My 10 essential tips for safety and building confidence when getting started with solo hiking.

These 10 exercises will get you ready to tackle your next backpacking adventure!

This comprehensive guide provides 10 life-saving tips that will prevent you from ever having another blister on the trail.

Everything you need to know about getting water in the backcountry. Learn how to treat water and why we need to do so!

A guide for what to pack for your first (or fiftieth!) backpacking trip, complete with ideas for luxury items to make your adventures even m

Learn how to lighten your backpacking pack without breaking the bank! Save your back and enjoy the outdoors more with these practical tips.

A guide to picking the trail for your first backpacking trip. Part of a series on Backpacking for Beginners.

Tips for catching Firefall in Yosemite National Park and a realistic experience of trying and failing to see it.

Research has shown time and time again that the anticipation of a vacation leads to a significant increase in happiness. See here and...

So you got lucky enough to snag a Havasupai reservation? Congratulations! Havasupai is one of those bucket list backpacking destinations....

Last year I took a nine-day road trip from Seattle through the Mighty Five National Parks in Utah and back home. I had a week off work...

I took my first solo trip in many months today. It was just a day trip, but it was so refreshing and helped me get back to feeling like...