According to studies done by outdoorindustry.org, family camping is the most popular type of camping there is.  Just about 91% of campers have children that they bring along with them. The...

If you're like me, you don't have many months of winter weather fun to enjoy.  This makes the debate between whether or not to snowshoe or cross country ski an important one. So, what should you...

You've probably seen videos of instant tents going up and wondered how something so easy to put up could possibly be good for camping.  After all, the other tents take a lot more work to put up and...

Ask anyone who's ever backpacked or even considered backpacking and they probably have an opinion on base weight.  Some think it needs to be ultralight, others think they need to carry everything...

We all know the usual camping safety tips like keeping our food away from bears and doing tick checks but what about the less obvious dangers? In this post, I'll give you 10 camping safety tips...

If you're new to hiking, you might be wondering what the difference between thru-hiking and backpacking is. Thru-hiking is the act of backpacking the entire length of a trail from start to...