness in William B. Bankhead National ... it's a wonderland of limestone crags and terraced cascades, with miles of forested hiking trails.