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The Trek3 hours ago

Thanks For The Smoke, Canada

Russell and Jessie are subjected to some of the worst air quality they have ever breathed from Canadian wildfires as they ascend the biggest climb in Pennsylvania. July 16th, 2026 The Air Quality Alert: Two more days and we would be done with this awful state. (As a clarification the people of PA have been wonderful.…

iRunFar4 hours ago

Hoka, La Sportiva, Mount to Coast Almost Half of Shoes Worn: 2026 Hardrock 100 Shoes Analysis

iRunFar4 hours ago

REI Has the Gear for Your Biggest Trail Run Yet

The Trek8 hours ago

Day 5 Sheridan Lake to Whispering Pines Campground

The Trek8 hours ago

Tahoe Rim Trail: Zero Day

The Great Outdoors10 hours ago

Can AI help you reach your summit goals? Our expert takes an AI Exoskelton for a hike up a mountain

The Trek12 hours ago

Hiking shoes, anyone? (Day 101)

We had some chores to do before we could head out and one of then was of crucial importance: get my dad new shoes. His shoes are wrecked. The entire sole is almost completely separated from the rest of the shoe and you simply can’t hike a single mile in them anymore. In retrospect, he simply pushed way too many miles…

The Trek12 hours ago

CT Day 2: Through the Burn

The Trek16 hours ago

Injuries – Fox’s AT Thru Hike – Postmortem

The Trek16 hours ago

Advice Can Become Adventure – Just Listen!

GearJunkie16 hours ago

Copper, Gold, Silver, and More: Anti-Stink Shirt Rakes in $300K on Kickstarter

The Trek17 hours ago

Farmstead Fun and Mount Killington (Day 126)

The Trek18 hours ago

PCT Days 101 to 105: I’m Coming Home

I’m coming home to the place that I remember Back to the land of my first love Would you spread wide your arms for this wayward son? I left my heart in Oregon. — Mat Kearney, ‘Coming Home (Oregon)’ Day 101: She flies with her own wings. I had a big goal today: 30 miles. The deer really swarmed my cowboy camp last…

GearJunkie19 hours ago

Light, Tough as Nails: The North Face Summit Series Off Width Pants Review

ExplorersWeb19 hours ago

Eric Gilbertson Becomes the First Person to Climb the High Point of Every Country in the Americas

ExplorersWeb20 hours ago

Video: Watch an Angry Hippo Chase a Boatload of Tourists

GearJunkie20 hours ago

This Midwestern State Is Going All In on State Parks

Backpacker20 hours ago

Sky View’s Stargazing Tent Is the Perfect Shelter for Astro-Camping

The Trek21 hours ago

Hexishtrek Day 21 Les Halles to Montchavin €0

Today was the day. I’d be reunited with my old pal, the Hexatrek. I woke up after a very cold night to a stunning, cloudless sky. I packed up lickety-split and got moving as quickly as my bones, tendons and muscles would allow to generate as much heat as possible. Turns out I’d camped just a run, skip and a jump from…

GearJunkie21 hours ago

Kästle Transcend 98 Review: A Joyful Freeride Ski That’s Playful Yet Strong

GearJunkie22 hours ago

You Can Now Hoverboard Through National Parks — Sort Of

The Trek22 hours ago

Paw Patrol

GearJunkie22 hours ago

Wyoming Trails That Bring the Old West Back to Life

The Trek22 hours ago

When Out West, Do As The Cowboys Do | TRT Day Two

The Trek23 hours ago

JMT Part 1: Leaving the Valley

My journey along the John Muir Trail, a 211 mile hike through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, begins in Yosemite Valley. I’m excited for the journey ahead, and woefully underprepared for the sheer beauty I’m about to experience on trail. The post JMT Part 1: Leaving the Valley appeared first on The Trek .

GearJunkie23 hours ago

You Have Until Friday to Weigh In on a Major Federal Wilderness Review

The Trek24 hours ago

Why Some Hikers Get 300 Miles Out of Their Shoes — and Others Get 800

The Trek24 hours ago

DAY 28/29/30 > Rest Days, Gear Replacement and a New Plan!

The Trek24 hours ago

Days 91 to 94: Castle Crags to Etna & the Best Sunset on the Trail

The Great Outdoors25 hours ago

Cold Day in the Sun: when summer hiking goes wrong

The Trek25 hours ago

New Study Shows Hiking With an Engineer Has No Effect on Daily Enjoyment

In this article, researchers explored how twenty variables impacted one hiker’s daily enjoyment of the northernmost 300 miles of the California section of the Pacific Crest Trail. The sole participant of the study, an extroverted and super hot lady-hiker, age twenty-nine, had been hiking alone for the fourteen days…

The Trek25 hours ago

What Most Days Are Like

ExplorersWeb26 hours ago

Mont Blanc Refuges Closed Due to Rockfall Danger

The Trek26 hours ago

Trail Correspondents: S5 Episode 9 | Wildcard II

Explore Magazine26 hours ago

Top 10 S’mores Recipes from an Expert Camp Cook

The Trek27 hours ago

Day 138 – Blueberry Picking

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