What is a switchback in hiking? If you've been hitting the trails for a while, you'll have undoubtedly ascended or descended switchbacks at some point in order to overcome a particularly steep section ...

I am in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the hiking capital of Central Asia, and I walk untethered. Nestled in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges, the country is geographically isolated from the ...

For Ansen Antony, a former software engineer turned commercial photographer, hiking through this region in Ladakh—a cold desert in India’s northern frontier—was never a possibility until ...

The outing was organized by a local hiking club called Lets Drift.Credit...Rolf Potts Supported by By Rolf Potts By the time we reached the third waterfall on the Kahunira trail, my wife ...

16 do’s and don’ts, according to a travel writer with 30 years of hiking experience.

You know what can really ruin that gorgeous view of El Capitan? A twisted ankle. Good hiking shoes will help protect your feet from injuries on the trail and just increase your endurance in general.