A 7-mile stretch of New York's Long Path will be permanently protected thanks to a new land acquisition by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference.
The NYNJ...
New Hampshire officials are warning hikers about winter conditions in the White Mountains after rescuing a group of hiker on Carter Dome Sunday.
A group of h...
Forest rangers in New York rescued an overturned kayaker who was struggling in the water on Long Lake on Saturday.
At 10:28 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, New...
The body of an unidentified hiker was found atop Mount Katahdin on Thursday, the second hiker to die on Maine's tallest mountain in as many days.
According t...
A longtime Massachusetts journalist died this week from injuries sustained in a 50-foot fall on Maine's Mount Katahdin.
The man, Donald MacGillis, 75, of Pit...
It might be mid-July, but snow-related dangers are still very real on Mount Washington's Tuckerman Ravine.
Authorities say a hiker is lucky to be alive after...
Rescue crews carried an injured hiker over more than two miles of rugged terrain down New Hampshire's Mount Osceola on Sunday.
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Sunday...
New Hampshire Fish and Game officers say that a group of fatigued and dehydrated hikers who had to be rescued yesterday were woefully unprepared for hiking.
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Baxter State Park officials have outlined plans for a phased reopening of the Maine park over the next few weeks.
Beginning next week, on June 15, park offic...
Two hikers may need to pay the cost of being rescued after getting stranded without a map, compass or light source while hiking in New Hampshire yesterday.
S...
New Hampshire officials are warning hikers that snowy, icy conditions persist in the White Mountains after they rescued an injured hiker yesterday.
On Saturd...
New York officials are asking hikers to temporarily avoid trails in the Adirondack High Peaks because of muddy conditions.
Yesterday, New York Department of ...
New York's popular Eternal Flame Trail is closed until further notice after two people had to be rescued there on Saturday.
Officials said the 0.7-mile trail...
New York Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers conducted several rescues of lost or injured hikers last week, including several unprepared hik...
We love the wilderness. We love it’s fresh air. We love it’s beauty. We love the smell of the forest, and the sense of solitude it gives us.
But one thing w...
