Our favorite hiking trails are usually the result of back-breaking physical labor. In the White Mountains, Appalachian Mountain Club trail crews do most of this work with hand tools and sheer effort.

The past two ski seasons started as polar opposites in Aspen, but any way you slice it, the snowmaking crew play a key role in getting skiers and riders on their boards. In 2017-18, the season started ...

While it was rare to see other female workers maintaining the trails at Glacier National Park in Montana, Christine Byl says in this excerpt from “Dirt Work” that one crew helped transform a summer ...