Around the world, trail designers are quietly employing surprising techniques to engineer awe. You’ve probably felt it without even knowing why. Inside the creative science that’s transforming your ...

FOR JED TALBOT, building and upgrading recreational trails has proved to be a difficult profession — but that’s the point. “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve tried to do,” he said. “I’m a person who ...

The state awarded $7.5 million to 44 trail projects through the first round of the Maine Trails Program last month, going to efforts that will help communities better prepare trails for storms, ...

At eight o’clock on a Friday morning, a group of Washington Trail Association volunteers gathered at Franklin Falls, a popular hike off I-90, to do some trail maintenance. After being briefed on the ...

Whether you're a mountain biker or a hiker, a climber or a birder, trails are vital to your enjoyment of the outdoors. But trails don't just come out of nowhere. It takes a lot of time and a lot of ...