🏃 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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🥾 Hiking

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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Running

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

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Heron Pond Loop
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Heron Pond Loop

<p>Heron Pond Loop circles the quiet ponds and wetland marshes in the interior of Chatfield State Park, offering some of the finest urban birding in the Denver region with over 200 bird species record...

October 25, 2026
Walker Lake Approach Trek
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Walker Lake Approach Trek

<p>Walker Lake is one of the most beautiful alpine lakes in Alaska — a deep, glacier-carved lake in a dramatic cirque basin in the southern Brooks Range, accessible only by floatplane from Bettles or ...

October 25, 2026
South Rim Loop via Boot Canyon
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South Rim Loop via Boot Canyon

<p>The South Rim Loop via Boot Canyon is the premier day hike in Big Bend National Park and one of the finest in Texas, gaining 2,200 feet from the Chisos Basin floor to the 7,400-foot South Rim where...

October 25, 2026
South Platte River Trail
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South Platte River Trail

<p>South Platte River Trail winds through the heart of Chatfield State Park, the most visited state park in Colorado, tracing the banks of the South Platte River through a lush cottonwood riparian cor...

October 23, 2026
Frigid Crags Base Route
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Frigid Crags Base Route

<p>Gates of the Arctic National Park has no roads, no maintained trails, no visitor facilities in the backcountry, and no cell service. Frigid Crags is one of the two dramatic limestone peaks — along ...

October 23, 2026
Badlands Loop Road Cycling
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Badlands Loop Road Cycling

<p>Badlands Loop Road is one of the most dramatic bike rides in the national park system, circling through 30 miles of otherworldly badlands landscape on a paved road with wide shoulders and virtually...

October 23, 2026

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