Those planning to spend anytime in the outdoors should consider the needs for safety while hiking on unfamiliar trails. There is a great deal of difference in helping someone with a broken arm or deep cut at home than providing wilderness first aid for all the potential dangers present. Groups planning to head into the [...]

If you are an avid hiker you should know about one of the most scenic trails in the United States; the Superior Hiking Trail. These trails have been labeled as having the “Best Signage,” and Backpacker Magazine voted them “Best Trail/Camp/Shelter conditions.”
If this hasn’t sparked your interest yet, maybe knowing you will travel through seven [...]

For many, the kayak, or the hunter’s boat as was called 4,000 years ago, has traditionally been used for fishing in the artic waters. Made famous by Eskimos and fishermen in Alaska, it is now used in many areas of the world for fishing as well as for sport. Many use a wilderness kayak in [...]

Are you an avid outdoorsman?  Perhaps you enjoy hiking, fishing, or camping—or maybe you like all of these activities.  If this is the case, wilderness training could be of immense benefit to your health and safety.
What many nature-lovers fail to consider when they’re climbing up the side of a cliff or diving to the depths [...]

Adventuring in the great outdoors is always a great deal of fun. If it wasn’t, the sporting goods stores wouldn’t be filled with all those outdoor products for those who enjoy spending time on hiking trails, mountain climbing, kayaking, etc.
While these are incredibly fun hobbies to take part in they are also hobbies that have [...]

Some people are into wilderness living merely in theory.  Some people go camping periodically.  Then, there are some who have wilderness living thrust upon them.  When I refer to wilderness living, I mean actually living without utilities or plumbing 365 days of the year.  You get used to it.  If you let yourself relax and [...]

The wilderness, according to Walt Disney, is a place where the animals talk and the trees can grab you when you aren’t looking.  So the first obvious thing you want to do when you find yourself in the wilderness is to ask the animals to yell when the trees are going to grab you.  Make [...]

If you find the strong desire to go hiking into the wilderness you will need to take with you some wilderness survival equipment because everyone that is silly enough to wander into the wilderness eventually needs wilderness survival equipment.  For the purposes of this discussion when we talk about wilderness survival equipment, we are dealing [...]

Fall bass fishing is a time honored tradition in our neck of the woods. You can expect great things from your stream when the leaves turn gold, orange, and crimson. That chill nips at your skin when the sun dips below the horizon. And harvest season fills your plate with the finest vegetables and wine [...]

If you are an avid hiker, or even a casual hiker that likes to get out into the great outdoors once in a while, then you have to go hiking in Colorado.  Obviously, the main reason to check out hiking in Colorado is the scenery offered by the Rocky Mountains but descriptions of that scenery [...]