About 8 miles into a hike on Mt. Whitney last month, I was catching my breath before ascending the famous 99 switchbacks when my partner ducked away to relieve himself. He returned with his brow ...

Let’s say I hypothetically have a friend who has a sensitive sniffer and recently used a human-waste bag on a hike. And that friend, again hypothetically, spent each subsequent on-trail mile gagging ...

This past summer, hikers on Colorado’s highest peak, 14,438-foot Mount Elbert, were met by a peculiar welcome committee. Volunteers from Colorado Fourteeners Initiative handed out WAG bags near a ...