COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — There is a place for outdoorsy women, or those looking to try it, in Columbus. The Women’s Initiative for Learning and Discovery (WILD) offers women’s-only backpacking trips, ...

When I flew to Alaska in July for an all-women backpacking trip, I wasn’t feeling my most confident, centered, or fit. I wasn’t entirely sure I still liked hiking. Or going places, or doing things, or ...

A few weeks into a medical school project in Bethel, Alaska, Eric Weiss, MD, got a call in the middle of the night from Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. Eric Weiss, MD The caller, a Native American ...

In her new book, the historian Tiya Miles shows how formative outdoor experiences helped diverse women — from Harriet Tubman to Indigenous athletes — transcend prescribed social and gender roles. By ...

Many summer visitors to Summit County, and even some locals, don’t fully understand what a “wilderness area” is. Is it any undeveloped land, part of the national forest, a federal or state park? And ...