In the many years Ken Duell has been backpacking, he’s developed some suggestions less-experienced hikers may want to consider. He carries only lightweight gear, which unfortunately carries a heavier ...

As of 2025, the United States boasts 63 national parks, ranging from the perpetually popular Great Smoky Mountains to Alaska's remote and sparsely visited Gates of the Arctic. While each American ...

Ken Duell set out to hike every trail in Yellowstone National Park nearly three decades ago. As 2022 came to a close, he finally completed that journey. It took him 25 years, and throughout his trek, ...

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Despite trekking through ground blizzards, navigating carefully around a surrounded grizzly sow and cub and even after suffering a dislocated shoulder in the backcountry, Ken Duell managed to hike ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Despite trekking through ground blizzards, navigating carefully around a surrounded grizzly sow ...