🏃 Running

Best GPS Watches for Trail Running in 2026: Our Top Picks

A good GPS watch tracks your runs, handles navigation, and survives the abuse of trail running without demanding to be charged every two days. We tested the top contenders for 2026.

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🎒 Gear

I Built a Free App for Runners, Hikers, and Cyclists — Here's What's in It

After years of wishing I had a better toolkit on the trail, I built one. 15 free offline tools for runners, hikers, and cyclists — no account, no signal required.

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🥾 Hiking

Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Camping

Everything you need for your first night under the stars — gear, food, campfire skills, and the one mistake I made that you won't.

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Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Hiking

want to tell you about my first real hike, because it's instructive in the worst possible way. It was a Saturday morning in late spring. A friend had suggested we do a "short hike" in the mountains — maybe five miles, nothing crazy, bring some water. I wore khaki pants.

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🚵 Biking

Mountain Biking for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know

Ready to start mountain biking? This complete beginner's guide covers bike types, essential gear, fundamental skills, trail etiquette, fitness, and how to progress from your first ride to your first technical trail.

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Hiking

From weekend day hikes to epic multi-day treks, we cover the best hiking trails across all 50 states.

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Biking

Mountain biking, road cycling, and bikepacking routes reviewed and rated by real riders.

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Trail running routes, race guides, and training tips for every pace and distance.

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Browns Canyon National Monument Trail
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Browns Canyon National Monument Trail

<p>Browns Canyon National Monument Trail ventures into the heart of Colorados newest national monument, a stunning granite canyon carved by the Arkansas River through billion-year-old Precambrian rock...

October 29, 2026
Riverfront Trail
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Riverfront Trail

<p>The Riverfront Trail at Gateway Arch National Park follows the west bank of the Mississippi River directly beneath the arch's iconic steel legs, providing the most intimate ground-level view of the...

October 29, 2026
Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive Cycling
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Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive Cycling

<p>The Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive from the main park road junction to Santa Elena Canyon is one of the most spectacular paved road cycling routes in any national park, descending through the western po...

October 29, 2026
Dam Rim Trail
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Dam Rim Trail

<p>Dam Rim Trail follows the top of Chatfield Dam and the surrounding earthwork rim, delivering an unexpected combination of Front Range mountain panoramas and Denver skyline views that few flat trail...

October 27, 2026
Alatna River Float and Tundra Walk
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Alatna River Float and Tundra Walk

<p>The Alatna River valley in the southern Brooks Range portion of Gates of the Arctic offers some of the most accessible backcountry in the park — "accessible" being entirely relative in a wilderness...

October 27, 2026
Boquillas Canyon Trail
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Boquillas Canyon Trail

<p>Boquillas Canyon Trail leads to the entrance of the longest canyon in Big Bend National Park, where the Rio Grande cuts through the Sierra del Carmen limestone range in a gorge that reaches 1,500 f...

October 27, 2026

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