TRAILHEAD · ACADIA NATIONAL PARK · MAINE Between early October and early March, the first sunlight to touch United States soil lands on the summit...

TRAILHEAD · MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK · WASHINGTON Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano, which is a useful fact to carry with you on the Wonderland...

TRAILHEAD · ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK · COLORADO The alarm goes off at 2:30 a.m. in Estes Park, and you are already calculating: the trailhead...

TRAILHEAD · GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK · WYOMING Most mountain ranges give you foothills first. A gradual grade up through lower elevations, through transitional terrain,...

TRAILHEAD · GLACIER NATIONAL PARK · MONTANA You carry bear spray on your hip from the moment you step out of the car at Logan...

TRAILHEAD · YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK · CALIFORNIA The trail up Half Dome begins in shadow. At the Happy Isles trailhead, before dawn has pushed full...

TRAILHEAD · GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK · ARIZONA Every trail run begins with a descent. The Grand Canyon is the only one in America where...

The highway couldn't follow this stretch of California coast. The terrain was too steep, the cliffs too unstable. So they built the road inland and...

Road runners look at where their feet are. Trail runners look at where their feet are going to be. The skill that separates them is...

The red rocks of Sedona hold heat from the day before. Run them at first light, when the temperature is still in the fifties and...

Twenty-six miles from the Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu Creek State Park holds 4,000 acres of California chaparral, volcanic rock, creek crossings, and a trail system...

The Columbia River Gorge holds more waterfalls per square mile than anywhere in North America. In spring, the basalt walls run with snowmelt and the...