Adventure: Trailhead Destinations
Stuck in the Mud
By Helen Archerd March 13, 2014You're on a solo hike and get sucked into a muddy swamp. Now what?
Second Sight
By Jake Abrahamson March 5, 2014Trevor Thomas went blind at age 36. He responded by hiking 18,000 miles.
At Home in a Hole in the Rock
By Michael Engelhard July 30, 2012A visitor finds refuge—and tales of deprivation—in the Grand Canyon's hidden alcoves
Explore Corkscrew Peak, Death Valley National Park
By Deanna Lynn Wulff November 1, 2011With each new plateau, the canvas changes color
Lighten Up
By Daniel Duane July 28, 2010Jettison the tent, the candle lantern, and that copy of Moby-Dick. Ultralight through-hiking takes you farther, faster.
Hiking the Appalachian Trail
By Elisa Freeling November 1, 2002The challenge of the Appalachian Trail seems to attract eccentrics
Solitude and human history intertwine in the Dolly Sods Wilderness
September 1, 2001Perched on the crest of the Allegheny range, the Sods promises some of the wildest land east of the Mississippi