Hiking News

ELM is heading into the hills again for their popular women's summer hiking series! Starting Tuesday, July 7th this 8-week hiking clinic will get participants ready for a summer of great hiking.

While hiking along a cliff in May, Matt Walker fell; a single bush stopped him from pitching down a sheer drop.

Hikers will now have better access to two tracts in the White Springs area owned by the Suwannee River Water Management District.

A teenager reported missing on Mount McGinnis has been found dead. Megan Peters, spokeswoman for the Alaska State Troopers, says the body of the 16-year-old boy was discovered late Wednesday, but retrieval efforts were put off until Thursday because of poor weather on the 4,228-foot mountain.

Summer is here and everyone is planning their summer camping trips with some fun hikes in the great outdoors.

My son sent a single postcard home his first time at sleep-away camp. 'Send a juggling ball and fun toys,' was just about all it said.

Are you as upset as I am over Gov. Sanford's alibi for his affair? I really don't care about his sex life; that's between him and his close ones.

An aerial tramway company in eastern Switzerland is advertising its Alpine rides with a new scenic attraction: there's a chance you might see a naked hiker.

After spending all this time in the woods and getting from it only a strange foot fungus and a rash that can best be described as uncomfortable, I sat on a moist thinking rock the other day and thought hard about what I have gained mentally from the trail thus far.

Continuing its state-based naming for its latest generation products, Garmin has introduced a new handheld hiking GPS line today called Dakota.

Madera County sheriff's deputies are searching for a 16-year-old San Diego girl missing since Thursday morning.

A A National spectacles Nearly 400 national parks can be found all across America, and feature breathtaking vistas, rock formations millions of years old, and more.

In this April 3, 2009 file photo, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford fields questions during a news conference in Columbia, S.C. Sanford's wife Jenny said, Monday, June 22, 2009, she did not know the location of the two-term Republican chief executive.

Rangers on Saturday set out looking for a 22-year-old Everett man who didn't return from a hiking trip in the North Cascades National Park, said Kerry Olson with the park.

A lost boy's granola bar wrapper, pieces of his jacket tied to trees and his black backpack helped searchers find him after a night in the forest.

Prepare to cover your eyes today as nudist across the country plan to shed their clothes for a naked hike.

Sunday, the first full day of summer, is the longest day of the year, which inspires the question: "How much fun can you have with 15 hours, 56 minutes of daylight?" To get a rough idea, we grabbed our boots, bikes, fishing poles, snow shoes, etc., and headed out June 8, the 26th longest day of the year with 15 hours, 50 minutes of daylight.

Every year on the first day of summer, a few outdoor enthusiasts nationwide expose virtually all of themselves to insects, scrapes and thorns for the pleasure of bonding with nature au naturel.They call it Naked Hiking Day."There's no way to explain it until you experience it," said Andrew Williams, 28, a machinist from Warren, Pa., who first hiked ...

No roughing it allowed: Lunch is set up on the patio at Paradise Lodge. Food, beds and showers are provided on the hikes.

A severed foot was found inside a hiking boot earlier this month at a construction site in Kitsap County, Washington.