A good trip partner is hard to come by. This was my realization after I moved to a new state and suddenly found my hiking calendar pretty lonely. Though I’d managed to build a social circle in my new ...

Tempted to delay your Friday afternoon departure because a few office friends are going to happy hour? You won’t if another friend–or 20–is waiting at the trailhead. Peer pressure is undoubtedly part ...

Lots of hikers escape to the woods for peace. Serenity. Solitude. The 4,800 hikers who make up the Westchester Hiking Meetup Group are not among them. “The thing that is really nice about meetups is ...

ASHEVILLE - There's no reason to be alone in the outdoors. People pick up from cities to move to the Western North Carolina mountains, sometimes on hearsay, sometimes only visiting once, and want to ...

On a warm, sunny Sunday morning, a hiking group gathers in the parking lot of Saratoga’s Sanborn County Park. Folks are decked out in hats, backpacks and hiking boots. Some carry poles, others water ...

Spending time in nature is rewarding for all sorts of reasons. But for hikers like Karinn Kelley-Bateman of Reno, it’s even more rewarding when there are other people along for the journey. It ...