How Tos

Learn how to stay dry while hiking with these expert tips to make sure your day on the trails doesn't become a washout

Our guide on how to make camping with kids a positive and transformative for parents and progeny alike

Our step-by-step guide for how to put on a climbing harness for your rock climbing, mountaineering and ice climbing adventures

Our first-timer's guide on how to bird watch covers the surprising benefits of bird watching, the optimum times to do it and what you’ll need to get going

Our step-by-step guide on how to clean a backpack will have your trusty pack looking, feeling, and smelling good as new, no matter how much punishment it's been subjected to

Here's how to clean a flask to make sure you get that pure taste, every time and our roundup of our favorite hot beverages for the trail

We share six ways you can support a thru-hiker, from logistics and travel to trail maintenance and magic

Learn how to build a campfire in a trio of different ways in this straightforward, step-by-step guide for burgeoning campers and old hands alike

Our complete guide to how to use binoculars when you’re outdoors – and the features you should be looking for when you buy them

An easy guide to sprucing up your best ski jacket and pants