Many long-distance hiking trails in the U.S. can earn you major "trail-cred" amongst your fellow hikers. These multiweek ...

From our partners at Backpacker Magazine. Whether you’re a dayhiker, thru-hiker, or a weekend warrior, you’ll fall in love with the Long Trail. Tracing the crest of the Green Mountains from the ...

Hikers in the mid-1920s turned to the Green Mountain Club’s 1924 Long Trail guide for the most up-to-date information. The northern end of the included map became outdated in the summer of 1926 when ...

Just before Ken Powers turned 55, in the fall of 1999, he had what may be the most coveted mid-life epiphany: he no longer needed to work. More than three decades earlier, Standard Oil had recruited ...

Ben Feinson crossing the Winooski River Footbridge in Bolton in July 2021 Credit: Courtesy of Lance Pitcher For someone on a “struggle fest,” Ben Feinson had a pretty good time. He ate Fritos, peanut ...

Ever thought about hiking the longest, hiking-only footpath in the world? It’s right here in the U.S., passing through the eastern Appalachian Mountains. The elevation gain of the Appalachian Trail ...

It wasn’t that long ago that aspiring thru-hikers had to explain what, exactly, they were doing planning to hike something like the Appalachian Trail or Pacific Crest Trail. The kinds of distances ...

Stretching 2,197 miles from Georgia to Maine, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is the most widely known hiking trail in the country. Most Long Islanders with a penchant for the outdoors have ...