More than 100 hikes have been published by Union-Tribune hiking writer Maura Fox. Now she’s starting a newsletter.

In the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started ...

It’s the first week of November, which means I’ve commented on and complained about the end of daylight savings at least 10 times over the last six days. Among my grumblings, I’ve been thinking about ...

If you're looking to undertake a beautiful winter hike in New Mexico, then you'll love the Middle Fork Lake Trail north of ...

Explore Ferguson Mountain's new trail near Lewis, featuring views of Lake Champlain, Vermont's Snake Mountain and the ...

The less-traveled San Ysidro Trail in Montecito offers glorious creekside riparian vistas as well as considerable shade in the lower segments. Wild Pete asked why I had never written up this gorgeous ...

The Flørli Stairs hold the title of the longest wooden staircase in the world. It features 4,444 steps that climb an ...

Here’s everything you need to know before visiting Big Bend National Park in Texas, from what to do to where to stay.

An anonymous new owner fenced off beloved trails and put up surveillance cameras in a region with a long tradition of allowing public access on private land. An anonymous new owner fenced off beloved ...

Will people continue to hike and bike the Arizona Trail? Extreme weather and land use challenges may test the limits.

Beautiful trails are easy to find in Northern California. But beautiful trails with hardly anyone else hiking them? That’s a ...

Mountain Brook, Alabama, is a wealthy suburb of Birmingham with a population of about 22,160, known for its scenic, ...