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One possibility is to look into doing some volunteer work in a National Park or other park or organization. You will get outdoors experience and, more important, get connected with people who have a …

In decades of hiking and backpacking in the Sierra and Colorado Rockies, I have seen only six species of large mammals: black bear, coyote, moose, big horn sheep, elk and deer. … If I had been hiking a century ago in the Sierra and Colorado Rockies, what other large mammals would I have been likely to see? Even then, the grizzly would have been rare in those two areas. …

But if your laces slip out and dangle while hiking, especially off-trail, you might not notice, and you could take an uncomfortable fall, and a fall far from help if you need it. … So if you want the unlaced cool look while hiking, I recommend that you remove the laces from your shoes or boots. …

I am interpreting the question broadly as how to kill ticks on hiking and gardening clothes, not just the efficacy of microwaving them. …

I revisited this question while tracking down something else. (I'm not sure how I got here when I was looking at your recent caterpillar question, but mysterious are the ways of the moving finger on …

Layering and wicking. Back to layering and wicking in a minute, but first note that 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) isn't really all that high compared to what you are aiming for, which is above 5,500 met …

You can, with religious effort, take years off your effective "hiking age", provided you do not have underlying health issues. …

Many hikers are already listening to music -- the symphony of the nearby running stream, the distant percussion of waterfalls, the complex melody of many birds, the almost, but not quite, inaudible ba …

My last trip was just a hiking trip, so I stayed at a hotel. For $35, the hotel offered 20 min at their "oxygen bar". I was tempted, but did not succumb. …

It is understandable why it is tiring to walk faster than one's normal pace in order to keep up with someone younger and/or fitter than oneself. Simple physics: one is exerting more energy per unit t …

We were hiking in Colorado a couple of weeks ago (i.e., mid-June). One day, I took Trail A and my husband took Trail B. As he rounded a bend, he saw a moose on the trail about 50 feet away. …

Much of my hiking has been done in the Sierra, especially Yosemite, where waterfalls and cascades of every size abound. …

I've seen people on multi-day hikes with a llama, and the llama seems docile and easily led. It seems too good to be true. I would never go out with a mule or a horse on my own. If my husband and I …

I agree with the answers that recommend notifying the managers of the land. In addition, if the area is served by a packer, I would notify the packer. The packer might be able to take the trash out i …

Can you absolutely rule out rain? If not, you need some sort of shelter, even if just a plastic tarp. And some warm clothes. Rainy, no tent, temps near freezing (even significantly above freezing) …