A search and rescue team helped recover the hiker's body on October 25, nearly a week after they went missing.

Rescuers with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) Aviation Team, Forest Patrol, and SAR volunteers responded to the ...

The hiker was on the Bell Pass Trail, a roughly 6.6-mile out-and-back near Scottsdale, when a saguaro fell over in strong ...

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Muhammad Ali, Dale Earnhardt, Florence Griffith Joyner: Even the most high-flying heroes eventually fall to Earth, weighed down by time, accident, and the vagaries of biology. To that pantheon, add ...

Make sure you can identify a plant with 100 percent certainty before touching or consuming it. Hone your skills by attending plant walks with an expert, studying basic botany, cross-referencing ...

You can tell yourself you hate drama—but you’d probably be lying. Deep down, everybody loves a little gossip, and trail controversy proves an eternal wellspring. While we at Backpacker truly wish that ...

Anyone hunting for an ultralight backpack in today’s market faces a sea of indistinguishable, crinkled, grayish-black rucksacks. The number of thru-hiker-focused designs from both cottage brands and ...

Known as the most dangerous small mountain in the world, 6,288-foot Mt. Washington boasts some scary stats: The highest wind velocity ever recorded at any surface weather station (231 mph) was logged ...

When it comes to insulation, most ultralighters head straight for down jackets and sleeping bags—and for good reason. Try as we might, humans haven’t managed to create a synthetic insulation designed ...

Some pieces of gear are just controversial. Trekking poles, camp shoes, and even fleece jackets have their haters and die-hards. As it turns out, so do pee cloths. While legions of women have hailed ...

Appalachia’s version of meadows—colloquially called balds because they’re characteristically treeless—are as mysterious as they are magical. Their views are unhindered, their origins debatable and ...