These long-distance trails offer thru-hikers and adventure seekers new routes in some spectacular foreign regions ...

I visited Alaska last summer. Lucky me, right? Only, I was on the kind of massive tour boat that provides grand views of the backcountry, but frustratingly little time to do anything aside from just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Meg MacDonald I love being in the outdoors as much as I can, but that can be hard to come by since I moved to New ...

In a place as huge and wild as Alaska, it’s pretty great to have a single place that distills virtually all of the state’s most compelling elements. That’s Anchorage. Surrounded by Cook Inlet and huge ...

This year I’m planning 29 guided backpacking trips. They are scheduled through October, run three to seven days, and are scattered throughout North America in the high desert, eastern woodlands, ...

With 495,000-acre Chugach State Park hovering right on the city limits, Chugach National Forest to the south and spectacular destinations like Eklutna Lake and Hatcher Pass within an easy 90-minute ...