View of the Pacific Crest Trail approaching Indian Canyon in the Angeles National Forest - Noah Sauve/Getty Images The United States is very much a land of hiking. With its vast size — much of it ...

The full length of the Appalachian Trail (AT) is about 2,190 miles. This is a nice, round number. It's memorable, and you can easily divide it into doable segments. Can you hike, say, an average of 12 ...

This weekend I hiked Ben Cruachan, a mountain in the highlands of Scotland that I’d never done before. It’s the highest and one of the more popular Munros in Argyll and Bute, rising up from the banks ...

Thru-hiking routes like the Appalachian Trail and Pacific Crest Trail have gotten more expensive over the years. We talked to ...