Active Interest Media Inc. (AIM) has acquired Backpacker magazine from Rodale, AIM’s president and CEO Efrem “Skip” Zimbalist III announced recently. The new acquisition adds to AIM’s portfolio of ...

When he founded Backpacker in 1973, Bill Kemsley wanted to give hikers a few new heroes. He couldn’t have imagined that he would become one of them. One morning in 1963, Kemsley was finishing ...

As longtime fans of HCN, we were deeply disappointed by the unprofessional reporting and inflammatory tone of Sean Neilson’s “Writers on the Range” column in the Aug. 2 issue. Neilson grossly ...

I was dismayed when I read Backpacker magazine recently. I worked for the National Park Service for eight years, and I’ve been a guide in Yellowstone National Park. I know there are some places we can ...