Hiking
Trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa speaks during an interview with The Associate Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, June 7, 2021. Most Sherpa guides in Nepal famed for the climbing skills have had little or no work guiding foreign trekkers on Nepal's mountains because of the pandemic but trekking guide Ang Phurba Sherpa is spending his savings to help fellow guides and workers who are struggling for their livelihood. (AP Photos/Bikram Rai)
Sherpa guide uses savings to help colleagues during pandemic

By Binaj Gurubacharya Jun. 14, 2021 09:05 PM EDT

New hiking trail app designed to help avoid crowded trails

Jun. 14, 2021 08:57 AM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Hiking season is underway in the Pacific Northwest and there’s a new app for outdoor enthusiasts looking to explore some of Washington State’s...

Search and rescue calls on the rise in Utah's outdoors

Jun. 01, 2021 05:22 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Search and rescue calls are on the rise this spring along the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake County Search and Rescue...

Visitors to White Mountains offered safety, packing tips

May. 29, 2021 09:33 AM EDT
CAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — Visitors to the White Mountain National Forest this Memorial Day weekend are being encouraged to check the weather, stay safe, and pack...

Sidney Gleason, right, and Joe Gorsuch, both of Syracuse, take a selfie with Lower Ausable Lake in the background, while taking a break at Indian Head summit inside the Adirondack Mountain Reserve, Saturday, May 15, 2021, near St. Huberts, N.Y. A free reservation system went online recently to control growing number of visitors packing the parking lot and tramping on the trails through the private land of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve. The increasingly common requirements, in effect from Maui to Maine, offer a trade-off to visitors, sacrificing spontaneity and ease of access for benefits like guaranteed parking spots and more elbow room in the woods. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Party of 4? Your trail is ready. Busy parks try reservations

By Michael Hill May. 28, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

A stranded Spanish national shows his papers as he arrives to board a repatriation flight arranged by their government at Kathmandu airport, Nepal, Friday, May 21, 2021,. The flight to Madrid took 96 people who have been stranded in Nepal since the country went on lockdown in April to curb the spiking COVID-19 cases. The plane also brought to Nepal medical aid and equipment worth 1 million Euro ($1.2 million) gifted by the Spanish government as Nepal struggles with highest daily new cases and highest daily deaths this month. (AP Photo/Binaj Gurubacharya)
Repatriation flight rescues stranded Spaniards from Nepal

By Binaj Gurubacharya May. 21, 2021 12:56 AM EDT

Kevin Fisher, of Quincy, Mass., left, receives his second shot of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from RN Katherine Francisco, of Avon, Mass., right, at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. A month after every adult in the U.S. became eligible for the vaccine, a distinct geographic pattern has emerged: The highest vaccination rates are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest ones are mostly in the South. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
The Latest: Flight repatriates stranded Spaniards from Nepal

By The Associated Press May. 20, 2021 04:00 AM EDT

Man accused of lying about large group hike at Grand Canyon

May. 06, 2021 07:50 PM EDT
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Washington state man is accused of defying federal regulations that limit the number of people who can hike rim-to-rim at Grand...

A salesperson helps a customer shopping for Bean Boots at the L.L. Bean flagship retail store, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Freeport, Maine. Maine-based retailer L.L. Bean saw the best sales in nearly a decade during pandemic. Officials say the Freeport-based retailer started its fiscal year with store closings and worries about survival but the company weathered the turbulent times to revenue growth of 5%. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
L.L. Bean sees sales boom amid pandemic's push to outdoors

By David Sharp Mar. 19, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

FILE - Erin Jaske and Scott Sandridge cross country ski across the Manette bridge in Bremerton, Wash., on a snowy day, in this Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, file photo. During the pandemic, people around the world sought relief from lock downs and working from home in leisure sports. (Meegan M. Reid/Kitsap Sun via AP, File)/Kitsap Sun via AP
Call of the wild: Great outdoors is great escape in pandemic

By Pat Graham And Tales Azzoni Mar. 13, 2021 12:58 PM EST

Kentucky State Park campgrounds to reopen March 12

Mar. 02, 2021 04:26 AM EST
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Parks are preparing to open campgrounds across the state this month. Campsites at 30 parks will be...

Army Corps delays some fee hikes at Nashville district lakes

Feb. 18, 2021 04:22 AM EST
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is holding off for now on fee hikes at some facilities at five lakes in its Nashville district...

Hiking permits to be required for Oregon's central Cascades

Feb. 13, 2021 11:10 AM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new permitting system for hikers and backpackers in Oregon’s central Cascade Mountains will be implemented this year. ...

Outdoor recreation highlighted in Kentucky visitor's guide

Jan. 15, 2021 08:14 AM EST
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Official Kentucky Visitor's Guide for 2021 highlights outdoor recreation opportunities for travelers in response to the coronavirus...

Vermonters encouraged to start the new year with a hike

Jan. 01, 2021 10:11 AM EST
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation is encouraging Vermonters to celebrate the new year with a first day hike. ...

First Day Hike tradition continues, with virus precautions

Jan. 01, 2021 09:56 AM EST
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The First Day Hike tradition is continuing in Rhode Island for 2021, but with several changes because of the coronavirus pandemic,...

Delaware closing nature centers at state parks

Dec. 12, 2020 11:52 AM EST
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is closing all nature centers within Delaware State Parks to limit...

Police: man spit at hikers claiming he had COVID-19

Nov. 21, 2020 11:15 AM EST
ASHBURNHAM, Mass. (AP) — Police in a central Massachusetts town are asking the public's help in identifying a hiker who claimed he had COVID as he spit at two...

A Nepalese mountain guide uses his phone at the Seven Summit trekking agency in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Nepal has reopened its peaks and trails for foreign adventurers in hopes of providing much needed income for hundreds of thousands of guides, porters and workers who have been unemployed for months because of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Facing pandemic economic woes, Nepal reopens to adventurers

By Binaj Gurubacharya Nov. 03, 2020 12:00 AM EST

Artist Rob Mullen shows one of the paintings he painted during his month-long hike on Vermont's Long Trail, the country's oldest long distance trail, in Manchester, Vt., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. Mullen, a wildlife and wilderness artist, was nearing the end of his 272-mile journey down the length of Vermont, and painting sights along the way. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Artist hikes length of Vermont, painting along the way

By Lisa Rathke Oct. 17, 2020 06:01 AM EDT