You don't need to be in peak form to start a long trail—but there are some caveats.

It’s understandable why the Appalachian Trail (AT) gets all the glory when it comes to East Coast hiking. America’s first thru-hike definitely deserves its holy grail status, but its legendary ...

On our first day on the Appalachian Trail, my partner and I shuffled eight miles in a cold drizzle from Springer Mountain to Hawk Mountain Shelter, stopping a half-dozen times to adjust our 35-pound ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

I wish I had the luxury of taking two months off to embark on a major thru-hiking adventure like the Florida Trail. For now, ...

Roaring Fork Valley’s Shayla Paradeis, known on the trail as “Kiddo,” has earned her place among long-distance hiking’s most intrepid adventurers. Paradeis has traversed thousands of miles on foot, ...

Have you ever just wanted to pull a “Wild?” As in quit your job, spend six months in the wilderness discovering yourself, maybe throw a boot off a mountain in a moment of catharsis, and then come back ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...