If you haven’t already heard, there’s been a new buzz in the air in the mountain biking scene that has to do with backcountry adventuring on your bike called bikepacking. The concept isn’t new. Cyclists have been touring and camping off of road bikes for almost a century. The only difference here is that bikepacking […]
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Backpacking for a bachelor party? Rob Kennedy did just that with a trip to Hells Canyon with some buddies before getting married on August 27th this summer. “Nothing went as planned,” he says about the trip, but “there was an awesome river crossing. Some rafters hooked us up with smoothies, and we caught fish in
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5 health and safety issues for backpacking with your dog, plus tips that apply to any day-hike or trail-outing with a pet companion.
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Covering more distance in a shorter time—that’s the essential reason for ultralight backpacking, which is something Eli and Anna Brown have been doing together for six years. They got particularly interested in the concept “after a very slow and unsuccessful attempt at hiking the Snoqualmie to Stevens stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail,” Anna says.
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Backpacking in Glacier National Park’s wilderness requires careful planning. Learn about a 4-day itinerary in the Belly River area.
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When it comes to backpacking, Helen Biggs is a lady who knows what she wants. She’s been around the proverbial block: Biggs has done backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevada, the Beartooths, Kelly Creek, the Wind River Range, the Sangalia Ridge in India, and the Kokanee Range in B.C. So it’s safe to say she
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I love to go backpacking, but sometimes I don’t feel like driving to far-flung places just to reach a trailhead to then hike with 30 pounds on my back. That’s why Heart Lake in the Bitterroot Mountains is a quick and easy weekend getaway to the backcountry. It takes only two hours to drive from
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Hovering seventy feet above the “Going-to-the-Sun Road” and grasping onto a garden hose bolted to the rock wall, we slowly walked forward with our toddler perched on my husband’s back. We knew she wouldn’t remember her first backpacking trip in Glacier National Park, but we wanted to complete an overnight hike, and we knew it
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Cover photo courtesy of Wallowa County Chamber Northeast Oregon’s Wallowa County is a wild, off-the-beaten-path destination packed with summer adventure. Rugged mountains rise above ranchland and prairie, winding backroads disappear into canyon country and the towns of Joseph and Enterprise offer welcoming basecamps between outings. Whether you arrive with bikes, hiking boots or paddleboards, Wallowa County delivers
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By Lisa Laughlin Cover photo courtesy of Clarin J Her fireweed painting spoke to me first. The color and detail made me recall some of my favorite backcountry memories of walking trails framed by the bright pink wildflower. I bought a print for my home from the Wildland Co-op, excited to look more into the
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