DayHike: Choose Your Hike
A day hike requires minimal equipment and can be as simple as choosing a hike and hitting the trail.

DayHike: Leave No Trace Principles
Leave No Trace seeks to educate non-motorized recreationists on how and why to minimize their impacts while enjoying public lands.

DayHike: Leave What You Find
Allow others a sense of discovery by leaving rocks, plants, archaeology artifacts and other objects of interest as you find them.

DayHike: Living Hazard: Hunters
Hiking during hunting season adds a layer of risk to your journey. Take essential steps to make known you are a human, and not the hunted.

DayHike: Living Hazard: Personal Safety
While attacks on female backpackers in the backcountry have occurred, that is no reason to prevent you from enjoying the woods.

DayHike: Living Hazard: Respect Wildlife
Happening upon animals in the wilderness can be both exciting and unnerving. Practice caution, common sense and respect.

DayHike: Pack It in, Pack It out
Taking home your trash is one of the easiest ways to show respect for the land upon which you tread. "Pack it in, Pack it out."

DayHike: Stay on the Trail
A trail is a scar on the landscape, albeit a minor one. Where there is a trail, you should use it - not wander away from it.

DayHike: The Art of Hiking: Basic Technique
For beginning hikers, the two most important hiking habits to develop are: 1) Start slowly, and 2) Walk rhythmically.

DayHike: The Art of Hiking: Downhill/Uphill
Hiking up or down a steep slope places considerable demands on your muscles and joints. Here are three alternatives to crawling down a steep stretch.