Reservations for all summer wilderness overnight backpacking permits in Rocky Mountain National Park will open on March 1 at 8 a.m. MST.

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 ...

The pandemic threw a wrench in my thru-hiking plans, as it did for thousands of others. It felt like all I had wasted all those months of planning, my goals replaced with non-stop doom-scrolling. But ...

If you’re a veteran backpacker or long-time RV nomad, read no further. This article is for camping rookies, those who have never slept beneath the stars or haven’t pitched a tent since their youth but ...

Get off the grid and into the wild on an overnight backpacking trip. Backpackers are likely to experience the wilderness much more intimately than other types of travelers – and reap the benefits of ...

Permits for overnight backpacking in restricted areas of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness in the rugged Elk Mountains west of Aspen go on sale next week. Advance reservation permits ($10) are ...

Jeff Garmire is a writer and author. When he isn't adding to his 23,000 trail miles, he can be found living out of the back of a Ford Explorer. He is the author of Free Outside which chronicles his ...