Backpacking can be intimidating. You have to haul all your food, water and shelter into the backcountry and sleep there — but you are self-sufficient! You are carrying everything you need on your back ...

Huda Alvi, 39, loves to travel and has spent her 30s prioritizing ‘me time’ – calling her solo holidays “an act of self-love.” She jets off for up to five nights at a time and can spend up to $5k on ...

Los Angeles is both the second largest city in America and very close to mountain ranges that offer quick backpacking escapes. In under an hour’s drive, you can be backpacking to your own sylvan ...