Tips

The wisdom that comes from age gives grandparents certain advantages in taking kids on a hike.

Increasing numbers of waterfall-bound hikers end up needing rescue and are getting injured and even killed. Remember these tips on the next hike to your…

To stay on the trail, keep your eyes open when you’re hiking. Don’t be oblivious to your surroundings, lose the trail and expect to call…

Hiking sticks and hiking poles help with balance, absorb shock, and provide much-welcomed leverage for steep ascents.

A day pack (or daypack if you prefer) is a soft frameless pack that attaches to your shoulders and usually includes a hip band or…

Kind of Hiking Trails, A Dictionary of Trails for Hikers, access trail, backcountry trail, connecting trail, destination trail, hiker-biker trail, fire road, front-country trail, long…

Choosing a Difficulty Level for your hike is a key to wise hike planning. Easy? Moderate? Difficult? A trail’s degree of difficulty—also called its difficulty…

Hike for good health. Millions of Americans who like to hike believe that hiking contributes to good physical and mental health. New research measures the…

Hikers have a broad range of abilities, interests and enthusiasms. The company they choose to keep on the trail reflects that diversity. Hiking with companions…

Hiking improves mental health and is a “stress-buster,” a recent large-scale study suggests. Researchers observed members of England’s Walking for Health program on the trail…

A trail sign is a board or a post of wood, metal or some kind of synthetic material that displays written, pictorial or symbolic information…

Hot and bothered after a mid-day hike? Well, it’s no wonder. Recent studies have shown that the optimum temperature range for long-distance walks or hikes…