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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...