As the founding editor of America's first major hiking magazine and a cofounder of the American Hiking Society, Kemsley, who ...

Three great things about hiking in a national park: fresh air and your own two feet. Now a new book from Backpacker magazine can guide you to finding the best trails. “Backpacker: The National Parks ...

For more than seven decades, Kemsley dedicated himself to helping people experience that connection. As the founder of ...

I was dismayed when I read Backpacker magazine recently. I worked for the National Park Service for eight years, and I’ve been a guide in Yellowstone National Park. I know there are some places we can ...

As longtime fans of HCN, we were deeply disappointed by the unprofessional reporting and inflammatory tone of Sean Neilson’s “Writers on the Range” column in the Aug. 2 issue. Neilson grossly ...

Magazines like Backpacker have been a part of my identity since college. I started writing for that one in particular during my junior year. Then, I built a freelance writing career with it at the ...

FREE travel and lifestyle magazine Backpacker celebrated its first birthday last month and publisher and managing editor Michael Collins has big plans for the future. Backpacker, Collins told the ...