Nov. 30—OK, Pachaug State Forest may not exactly be "wilderness" — but this 28,804-acre swath of woodlands, lakes and rivers, where I set out on a solo hike the day after Thanksgiving, does comprise ...

Since 2012, I have walked almost 3,000 miles on Marin County’s open space trails, the trails at Point Reyes National Seashore and the Bay Area Ridge Trail. My walks are mostly solitary, although I ...

Two biologists were collecting water samples in the San Antonio Reservoir when they heard a noise, which turned out to be missing hiker Alex Stecher Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at ...

TUOLUMNE COUNTY – Authorities say they have called off the search for a California man who was last believed to be hiking in the Emigrant Wilderness. Michael Moore, 71, was last seen on Aug. 16, ...

A 10-year-old girl returned home safely this week after braving a cold night alone in the dense wilderness of Washington state. Shughla Mashwani, of Federal Way, Wa. was found with only minor scrapes ...

An elderly hiker survived nearly 10 days alone in the Idaho wilderness during a trip that was intended to last only half that time. The Custer County Sheriff's Office announced earlier this week that ...

Endurance athlete Fred Zalokar was hiking off-trail in Yosemite National Park. Ultramarathon runner Philip Kreycik was out for a trail run in Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park. Outdoorsman James ...

TUOLUMNE COUNTY – A search is on for a man who went hiking into the Emigrant Wilderness in the California Sierra Nevada over the weekend and hasn't been seen since. The Tuolumne County Sheriff's ...