When Maggie Shipstead set out to report on women-only expedition travel, she was driven by a desire to learn new skills in a low-bro-factor environment. But six days exploring Alaska with the state’s ...

You can listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify each week. Follow this link if you're listening on Apple News. Last time Lale chatted with outdoors expert and Condé Nast Traveler ...

In the week leading up to her first solo backpacking trip—a one-night adventure through California’s Cottonwood Lakes wilderness—Allison Boyle came up with a million and one reasons why she shouldn’t ...

When she’s not working in the emergency room at St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, there’s a decent chance you’ll find Dr. Ann Bowers outdoors. She climbed Mount Rainier a couple years ago. She ...

The woman died after going through an undisclosed medical episode while hiking at Isle Royale National Park Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Forest rangers helped a 17-year-old backpacker who was becoming hypothermic in the Catskills. The Catskills' Slide Mountain Wilderness was cold and snowy last week. CHAMPLAIN — State forest rangers ...