Wilderness Times

Texas covers 268,000 square miles across distinct ecological regions from desert mountains in the west, canyon country in the Panhandle, granite domes and limestone hills in the center, and pine forest, coastal barrier islands, and subtropical wetland to the east and south. Few states pack that much terrain variation into a single set of borders, ...

On a clear day, the views reach all the way to Vancouver Island, and the alpine meadows go gold and purple in late July. You either understand immediately why people come back here, or you don't. Washington's hiking doesn't run on a single type of terrain. This guide covers seven trails across the state — ...

Montana doesn't ease you into its landscapes. With 25 million acres of public land and more trail miles than most people will cover in a lifetime, the state has a quiet habit of making everywhere else feel slightly ordinary afterward. The challenge isn't finding somewhere to hike. It's knowing which trails are actually worth the ...

Utah doesn't offer one kind of hiking experience. It offers a dozen, and none of them feel like anything else on earth. The state stretches from the alpine ridgelines of the Wasatch Front above Salt Lake City to the slot canyons and sandstone arches of the Colorado Plateau, with Zion's red walls, Bryce Canyon's hoodoos, ...

Tent Finder just got a major upgrade. Alongside the 5-question quiz, you can now have a full conversation with an AI assistant — ask anything in plain language and get expert recommendations drawn from our independently reviewed database of 350+ tents. When we launched Tent Finder earlier this year, the goal was simple: stop making ...