Most backpacks won’t last a border-to-border hike without some TLC. Here are seven ways to keep your rucksack in fighting ...

Are you ready to take your hiking hobby to the next level? You should consider a through-hike. A through-hike is the act of hiking a long-distance trail from one end to the other. It's one of the most ...

Backpackers hike near Dawson Pass in Glacier National Park. The lack of understanding of the hardships hikers encounter during and after a thru-hike creates a gap for providers to fill. Thru-hiking is ...

On May 24, Jamieson Hatt completed an unsupported hike of the Ice Age Trail in 30 days—the longest unsupported FKT to date.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo/Kevin Silvernale) After Kevin Silvernale finished thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2016, he was hooked and ...

That said, most folks just aren’t able to commit the time it takes to tackle a thru-hike, as much as they might like to. Kids, jobs, mortgages: So many factors pull people back home after a shorter ...