A raccoon questioned in connection with an overnight cooler breach denied responsibility Monday, maintaining that the container was already “structurally available” when it arrived at Campsite 38.
The great outdoors contains mountains, lakes, forests, deserts, and several million square miles of places where a human can stand.
A family of four completed a difficult residential transfer Friday after successfully moving nearly every function of their suburban home into Campsite 22.
The basic backpacking meal requires hot water. This has not stopped the outdoor industry from producing enough stove systems to support several competing philosophies of boiling it.
A gray squirrel that has spent three summers soliciting snacks from campers closed Tuesday on a small parcel near the amphitheater after converting what county officials described as “an unusually liquid peanut…
A man sleeping inside a $600 lightweight tent approximately 40 yards from a flush toilet described conditions at a developed campground Saturday as “pretty primitive.”
For years, backpackers have participated in a small ritual of self-deception. At bedtime they take a jacket, stuff it into a stuff sack, place their head on it, and announce that this is basically a pillow.
The phrase **two-person tent** sounds clear until two actual people attempt to put themselves inside one.
The modern hard cooler has become an extraordinary object. It can have wheels, gaskets, latches, drains, tie-down points, pressure-injected insulation, bear-resistant certification, and enough polyethylene to survive…
A black bear involved in an overnight tent-damage incident described its actions Monday as “mostly investigative” and denied allegations that it held any broader hostility toward recreational shelter systems.