Bushwacking: Get High, Stay High
When bushwacking a trail, go high altitude and stay there.
Get full access to Outside Learn, our online education hub featuring in-depth fitness, nutrition, and adventure courses and more than 2,000 instructional videos when you sign up for Outside+ Sign up for Outside+ today.
Bushwhacking: In sub-Arctic Alaska and Canada, climb to 3,000 feet or more in elevation (the exact elevation varies with location) and stay there. You’ll encounter less brush and more wide-open tundra. Be aware that some maps show avalanche paths as being “clear” of timber when they’re actually filled with horrific patches of slide alder.
