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A new type of independent, print magazine for backpackers and people who sleep in the dirt.

12/15/2025

Don't forget! Current subscribers get an additional 15% off of Trails Mag gear through Christmas Eve, on top of the 15% they get year-round. That's 30% off swag like this new Coffee Table Quality Cap! Make sure everyone knows where you'd rather be sleeping.

12/10/2025

It's never too late for a Trails gift subscription. Pick one up and we'll deliver it digitally to your loved one on the date you choose. They'll be able to use it to get four issues a year, keeping them engaged, inspired, and reading all year-round.

12/08/2025

"Yet again, I exchanged a few emails with Goldiee to flesh out the pitch. In retrospect, her pitch got better and became more interesting as I prodded her with questions and critiques and she was better able to frame the story through the lens I was subconsciously applying to it. In trying to understand her pitch, I was telling her what I was looking for, and her AI was feeding it right back to me—I was talking to myself."

AI "writers" are becoming an increasingly-large problem for editors at Trails and other publications who value human creativity. Our EIC, Ryan, wrote about the uptick in AI pitches in our new newsletter, tkHeadline. Read his story at the link in our bio.

12/03/2025

🚨 Last call! Give a subscription, get a subscription half-price! 🚨

A subscription to Trails Magazine is the gift that keeps on giving—four times a year, in fact. Consider a gift subscription for the backpacker, hiker, or adventurer in your life, and they'll be treated to four great mail days a year and become a part of the best backpacking community anywhere. And now through December 3, buy a gift subscription for someone you love and get a subscription for yourself for half-price!

No code necessary: Just add both a gift subscription and annual subscription to your cart to take advantage of the deal. Valid until 11:59 PM Pacific time tonight, December 3.

12/02/2025

We all know the person a Trails Mag subscription would be the perfect gift for. It's the person who reads trip reports for fun, packs a paper map “just in case,” sleeps in the dirt, and starts planning the next route before their socks are dry from the last one.

A subscription to Trails Magazine is the gift that keeps on giving—four times a year, in fact. Consider a gift subscription for the backpacker, hiker, or adventurer in your life, and they'll be treated to our next four issues and become a part of the best backpacking community anywhere. And now through December 3, buy a gift subscription for someone you love and get a subscription for yourself for half-price!

No code necessary: Just add both a gift subscription and annual subscription to your cart to take advantage of the deal. Valid until 11:59 PM Pacific time on December 3.

12/01/2025

SEO, clickbait, targeted ads, NFTs, listicles...can we all agree this is terrible? Isn't it time we unplugged, enjoyed stories the way they were meant to be enjoyed (in print!), and then got outside to touch some grass?

Disconnect, shut down, and explore the real world. Embrace the analog, explore good stories on real paper, and then escape it all to make stories of your own in the bugs and the mud and the dirt.

This Cyber Monday, give the gift of complete disconnection. No paywalls. No pop-up ads. No endless scrolling. Just real paper, pages you need to turn, and four great mail days a year. Consider a gift subscription for the backpacker, hiker, or adventurer in your life, and they'll be treated to our next four issues and become a part of the best backpacking community not on the internet.

And now through December 3, buy a gift subscription for someone you love and get a subscription for yourself for half-price!

11/29/2025

No investors. No venture capital. No corporate overlords. No weird moneymaking schemes. We didn't start Trails Magazine because it was a good business opportunity. (This is print publishing, after all.) We started it because the backpacking community deserves a magazine of its own. And we're proud to say we only have the backpacking community's interests at heart.

Not only does a susbcription of gift subscription to Trails Magazine net you and your loved one four great mail days a year, but you'll be supporting a small, independent publisher in the process.

A subscription to Trails Magazine is the gift that keeps on giving—four times a year, in fact. Consider a gift subscription for the backpacker, hiker, or adventurer in your life, and they'll be treated to four great mail days a year and become a part of the best backpacking community anywhere. And now through December 3, buy a gift subscription for someone you love and get a subscription for yourself for half-price!

