“Hiking rewards the prepared,” said Megan Spatz, communications coordinator for the Sierra Club’s Angeles chapter. When Spatz slipped while hiking alone up a hill in a state park in ...

When hiking alone, you’re the master of your own destiny, free to take on what you will and alter your objectives with a moment’s notice. No one hurries you and no one holds you back.

Fein loved hiking in the Lake County Forest Preserves, but felt uneasy hiking alone and decided to create a group of like-minded individuals with a love of outdoors.

Patricia Kenning, of Northward, takes a few minutes to sit quietly in a “sit spot” while taking part in a Women of the Woods hike at the Highlawn Forest in Middletown, Sunday, May 7, 2023.

First-of-its-kind hiking permit may be required in Colorado’s gorgeous Blue Lakes The U.S. Forest Service says increased visitation in recent years has caused damage to the environment ...