Last month, a bear ate my friend’s tent, sleeping bag, food, and everything she had inside. A few days later, she invited me to go wilderness camping with her in upstate New York’s bear country. First ...

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When: Interviews are now being conducted. There will be an all-day information and training session from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sat., June 4. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served. Where: U.S ...

Are you planning an overnight wilderness backpacking trip to Rocky Mountain National Park this summer? If your answer is, yes, you're going to want to jump online starting 8 a.m., Saturday, March 1 ...

My boots grate loudly over the gravel as I shuffle onto my crinkly tarp. After manhandling spare clothing into a fussy Sea to Summit stuff sack, I rustle into my Kelty down sleeping bag. With a soft ...

Backcountry permits for overnight camping in wilderness areas of Rocky Mountain National Park during peak season go on sale this Saturday at 8 a.m. That season begins May 1 and runs through October 31 ...

If you love pristine wilderness and don't want to be encumbered by crowds, don't head to California's Sierra Nevadas - go to ...

It’s a commonly held wisdom that somewhere along life’s way we lose ourselves. It’s assumed that the self, whatever it might be, cannot stay lost, not without potentially disastrous results, and must ...

Fifty years ago on Sept. 3, Lyndon Johnson signed into law a bill that encouraged getting lost in the wild. Not lost in the literal sense, of course, but of losing the trappings of civilization in ...