About 20 percent more people are storing their food in their tent with them than in the recommended bear cans.

There's a battle brewing between trail angels and hiker-focused businesses on the Appalachian Trail. Can the two coexist?

Evan Miller hiked the 2,653-mile trial from New Mexico to Canada earlier this year and learned a lot about himself along the ...

Charles Hosch, 67, hiked up Georgia's Blood Mountain on the Appalachian Trail a month ago. Despite massive searches, the Texas lawyer and professor hasn't been seen since.

A new pedestrian bridge at one of Minnesota's most popular state parks has opened to the public. The recently built bridge at Tettegouche State Park spans the Baptism River, just upstream of High ...

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has announced nearly $500,000 in grants for conservation organizations, including some in Western North Carolina.

UPDATE: The hiker has been identified as Michael Pavelec, 63, of La Quinta. LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) - A hiker died on a La Quinta trail Tuesday morning after a medical issue. The incident was first ...

The 26-year-old man attacked by a brown bear while hiking on Mount Rausu in Japan on Aug. 14 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also ...

Getting trapped in quicksand is a corny peril of old movies and TV shows, but it really did happen to one unfortunate hiker in Utah’s Arches National Park. The park famous for dozens of natural, ...

A hiker found himself stuck in near-freezing quicksand for several hours in Utah’s Arches National Park before he was located by emergency responders and rescued unharmed. Austin Dirks, 33, told ...