No code necessary: Just add both a gift subscription and annual subscription to your cart to take advantage of the deal. Valid until 11:59 PM Pacific time on December 3.

11/28/2025

📖 Give a subscription, get a subscription half-price! 📖

Our best deal of the year is officially here! This weekend only, if you purchase a gift subscription for a loved one, you can also pick up a subscription for yourself for 50% off!

An annual subscription is the best way gift great storytelling, photography, and community to the backpacker, hiker, or adventurer in your life. But why leave yourself out? You and your loved one will be treated to four great mail days a year and share in the high-quality journalism, trip reports, backpacking recipes, maps, Outhouse Reviews, and more—all hand-crafted by a small, independent team of passionate backpackers. No paywalls, no logins, just your mailbox.

No code necessary: Just add both a gift subscription and annual subscription to your cart to take advantage of the deal. Valid until 11:59 PM Pacific time on December 3.

11/24/2025

📬 Expecting a copy of Issue 12? 📬

Don't worry—we promise it's coming. The holidays, alongside a delay at our printer, has us running slightly behind schedule when it comes to mailing these things out. But if you subscribed before November 1, it'll be on its way soon. Watch for an email letting you know your magazine is en route. We expect to have them all in the mail before the end of the month.

Didn't subscribe in time? Subscribe today to tack on your copy of Issue 12 and you'll have it in-hand in just the next few weeks.

11/21/2025

Whats coming up in Issue 12? 📖

➡ A cover shot from Kersten Vasey showing off the scale of the Great Sand Dunes,
➡ Reporting about who the responsibility for maintaining our public lands falls to in the wake of budget cuts and layoffs at the federal level,
➡ The story of a trip to the Selkirks and how it was improved by working with the land, rather than against it,
➡ A photographer profile of Tommy Corey, the creator behind Hiker Trash Vogue and more,
➡ The story of a backpacking trip along the U.S.-Mexico border,
➡ An examination of domesticated sheep in wilderness areas and how that impacts our perception of wilderness,
➡ The profile of an Adirondack slide climber, a story about what could become the longest bike route anywhere, and an opinion about whether or not wilderness truly exists anymore,
➡ The story of a trip following the Deming Glacier from source to sea, a unique Sierra outhouse, and a quiet backcountry refuge in the Idaho mountains,
➡ Plus all the recipes, maps, Vantage Points, and more that you expect from Trails.

Head to the link in our bio to reserve your copy, while you still can, alongside an annual subscription.

Photos: Kurt Refsnider, Katie Cooney, Matthew Tufts

11/20/2025

Take the adventures with you. Introducing, Trails Magazine Issue 12, our second-annual Photography Issue!

This panoramic issue is a tribute to the visual medium, the beauty of the outdoors, and the photographers who go out of their way to document it for us. It all begins with an incredible cover shot from photographer Kersten Vasey (), highlighting the layered landscape of Great Sand Dunes National Park. Inside, we worked with some of the most talented photographers and storytellers in the outdoor space to curate a jaw-droppingly gorgeous magazine with stories from across the continent and world. Read reporting about who the responsibility for maintaining our public lands falls to in the wake of budget cuts and layoffs at the federal level; the story of a trip to the Selkirks and how it was improved by working with the land, rather than against it; a profile of photographer of Tommy Corey, the creator behind Hiker Trash Vogue; the story of a backpacking trip along the U.S.-Mexico border, and a whole lot more.

Subscribers, the holidays are slowing down delivery of your mags a little bit, but we expect them to be in the mail by the end of this month. We'll let you know when they're en route!

If you didn't subscribe in time to reserve your copy of Issue 12, theres still time to lock in your copy alongside a subscription for the next year. Head to the link in our bio to get yours.

11/18/2025

Help us out! What kinds of new Trails-branded gear would you like to see go live this winter?! More hats? Hoodies? Dog bowls?!

Drop your ideas in the comments and we'll see what we can make happen in time for the holidays!

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