Five Months on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Strange Calm Before the Canadian Border
A PCT hiker waits out the weather before the final push to Canada — elk encounters, zero days in Mazama and wh...
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Trail Notes: A Coffee Stop in Vermont That Proved Miles Aren't Everything
A day 134 Appalachian Trail journal from Vermont: a coffee shop detour, an owl, a porcupine and a garden camps...
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Day 26 on Vermont's Long Trail: When the Thru-Hiking Doldrums Hit
Day 26 on Vermont's Long Trail: why thru-hikers hit the doldrums mid-hike, and how a zero day at Appalachian G...
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Lightning, Yellow Jackets and a 14er Detour: A Day on Colorado's Collegiate West Trail
A thru-hiker's brutal day on Colorado's Collegiate West: a 14er detour, yellow jacket stings, thunderstorms an...
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Arizona Trail: Why This 800-Mile Thru-Hike Keeps Calling Adventurers
The 800-mile Arizona Trail crosses deserts, forests and the Grand Canyon in six weeks — here's what to know ab...
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Almost There: A Thru-Hiker Waits Out the Rain for the Final Miles to the Canadian Border
Thru-hikers wait out rain and snow in Mazama, Washington, for the final push to the PCT's northern terminus at...
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Pennsylvania's Tiltrock Loop: A 300-Mile Thru-Hike Nobody Has Finished Yet
The new Tiltrock Loop is a 300-mile thru-hike circuit in Pennsylvania and Maryland — and no one has finished i...
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A Bowling Pin Named Penjamin Is Being Carried Up the Appalachian Trail by Strangers
A bowling pin called Penjamin is hitching a ride north on the Appalachian Trail, passed hiker to hiker toward...
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Trail Diary: Rolling into Snoqualmie Pass After Five Months on the Pacific Crest Trail
A PCT thru-hiker reaches Snoqualmie Pass after five months on the trail — brewery celebrations, fire closures...
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Finishing the Continental Divide Trail: Eight Days from East Glacier to the Waterton Border Obelisk
How the final eight days of the Continental Divide Trail look from East Glacier to the Waterton obelisk: passe...
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Three Weeks on the John Muir Trail: A Hiker's Honest Numbers, Gear Wins and Regrets
A 21-day John Muir Trail thru-hike debrief: real mileage, resupply strategy, gear that failed, Whitney tips an...
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Finished the Continental Divide Trail in 2026? Here's How to Get Your Summit Photo Featured
The Trek is collecting finish photos from 2026 Continental Divide Trail thru-hikers for its annual finisher se...
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