With multiple shelters and a tent platform along the way, this is gorgeous, multiple peak, backpacking trail in New Hampshire ...

Some people dream of taking months away from their jobs to hike the Appalachian Trail. For local photographer Carly Rae ...

Get ready for a more comfortable hike — without the back pain. I’m no ultralight hiker. I’m all for lightweight hiking gear, ...

The National Park Service’s parks, sites and monuments are not the only public lands affected by the seesawing reports of ...

Understanding and living a lifestyle are two different things. For Robin Tarnas, a now-retired physician and recently a recipient of the local Unsung Hero Award, it is about embracing ...

A group of business owners and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) launched a free ferry service on Monday intended to ...

Long-distance backpacking with kids is possible with the right preparation and attitude. Two hiking moms share their advice.

Chris Karenbauer probably would have paused for a moment when his dad said he planned to walk from his home in Center ...

It was an icy mid-winter day when 73-year-old Ann Houghton parked her Subaru Outback at the Smokemont campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, shouldered her pack, and tramped into the ...

Thankfully, volunteers and officials from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy have found a solution: a ferry. Instead of hiking ...

Hidden in Virginia’s southwestern corner lies a verdant paradise where history and nature dance together in perfect ...

Some people dream of taking months away from their jobs to hike the Appalachian Trail. For local photographer Carly Rae ...