The Backpacker's Field Manual is a comprehensive guide to backpacking skills and equipment by the director of one of the country's most respected college outdoor programs. Advanced and novice ...

I hate mosquitos. Like, really hate them. I don’t know if it’s my genetics or my propensity for sweating, but I can rarely walk out of the woods without a million bites covering my body. I’ll watch my ...

CEBU, Philippines—Today’s economy doesn’t offer the incentives to workers that previous generations took for granted. Give it your “all,” and there’s still no guarantee that you’ll end up in stable ...

One of my favorite parts of a backpacking trip is the food: It just hits different after a full day of hiking. As a previous backpacking guide who cooked for up to ten guests at a time, I love making ...

It’s officially spring, but between Backpacker‘s editors, it feels like we’ve experienced all four seasons in the past four weeks. We’ve hiked under highs in the upper 80s, skied through blizzards, ...

At the eleventh hour, and after a protracted saga beginning with the May 2015 federal budget, the furore over the backpacker tax has finally ended. Despite the federal government initially proposing a ...