Backcountry permits for overnight camping in wilderness areas of Rocky Mountain National Park during peak season go on sale this Saturday at 8 a.m. That season begins May 1 and runs through October 31 ...

ONTONAGON, MICH. -- Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park wants to help you feel confident in exploring one of Michigan’s true remaining wildernesses. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ ...

Are you planning an overnight wilderness backpacking trip to Rocky Mountain National Park this summer? If your answer is, yes, you're going to want to jump online starting 8 a.m., Saturday, March 1 ...

They don't call it the Green Mountain State without reason, and Vermont is home to a beautiful trail that is particularly ...

It’s a commonly held wisdom that somewhere along life’s way we lose ourselves. It’s assumed that the self, whatever it might be, cannot stay lost, not without potentially disastrous results, and must ...

“After your first wilderness through-hike, there’s this post-hike depression a lot of people go through, seeing this huge divide between living life on versus off the trail,” says Thomas, who is five ...

The box office success of the movie Wild, about one woman's trek along the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail to heal a broken heart, has led to an explosion of interest in wilderness hiking as a way of ...

The Porcupine Mountains might not be actual mountains, but they’re still one of the best spots for backpacking in the Upper Midwest. Such a large tract of wilderness — 60,000 acres, including 35,000 ...

She didn’t reach for her phone to snap a photo for her Instagram followers. There was no FaceTime call to a friend to show off the stunning views of the landscape below. Instead, she simply took in ...