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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 ...

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 ...

Black bears (Ursus Americanus) 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 ...

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 ...

I don’t consider myself a hardcore backpacker by any means. But to be able to get back into the cool backcountry for the ultimate fishing and hunting trip, you either have to backpack, pack in on ...

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 ...