Solo hiking is common across upstate New York. Here's why hikers do it, when it's safe and how to manage the risks.

What’s better, hiking alone or with other people? “Depends how many bears are involved,” is one quip. Perhaps it depends on what kind of person you are. Hiking solo is a markedly different experience ...

If you're already used to planning hikes or running routes, this guide will make planning your first solo trip a breeze.

There are organizations that will tell you never to go out in the backcountry alone, under any circumstances. But most of us who volunteer with a backcountry search and rescue team would tell you it’s ...

I was hiking alone in Boulder this past spring when a man came toward me on the trail, a jagged, baseball-sized rock in each hand. He was in his sixties, I guessed, the same age as me, and he wore ...

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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- As she hiked the ridgeline, beginning to see the next peak on the trail ahead of her, the clouds began to grow darker. Starting out the day she knew there might be ...