When you hear the call of the wild and make plans to venture into nature for a day of hiking, make sure you take the right backpack with you to carry the water, snacks, raincoat and other essentials ...

If you hike regularly or have an upcoming multiday excursion planned, you can’t rely on any old backpack to see you through your adventures. You need a dedicated hiking pack made with rugged materials ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. The results of these studies are ...

Backpacking is a great way to get off the grid, hone your survival skills, observe wilderness at its most wild, and perhaps best of all, drop crowds. But spending even a single night outdoors, far ...