Itching to get out onto the trails? Check out our list of hiking essentials, designed to keep you safe and maximize comfort as you plod through the wilderness. It's always important to have the right ...

The essential backpacking gear that keeps them safe and pain-free on-trail. Taylor Fox is an editor at Travel + Leisure where she tests, researches, and writes about travel products. Taylor holds ...

Day hiking. It’s the gateway drug to the outdoors. Hiking can be as easy or as difficult as you’d like it to be, but it’s still just putting one foot in front of the other. One of the benefits of ...

One of my favorite parts of a backpacking trip is the food: It just hits different after a full day of hiking. As a previous backpacking guide who cooked for up to ten guests at a time, I love making ...