There’s one piece of gear I always double check is in my kit before I head into the backcountry: instant coffee. As an unapologetic caffeine addict, the morning doesn’t get going until I’m on my ...

One of the appealing aspects to backpacking is that you strip away all of the crap in your life—the minivan, the Netflix subscription, the constant barrage of emails, the walk-in closet, the spin bike ...

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CRESTED BUTTE — There’s a sticker on the industrial freeze-drying machine at the First Ascent coffee roaster in Crested Butte. It’s from a group promoting the diversity of Colorado’s startup ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You'll be glad to hear, coffee snobs, that these days being in the great outdoors doesn't mean you have ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There’s nothing better after a long day of hiking and setting up camp than a hot cooked meal—and for that ...

It was going to be a long night on the Appalachian Trail. We were more than 2,000 miles into the 2,200-mile affair, a fraction of Maine’s 282-mile section away from its towering end. My little trail ...

Traditionally, coffee-loving commuters have brewed coffee at home and poured it into travel mugs or purchased it mid-commute in paper cups with plastic tops. More recently, coffee has been getting ...