Mountain athlete Kyle Richardson pedaled his loaded bike along a sand-tossed doubletrack road in southern New Mexico when he hit a deep dune that sent his back wheel sideways. He was riding the ...

GPS watches for hiking—like most fitness wearables—are a nearly ubiquitous piece of kit these days. While they can help you navigate off-trail terrain, they’re also be a valuable source of health data ...

This article was first published by Blog.GaiaGPS.com. The United States Forest Service Roads and Trails layer on Gaia GPS displays color-coded trails for different activities so you can see if your ...

Imagine the power of a US$500 outdoor GPS built into a $5 app available on iOS and Android devices. In a nutshell, that's ViewRanger. The advanced mapping GPS app has been around for years in Europe ...

Last month, when Zack Ajmal was planning a vacation to Italy, he set out to find the first thing that a traveler would need in a foreign land: a map. But digital maps of Rome and Venice for his Garmin ...

FAIRBANKS — The adage of "leave only footprints, take only photographs" covers only part of the leave-no-trace ethic at Denali National Park. In addition to packing out toilet paper and not collecting ...

Hikers using global-positioning systems helped map uncharted trails in northern Los Angeles County for a big-picture look at the trails from Palmdale to Santa Clarita. The goal is a long-term effort ...

A full rescue team tested out a new, high tech signage system on the Climbers Loop trail Thursday morning, using a helicopter to save a victim placed on the dangerous trail. The drill on the Mission ...

Adventure Journalist Morgan Tilton writes about the outdoors with a focus in travel, industry news, and human endurance. She is a recipient of multiple North American Travel Journalists Association ...