The outing to the Enchantment Lakes Basin is usually No. 1 on a Northwest backpacker's list, but good luck getting to do it. The area high above Leavenworth, Wash., in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area ...

BAKER CITY, Ore. — Views across the length of northeast Oregon feel almost commonplace on the Elkhorn Crest Trail, one of the highest and most unusual pathways in the state. The 23-mile national ...

As I traversed a steep trail, five long hours after I started, I began to feel a bit lonely. I hadn’t seen anyone for several miles, and the heat of the day was making my brain foggy. Then, around the ...

Sixty years ago, Congress passed the Wilderness Act, establishing a National Wilderness Preservation System and defining wilderness as a place where “man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” ...

Editor’s Note: The CT Series is a special series of hiking articles about the Colorado Trail (CT) that runs from May through October. The CT is a unique and well maintained continuous trail, spanning ...

Don’t stop exploring: Hiking guru Kim Fenske lives the unorthodox life of a bus driver by weekday and solo adventurer by weekend. The Raggeds Wilderness Area is 65,393-acres of national forest lands ...