Firefighters carry exhausted hiker down Pack Monadnock
Firefighters carried an exhausted hiker to safety after she was unable to complete her descent of Pack Monadnock late Saturday,...
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Ultrarunner Scott Jurek seeks Appalachian Trail record
Some people plan to hike the Appalachian Trail after they retire. Legendary ultrarunner Scott Jurek is hoping to...
A look at the history of rattlesnakes in the Berkshires
While rattlesnakes are still occasionally seen in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts – including in 2012 when a...
Hiker found dead in Adirondack High Peaks
An interior caretaker with the state Department of Environmental Conservation found the body of a missing hiker Sunday...
Hiker falls at CT’s Sleeping Giant State Park
Details are scarce after a hiker suffered a fall at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, Connecticut on...
Hiker stranded in severe weather in Vermont
Vermont state police and a Vermont park ranger helped rescue a hiker who was stranded in severe weather...
Injured hikers, lost paddlers & stranded climbers keep ADK rangers busy
The following is a New York Department of Environmental Conservation report of search and rescue incidents in the...
Hiker gets trapped on ledge on Mount Washington
Straying off one of the most difficult summer routes on the entire White Mountain National Forest, a Massachusetts...
Vermont docs issue prescriptions to visit state parks
On Tuesday, we ran an article on doctors in Maine handing out more than 13,000 free passes to...
Would a national park endanger Maine’s Baxter State Park?
A few years ago, I was talking with a hardcore hiker and lifelong resident of Maine who surprised...