We got addicted to the woods." Since the duo discovered their thirst for hiking, Reid and Jayne Freij have hiked more than 80 trails between northern Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.

Deron Dircksen and Melissa Barbour of Eagle are an exception. In 2017, the couple stepped away from their jobs to spend six months hiking the entire length of the Appalachian Trail.

Art and nature intertwined along Park City’s McLeod Creek Trail over the weekend as opera singers, Native American dancers ...

A 12-mile round-trip hike to Aneroid ... where Clark’s nutcrackers play tag in the trees. Around one corner, a spruce grouse guards the trail. I approach within 5 feet before it lumbers off into the ...