A trail sign marks the Appalachian Trail route in Maine's Caribou Valley. “Do you want a beer, Moses?” I asked, as we sat by the campfire on a chilly, Maine evening. He accepted and I handed him a ...

When I hiked the Appalachian Trail a million years ago (i.e, in 2015), conventional wisdom was to budget around $2 per mile. For a roughly 2,190-mile hike, the estimated cost came to just under $4,400 ...

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 ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. INTERVIEWER: As a child, Stephanie Pearson grew up like a lot of Northern Minnesota kids do. She hiked the Superior Hiking Trail from her home in Duluth ...

Ohio has beginner-friendly hikes with gentle paths, pretty views, and outdoor charm that make the first step easy.