Rainy days don’t have to dampen your outdoor spirit! Hiking in the rain or backpacking in the rain can be a refreshing and rewarding experience if you’re prepared. Whether you’re hitting backpacking ...

For many nature lovers, their enjoyment of the outdoors originates from childhood experiences spending time outside with family and friends. Summit County is a haven for people who love adventuring ...

Dec. 7—Why hike and paddle in one state when you can hit the trail and water in two — all in the same day, from a single starting point? This outing was inspired not long ago, when I drove east on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allison Olmsted covers lifestyle for active women as The Gear Diva. Outdoor recreation has boomed in popularity since the global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tearing my video-game-obsessed tween away from technology and into the wilderness is no easy feat. After exploring 40 national ...

Once you’ve been bitten by the hiking bug, it’s pretty much impossible to stop, even if you live in cold-weather climates where you can’t stop walking for fear of freezing solid. If you know someone ...

Maybe the name isn’t technically accurate anymore, at least when it comes to most of its members. But calling the Meetup group Overweight Hikers for Health still is an effective way of telegraphing to ...

CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — In this week's Let's Get Out There, we head to the Tarbell Trail in Clark County. For the grown-ups who love to hike, it can be easy to zone in and charge toward the goal. But ...

Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State for good reason. Options abound to get your family into the woods. From easy saunters to impressive peaks, there’s no shortage of treks suited to all ages ...