The best Big Apple escapes, as selected by BACKPACKER Local scout Justin Bailey. New York City may be the ultimate in America’s concrete jungles, but that doesn’t mean you have to drive for hours to get your wilderness fix. Soaring views over rocky peaks, quiet lakes, steep scrambles, and wildflowers galore await on these five…
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The best local trails, as selected by BACKPACKER Local scouts Anastasia Allison and Jason Bickford. Pity the poor Seattle hikers: On any given day, they must decide whether to explore one of three national parks (Olympic, North Cascades, and Mount Rainier), venture into the Central or South Cascades, head north into the Canadian Coast Range,…
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THE ULTIMATE ATLAS HIKE Cheers guys and gals! This is the 1st Wild Skills video of 2018 that we will be bringing to you. Our goal this year for Wild Skills is to flood your brains with fresh educational material that will help benefit you on your fitness journey and help you consistently crush new goals…
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A childhood NOLS trip inspired Perry Cohen to create one of America’s first queer and transgender guiding services. Now, he wants to change the outdoor industry. After saying sayonara to a corporate job in leadership development, Perry Cohen established The Venture Out Project, one of the first wilderness guiding companies run by, and for, queer…
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Are you a backpacking expert? PCT photo by Zach Davis [{“title”:”Appalachian Trail”,”points”:”2″},{“title”:”Pacific Crest Trail”,”points”:”1″},{“title”:”Take a Day Hike on Both Trails”,”points”:”1″}] I’ve gone before. [{“title”:”Appalachian Trail”,”points”:”0″},{“title”:”Pacific Crest Trail”,”points”:”0″},{“title”:”Take a Day Hike on Both Trails”,”points”:”2″}] Backpacking? No way. [{“title”:”Appalachian Trail”,”points”:”0″},{“title”:”Pacific Crest Trail”,”points”:”2″},{“title”:”Take a Day Hike on Both Trails”,”points”:”0″}] I spend hundreds of miles on trail each year.…
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Fri, 2/23, 1 pm-Sun, 2/25, 1 pm Group: Georgia Outdoor Club When: Friday, February 23, 1 pm to Sunday, February 25, 1 pm Where: Tugaloo State Park, Lavonia, GA Cost: $10 + $5 parking (registration required) Details: We’ve got gorgeous weather in February, and I am ready for a weekend outdoors! Join us on beautiful Lake Hartwell…
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Sat, 2/24, 3:30-6:30 pm Group: Zen & Now When: Saturday, February 24, 3:30-6:30 pm Where: Temescal Canyon Park, Los Angeles, CA Cost: $20-$30 (registration required) Details: The Zen&Now Sunset Hiking Meditation to Skull Rock in Temescal Canyon (near Pacific Palisades) is a unique transformational event that combines hiking, nature, music and guided meditation in a group setting. It…
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How Ambreen Tariq, founder of @BrownPeopleCamping, is overcoming the “minority barrier” in the outdoors It was a chilly October morning. The kind where you see your breath for the first time that season. A light rain was falling as I crushed gravel under my hurried feet. I was about to go rock climbing for the…
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Comparing culture, gear, resupply and difficulty. Whether you’re deciding which footpath to tackle for a first thru-hike, you’ve hiked one trail and want to know how it stacks up to the other, or you just have a general curiosity, a fascination with comparing the Appalachian Trail (AT) and Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is common. Today,…
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Sat, 2/24, 9 am-9 pm Group: Random Group of Hikers When: Saturday, February 24, 9 am-9 pm Where: Baldface Circle Trail, North Chatham, NH Cost: Free (registration required) Details: We’re going to hike The Baldfaces (3,570 & 3,610ft), two dramatic rocky peaks on the east side of the White Mountains. Views from these peaks are among the finest…
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