Once again my dad, Karl, myself and my boyfriend set out on a backpacking trip this summer through the lush high alpine terrain of the Weminuche Wilderness. It was a five-day, four-night trip in the ...

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Heather Balogh Rochfort, the woman behind the adventure blog JustaColoradoGal.com, was once a dance specialist whose interest in nature fell well short of obsession. But now she’s the author of ...

Whether you plan to explore the Grand Canyon, hike the Himalayas or stay closer to home, wandering our beautiful Badlands, developing the basics of backpacking is the first step you should take to ...

You live in Idaho. If you never have gone backpacking, you’ve gotta try it. A lot of people shy away from it because they think you have to go on a 100-mile Bataan Death March. You don’t, especially ...

I’ve never been colder in a sleeping bag than on a hike-in campout in Washington State on the beach during one summer in college. Throughout the night, it likely never dipped below 50 degrees, but I ...

I teach three to five Backpacking 101 seminars every year. The first one that I conducted I planned on doing an hour-long seminar with the first 45 minutes I’d talk and then hold a 15-minute Q&A at ...

Brown bears abound in the summer, so it’s important to set up a bear-safe campsite when backpacking. Bears have a nose that’s 100 times more sensitive than a human’s and if they find food, they’ll ...