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Decades of experience. Expert advice. Everything you need to know.

Years of answering questions from many readers planning a trip they read about at my blog—and more than three decades of planning my own trips—have given me a very good idea of what information people like you need.

That deep experience informs my approach to creating e-books that are useful and informative whether you’re planning an adventure for a family or a group of friends, beginners or experts.

Based on my personal experience on these trails, my affordable, expert trip e-books focus on details like the best time of year to do a hike, the best strategy for avoiding crowds on popular hikes, the best direction of travel on a hike, the tricks I’ve learned for obtaining a popular backcountry permit, and planning a day-to-day itinerary that hits the highlights, lands the best campsites, and is appropriate for everyone involved. That makes your hike more enjoyable and safer.

My skills-focused, how-to e-books share my expertise acquired over more than three decades of planning, taking, and writing about backpacking and other adventures.

Filled with unique and thorough advice that draws on first-hand knowledge, my e-books will tell you everything you need to know to make your trip a success.

—Michael Lanza

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  1. Hi Michael! I read your article on Bechler Canyon in Yellowstone and immediately put it on my backpack bucket list. I’ve used your e-guides for past trips and they were very helpful. Do you have one on the Bechler Canyon hike?

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    • Hi Greg,

      Good call putting Bechler Canyon on your bucket list and thanks for the compliment about my e-books. I don’t have plans to publish an e-book to backpacking the Bechler. However, with a subscription to The Big Outside, you get full access to all of my blog’s stories, including the trip planner section at the bottom of stories like this one, where I share details of the itinerary and other logistics and tips on planning this trip. I also offer Custom Trip Planning, where I’ll help you plan this or any trip you read about at my blog.

      I hope one of those options is helpful to you. Keep in touch.

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  2. WE GOT OUR TETONS PERMIT!!! Oh, I’m so dang excited. What a great way to celebrate my 40th birthday. THANK YOU for your tips- they were invaluable. We’ll be on the Death Canyon Shelf July 22nd and N Fork the 23rd. A few things that made my booking seamless:

    1) Practicing with the Everglades National Park Wilderness Permit page (on the recreation.gov website) helped me a ton so I wasn’t naive to what the full platform would look like when the Teton permits went live.

    2) Knowing from your Teton Crest Trail e-guide that “Mountain Camping Zones” would be what I was looking for.

    3) Prior to the website going live, I had typed out “07/22/2024” and then copied it to my clipboard so I could paste it in the date box for quick data entry.

    4) With your guidance, I had a very detailed idea of what our possible date ranges would be, both N –> S ideally, and also in reverse. We were able to get our first choice, but could have quickly picked other dates as well.

    Thank you again!!!

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  3. I used your Grant Teton guide to book an itinerary in GTNP this morning, and I’m grateful. I’ve purchased your Glacier, Sawtooth, and the Teton guides, and they’ve all been super helpful in the planning stages.

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