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The Appalachian Mountain Club’s Cold River Camp is a Volunteer Managed Facility located in Evan Notch on the east side of the White Mountain National Forest near the New Hampshire and Maine border. It’s also the best kept secret in the White Mountains if you want to stay in (affordable) private, rustic style cabins and go hiking or swimming every …

Most people don’t know how to use a compass to navigate and while it’s a very useful skill to have, you can get by without it if you have a good map and hike on well marked trails. Even then, you do want to develop your map reading skills, particularly those where you figure out your location on a topographic map, …

There are three things you should take away from this review of the new 24 ounce Sierra Design’s Backcountry Quilt: Sierra Designs has improved on the original quilt concept with a built-in hood that will appeal to backpackers and campers who’ve used mummy bags in the past but want to lighten up their gear. It’s a brilliant design innovation on many …

When I started my end-to-end hike of the Long Trail, I planned to avoid sleeping in shelters. This attitude is shared by many other backpackers, especially those who hike the Appalachian Trail, where shelters are often infested by mice and crowded with smelly, loud, and snoring backpackers. However, as I hiked north on the Long Trail, my attitude toward shelters …