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The Forest Service Is Losing 2,400 Jobs–Including Most of Its Trail Workers (backpacker.com)
259 points by iancmceachern 4 days ago | past | 285 comments
Medical student's apparent celiac disease responded to giardiasis treatment (backpacker.com)
232 points by BostonFern 11 days ago | past | 127 comments
Watching "Grizzly Man" with a bear biologist (backpacker.com)
141 points by cainxinth 3 months ago | past | 139 comments
Everything You Know About Lightning Safety in the Backcountry Is Wrong (backpacker.com)
3 points by lehi 4 months ago | past | 1 comment
[flagged] Everything Hikers Know About Lightning Safety Is Wrong (backpacker.com)
20 points by Stratoscope 6 months ago | past | 7 comments
One Year In, It's Clear the iPhone's Satellite SOS Feature Is Saving Lives (backpacker.com)
4 points by MBCook 10 months ago | past | 1 comment
A hiker is lucky to be alive after following a fake trail on Google Maps (backpacker.com)
45 points by Jimmc414 11 months ago | past | 34 comments
Hikers Are Banned from the Superbloom in this California Town (backpacker.com)
22 points by thibautg on May 14, 2023 | past | 13 comments
A Lost Hiker’s SOS Signal Sparked a Wildfire. Now He Must Pay $300k (backpacker.com)
97 points by xrayarx on Feb 22, 2023 | past | 286 comments
Down on Hiking? You Might Be Burned Out (backpacker.com)
1 point by xrayarx on Dec 4, 2022 | past
The Scientist Family Hiking America's Most Remote Spots (backpacker.com)
1 point by onemoresoop on June 9, 2019 | past
How to Read a Topo Map (backpacker.com)
3 points by onemoresoop on June 8, 2019 | past | 2 comments
David Tamowski, 58, was lost in the New Zealand bush for 10 days in April 2015 (backpacker.com)
3 points by curtis on Nov 11, 2018 | past
Meet Otis, the Fattest Bear – Backpacker (backpacker.com)
1 point by Dowwie on Oct 20, 2017 | past

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