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Any advice for making a 32-pound pug portable? Backpack or wheely cart? He has a really big frame for a pug, which is most of why he's so heavy.. Even so, he's on a diet, which should take off five pounds or so, and I think he'd enjoy hiking, at least a little bit, if we could get him on and off public transportation to get us from the city to the ... (more)

Sponsored by the American Hiking Society, the day is a celebration of the nation's network of trails that wind through national, state and local parks.

We caught a nasty bug in Yellowstone National Park last August that hounded us through winter.

With the first sliver of blue sky, we bolt from our cramped condos and sleepy suburbs to soak up the sunshine on local beaches and mountains.

A bus carrying students who were on a hiking trip drives down King Street in Waterloo on Friday en route to St.

All Around Wisconsin: National Trails Day, Free Fishing Weekend and State Parks Open House Day.

As I strapped the avalanche beacon to my body, I realized this was serious backcountry skiing.

Los Angeles and the surrounding areas offer beautiful places to hike. The Sierra Mountains are unsurpassed in beauty and the deserts are uniquely breathtaking.

Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, from Brampton, Ont., went missing May 13 while hiking in Australia's Snowy Mountains.

Summer is fast approaching and, with all the beckoning sunshine and blooming wildflowers, many of us are hitting the trails.

Suzette Shaffer had snowshoes in her hand, not on her feet, one afternoon this week as she walked a 9,000-foot elevation piece of the Sierra Crest Trail just south of Carson Pass.

It's time to dig out the hiking boots or comfortable sneakers, spray on some bug repellent and head for the open spaces.

If Danny Bernstein had been born in the 18 th century, she might have accompanied Daniel Boone on his epic travels along the Wilderness Trail.

The Manchester Section Green Mountain Club will hike up Haystack Mountain on Monday, May 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This hike is on newly conserved land in Rupert up to the summit of Haystack Mountain - one of the many Haystack Mountains in Vermont.

Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

They hiked for eight days and nearly 100 miles, through blisters, sunburns, fatigue, and one farmer's ostrich pen.

The summer is here, which means it's about time for us to figure out where to go on a lovely road trip.

Now that we have a record-setting winter behind us, this spring, summer and fall are going to seem extra special for most of us.

QUIRKY pop star Ke$ha claims to drink her own urine in a revolting clip from her MTV reality show My Crazy Beautiful Life.

I was heading to lunch a couple of weeks ago and couldn't decide what I wanted, so I did some driving while I pondered cheeseburgers, chicken wraps and, who knows, maybe a salad.