Alpha Guide

One of the Northeast’s great backpacking adventures proves that good things don’t come easy.

You can savor this uber-classic and spend a night or two above the trees, but completing the Presidential Traverse in a day is a bucket-list achievement worthy of any Easterner's…

Challenge yourself with a hike in one of the most remote and rugged sections of the Adirondack High Peaks, the Seward Range.

Thru-hike through the Adirondacks on the 130-mile-long, rugged, remote Northville-Placid Trail.

Hit the trail on one of the White Mountain's most iconic paths.

This coastal Maine backpacking trip should be on everyone's bucket list.

Stellar alpine climbing up a narrow chasm to a summit with five-star views makes Hitchcock Gully a must-do on every ice climber’s list.

The smaller the summit the better.

A gem above the "queen of American lakes."

This twisting, narrow roller coaster off an Adirondack High Peak is a historical artifact and classic ski line in New York