About 20 percent more people are storing their food in their tent with them than in the recommended bear cans.

"Do you want a beer, Moses?" I asked, as we sat by the campfire on a chilly, Maine evening. He accepted and I handed him a Blue Moon. Moses was taking a rest day on his Appalachian Trail section hike ...

Great Smoky Mountains — Of the 2,200 miles the Appalachian Trail covers from Georgia to Maine, hikers experience the highest peaks on the 70-mile stretch through the Great Smoky Mountains in North ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...