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Leading adventure travel operator REI Co-op added 10 trips as part of its expansion to meet demand of its most popular destinations and introduced new itineraries to California's wine country, Maine's 100-Mile Wilderness, the Pacific Northwest and more. At the same time, REI purchased 20 acres near the Grand Canyon to build its latest signature camp, which will open in spring 2025.

/PRNewswire/ -- Leading adventure travel operator REI Co-op added 10 trips as part of its expansion to meet demand of its most popular destinations and...

I always knew I'd be a thru-hiker. But things change. Here's how I found peace in the process of abandoning my lifelong goal.

Ultralight thru-hiker Sam "Shade" Carter attempted the Calendar Year Triple Crown with less than 3 pounds of gear—and came closer to making it than other hikers had predicted.

"When I traveled to hike Little Bigelow Mountain, I didn’t let the name lull me into the false impression that the hike would be easy."

Fifteen pairs of shoes, no stove, and 7,944 miles: Billy Meredith tells us how he broke the triple crown of hiking record in a calendar year.

Sean Willey's disappearance in 2022 left family "hoping and hoping." The impact of his death was felt from North Carolina to the Mohawk Valley.

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part story account of a Kentuckian's successful hiking of the Appalachian Trail.By Steve FlairtyNKyTribune columnistAnd, oh yes, how must one deal

Christopher Roma, 37, an experienced hiker and professional trail guide widely known in the outdoors community, set off around 4 a.m. Tuesday on the Lincoln Woods Trail, a path he’d taken countless times. He didn't return.

PEASE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.H. — An Air National Guardsman from Rye recently spent seven months camping under an open sky as he hiked the entire Appalachian Trail.