Glacier National Park
Scramble up class III peaks and cross late summer snowfields on this strenuous but straightforward trip through Montana's big-mountain country.
Colorado Trails
Colorado Trails
Colorado, known for its high peaks and colorful landscape, is home to diverse terrain including mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert. Hiking in Colorado runs the gamut between dayhikes and epic-length backpacking trips
Mount Elbert (14,433 feet) is the highest peak in the state, and is one of 54 peaks above 14,000 feet, which many call “Fourteeners,” all of which are popular destinations for hiking in Colorado
Backpackers often flock to the Continental Divide Trail, one of America’s long trails, that runs 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico.
Colorado is home to Rocky Mountain and Great Sand Dunes national parks. In Rocky Mountain, Front Range peaks dot the landscape in every direction, with 14,000-foot Long’s Peak towering over them all, while Great Sand Dunes sits at the base of the snowcapped Sangre de Cristo Range.
Colorado, known for its high peaks and colorful landscape, is home to diverse terrain including mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert. Hiking in Colorado runs the gamut between dayhikes and epic-length backpacking trips Mount Elbert (14,433 feet) is the highest peak in the state, and is one of 54 peaks above 14,000 feet, which many call “Fourteeners,” all of which are popular destinations for hiking in Colorado Backpackers often flock to the Continental Divide Trail, one of America’s long trails, that runs 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico. Colorado is home to Rocky Mountain and Great Sand Dunes national parks. In Rocky Mountain, Front Range peaks dot the landscape in every direction, with 14,000-foot Long’s Peak towering over them all, while Great Sand Dunes sits at the base of the snowcapped Sangre de Cristo Range.
National Parks Lifelist: Intro
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National Parks Lifelist
The ultimate vacation in one of America's iconic parks requires the ultimate hiking plan: classic scenery, no crowds, and secret campsites. Here's how to spend a perfect week in Glacier, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Olympic, Denali, and the Great Smoky Mountains.
Labor of Love: Meet the Backcountry Sanitation King
Meet Michael Rash, sanitation king of the backcountry. Be glad he uses Purell.
The Continental Divide Trail Project
We sent 209 readers out to GPS the Continental Divide Trail, the biggest, baddest, long-distance path of them all. They brought back the makings of the first authoritative map of this American classic. Here, read the Backpacker Blog on the project, and vi
Time 2 Go See Wild Horses
From Florida to Wyoming, track wild horses for four hours or 10 days.
The Continental Divide Trail's Monarch Crest
Don't miss your chance to take the best dayhike on the CDT.
Hiking Telluride's Blue Lakes Trail
It's not just one of America's best campsites. The Blue Lakes Trail below Mt. Sneffels is gorgeous the whole way.
High Points: Mt. Elbert, Colorado
Come enjoy this high peak's playground