🏃 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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Ridgway Reservoir Loop
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Ridgway Reservoir Loop

<p>The Ridgway Reservoir Loop delivers one of the most spectacular easy hikes in all of Colorado, circumnavigating the stunning blue waters of Ridgway Reservoir with a constant backdrop of San Juan Mo...

October 11, 2026
Fort Jefferson Moat Walk
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Fort Jefferson Moat Walk

<p>The Fort Jefferson Moat Walk circles the exterior base of the largest masonry fort in the Americas — a hexagonal citadel of 16 million bricks built between 1846 and 1875 that was never completed an...

October 11, 2026
Little Creek Loop
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Little Creek Loop

<p>The Little Creek Loop at Raven Rock State Park provides a gentle introduction to the Piedmont woodland and creek bottom habitat of this underappreciated park, following a small stream through a cov...

October 11, 2026
Pago Pago Harbor Coastal Road Bike
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Pago Pago Harbor Coastal Road Bike

<p>The coastal road encircling Pago Pago Harbor provides a flat, scenic cycling route through the heart of American Samoa that passes through fishing villages, open-air markets, the historic port area...

October 11, 2026
Timber Trail
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Timber Trail

<p>Timber Trail traces the western hogback ridge of Lory State Park, offering sweeping panoramas of the Fort Collins skyline and the entire northern Front Range from a moderately elevated perch above ...

October 9, 2026
Triple Lakes Trail
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Triple Lakes Trail

<p>Triple Lakes Trail is one of the longer maintained trails in Denali's entrance area, traversing boreal forest and tundra ridges to reach three small lakes in a high-elevation basin before descendin...

October 9, 2026

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