What Kind of Bear Are You? Take Our Quiz and Find Out. Answer a few quick questions and let Backpacker tell you which of the world's bear species most closely matches your personality.

Perhaps you would like to know what kind of bear you are? Let me and @backpacker-mag.bsky.social help you: www.backpacker.com/survival/bea...

22.05.2025 17:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Lawmakers Removed a 500,000-Acre Public Lands Sell-Off from the President’s Budget Bill: www.backpacker.com/news-and-eve...

22.05.2025 21:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“This hike is super chill.”
— you, 3 miles before rationing Sour Patch Kids and questioning every life decision

20.05.2025 19:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

“I’m Afraid People Will Die Because of This”: Rangers Sound the Alarm Over Mass Firings After the largest layoffs in the history of public lands and with the high season—and fire season—around the corner, park and forest rangers and other federal employees say they’re worried about what ...

Earlier this month, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) held a mass firing of probationary employees across the federal government.

We spoke to those who were directly affected.

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26.02.2025 20:20 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Hiker Rescue on Fire-Damaged Trail Sparks Warning from L.A.-Area Search and Rescue Team Altadena Mountain Rescue is urging hikers to stay out of closed areas after the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles—but says it's already preparing to rescue the ones who don't listen.

New from me: Altadena Mountain Rescue is urging hikers to stay out of closed areas after the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles—but says it's already preparing to rescue the ones who don't listen. www.backpacker.com/news-and-eve...

28.01.2025 21:20 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Canada Will No Longer Let Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hikers Cross its Border Northbound thru-hikers will have to backtrack to Harts Pass after Canada stops issuing permits allowing hikers to enter at the northern terminus.

For decades, most northbound Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers have ended their journeys by hiking 8 miles into Canada but that will no longer be an option. www.backpacker.com/news-and-eve...

30.01.2025 22:18 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Gear Backpacker’s Editors Loved in January 2025 Top-shelf winter layers, perfect backcountry powder skis, and a FOMO-inducing, trip-generating collection of travel inspo: This is the gear that got our editors outside this month.

Top-shelf winter layers, perfect backcountry powder skis, and a FOMO-inducing, trip-generating collection of travel inspo: This is the gear that got our editors outside this month. www.backpacker.com/gear/the-gea...

30.01.2025 22:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A "Once-in-a-Century" Storm Covered the Florida Trail in Snow Florida Trail hikers along the Panhandle woke up to inches of snow thanks to record-breaking Winter Storm Enzo.

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30.01.2025 22:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0