This New Mexico state park offers winding desert trails with views of the surrounding mountains, dotted with historic ...

At the time of year when the Oregon scenery seems to swim past our windshields (to borrow from Oregon’s own Ken Kesey), the ...

Big Bend's Lost Mine Trail is a classic for a reason. The Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend National Park was recently named one of the best trails in the world. It offers stunning views of the Chihuahuan ...

Lupe, my hiking Chihuahua, and I were finally ready to hit the High Desert hiking trails after a brief summer/fall hiatus. Our last attempt at summiting peaks in the Victor Valley was in late June ...

Let’s face it: Backpacking the challenging and often remote Oregon Desert Trail in southeastern Oregon may not make your list of things to do this year, or ever. The trail is an ambitious, 750-mile ...

Trail building is an art, and the process is far more complex than simply creating a traversable stretch of dirt. Items that must be considered include flow of drainage water, outlying rock formations ...

There are trails that make you work for views and those that give you the beauty right up front. The Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend National Park is of the latter variety. Just one mile into the 4.8-mile ...