Two years after recording longform nature soundscapes on the trail, this field recordist published a sound map that anyone ...

Six PCT hikers share forgotten food bags, bathroom disasters, grief, and burnout—and explain what keeps them hiking toward ...

Pacific Crest Trail is one of North America’s most beautiful and iconic thru-hikes, stretching 2,650 miles from the Mexican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hiker shown on the Pacific Crest Trail near Quincy (Plumas County) in 2023. A new "sound map" of audio recordings shows a new ...

For hikers used to the maintained trails of the PCT, the ruggedness of New Zealand’s 3,000km Te Araroa thru-hike is a rude awakening – after walking the trail with a few, here’s what I noticed they ...

When Ian “Gremlin” Irwin and his tramily reached Pacific Crest Trail mile 2,594 on July 29, it was not the finish they’d imagined for their monthslong thru-hike. Roughly 50 miles from the Canadian ...

The night before Mike Wardian set out on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), the Teva athlete’s home was a “madhouse” of hiking gear. He told Backpacker he planned to embark at 6 a.m. sharp the following ...

Searchers may not be any closer to finding an Ohio thru hiker than when he disappeared near White Pass 10 years ago, but his ...

Donovan Rice was fascinated by all the highlights in Colorado that famous thru-hikes missed -- so he designed his own 3,000km ...

A tradition for Pacific Crest Trail hikers is out of reach — literally — after the Mexican border fence has been put behind barbed wire. It has long been the custom for those trekking the full, ...