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A bear sighting on a backpacking trip can be a truly memorable experience, especially when said bear is far away and moving in the opposite direction. When you’re walking, eating and sleeping in a ...

Prepare for a safer and smoother journey with essential backpacking tips covering planning, packing, navigation, and on-trail safety. Ideal for beginners and seasoned hikers looking to refine their ...

Who doesn't love the romantic notion of slinging everything you need to survive into a pack and heading out into the backcountry for adventure? Well, actually plenty of people would raise an eyebrow ...

Rainy days don’t have to dampen your outdoor spirit! Hiking in the rain or backpacking in the rain can be a refreshing and rewarding experience if you’re prepared. Whether you’re hitting backpacking ...

I get a lot of questions about what kind of gear I use when I’m backpacking, and what I’d recommend to other people. Below is a look inside my backpack. I'll talk more about this gear and tips for ...

In the Midwest, we tend to think of backpacking as an activity that involves tents, a lack of showers and “getting back to nature”… While this is accurate, in a sense—and enjoyable, to an extent—I’d ...

On a hike, you not only get to move your body for some healthy exercise, you get to do so surrounded by the breathtaking nature around you. Whether you are going on a hike that's one mile or 10, ...

Heather Balogh Rochfort, the woman behind the adventure blog JustaColoradoGal.com, was once a dance specialist whose interest in nature fell well short of obsession. But now she’s the author of ...

Black bears (Ursus Americanus) abound in the summer, so it’s important to set up a bear-safe campsite when backpacking. Bears have a nose that’s 100 times more sensitive than a human’s and if they ...

While the pandemic years were trying, at best, they gave us time to recognize, reevaluate and, in some instances, readjust the undesirable patterns we might have fallen into. One benefit to our ...