While many people dread the arrival of Autumn, I can’t wait. The crisp air and golden trails make it the perfect season for long hikes, but with the changing weather, a reliable waterproof jacket ...

Let’s face it; buying a hiking jacket is unnecessarily complicated. Softshells, puffer jackets, hybrid hoodies, rain jackets, fleece sweaters, wind shells, mid-layers, hardshells — how many of these ...

It's starting to get hot throughout much of the country, so we've had to take matters into our own hands: We've started raking through our closets to find clothing lightweight enough to comfortably ...

If you've bought a waterproof jacket for hiking in the last few decades, you'll expect it to have at least two layers (a face fabric and waterproof membrane, usually Gore-Tex) and to be lightweight, ...

Day hikes are an excellent alternative to trail runs, either on cross-training days or as a leisure activity on rest days. Hikes can also double as beta-gathering sessions for future trail runs, and ...

In all honesty, when I first got it, I wasn’t overly taken with the look of the Wyldwood Waterproof Hiking Shell from Columbia’s OutDry Extreme range – mainly (actually, entirely) because of the ...

Do you condition for longer hikes? There are different schools of thought about the practice. Some folks say the best training for hiking is simply hiking; others believe that weight training and ...

Hiking can be surprisingly challenging, especially for those not used to the physical exertion. Add in the extreme heat this summer has brought to many parts of the country, and inexperienced hikers ...

Have you ever met anyone who regretted taking a good, hard day hike? Me neither. There’s something special about moderately paced movement through nature that leaves one feeling refreshed, renewed, ...