Updates Coming for New Hampshire’s High-Traffic Franconia Ridge Loop Trail
The Franconia Ridge Loop Trail, hiked by an estimated 1,000 people a day in peak season, will get much-needed work to handle that high use and climate change.
What I’ll Be Wearing on the Trail This Spring
My spring clothing setup gives me the freedom to adjust to any temperature.
REI New York Store Workers Vote to Join a Union
REI workers at the outdoor retailer’s Manhattan store voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to form a union, creating the first union workforce at the company’s more than 160 stores nationwide. Eighty-six percent of the store’s more than 100 workers voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to Read more…
Maggie’s Arizona Trail Gear List
Maggie is hitting the Arizona Trail next month. Here’s the gear she’ll take on this 800-mile desert hike (or, as long as she makes it before she has to fly home for a wedding)
My Experience with DIY Gear Making
I made a DIY Dyneema Backpacking Tarp Shelter and here is how it went
Discover California’s Lost Sierra on a New 600-Mile Trail
In the coming years, the Lost Sierra Route will be a 600-mile multi-use trail connecting California mountain towns in the Lost Sierra.
Help Support BPR’s 2022 Trail Profiles
We are raising funds for our first six trail profiles of the year. To keep the site running and publish content, we need to raise $1000. Here’s how to help
Top 10 BPR Posts From the Past Year-Ish
We published dozens of trail profiles, news updates, essays, advice, and trail roundups, and these were yours (and sometimes our) favorites.
How the Connecticut-to-Canada Hiking Route Came Together
A network of connecting trails creates a 500-mile route from the Connecticut shore to the New Hampshire-Canada border
Interview with Two North Country Trail Thru-Hikers
An interview with two North Country Trail thru-hikers about their 4,833 mile experience in 2021, along with the experience of running a company while hiking 30 miles a day.