ONTONAGON, MICH. -- Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park wants to help you feel confident in exploring one of Michigan’s true remaining wildernesses. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ ...

In the summer, brown bears abound, so it’s important to set up a bear-safe campsite when backpacking. Bears have a nose that’s 100 times more sensitive than a human’s, and, if they find food, they’ll ...

Exhausted, dehydrated and disorientated, Carolina Wilga was certain she wasn’t going to be found alive after spending 11 nights lost in the remote Australian Outback. With no idea where she was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (KTXL) — Fourteen ...

Last week, rescuers were sent out twice in just three days in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. Both times the incidents involved backpackers caught in deep snow on the Silver Creek Trail in East ...

Backpackers heading into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness are now required to store food and trash in a hard-sided bear-resistant container, according to a Forest Service order issued on Tuesday. ...

BRISBANE, Australia — A South Korean backpacker was rescued Thursday after falling from a mountain and spending six nights stranded in steep Australian wilderness. She was suffering from dehydration ...

A storm halted the rescue of two backpackers for three days in the San Gorgonio Wilderness in California on Nov. 7, 2022, police said. Yucaipa Police Department Two backpackers were stuck in ...

A backpacker lost in the Bob Marshall Wilderness over the weekend was rescued via helicopter after deploying a personal locator beacon. Lewis and Clark County dispatch was contacted by the beacon ...