Skip to content

Join/Upgrade
My Account
My Downloads

The Big Outside

America’s Best Backpacking and Outdoor Adventures

About/Contact
All Trips List
Custom Trip Planning
E-Books
Gear Reviews
Outdoor Photography
Join

Stories

Backpacking
Hiking
National Park Adventures
Family Adventures
Skills

Top 10 Backpacking Trips Across America

Top 10 Backpacking Trips Across America

2021’s Best Backpacking Gear

2021’s Best Backpacking Gear

Yosemite’s Top 5 Backpacking Trips

Yosemite’s Top 5 Backpacking Trips

2021’s Top 10 Best Down Jackets

2021’s Top 10 Best Down Jackets

Welcome to The Big Outside

Hi, I'm Michael Lanza, creator of The Big Outside and former Northwest Editor at Backpacker magazine. Click my photo to learn more about me and my blog. Click here to sign up for my FREE email newsletter. Join The Big Outside now to get full access to all of my blog’s stories. And click here to learn how I can help you plan your next trip.

Get my FREE newsletter

Find your next adventure in your Inbox. Click here to sign up for my FREE email newsletter.

Backpackers hiking past a tarn overlooking Mount Oeneis and Sky Pilot Peak, on the Highline Trail in the Wind River Range.

Mountain Lakes of the Wind River Range—A Photo Gallery

Backpackers at a campsite in Titcomb Basin, Wind River Range, Wyoming.

The First 5 Things I Do in Camp When Backpacking

Food organized for a backpacking trip.

How to Plan Food for a Backpacking Trip

Share this

Join The Big Outside!

Subscribe to The Big Outside now to get full access to ALL stories, including expert tips on planning the trips you read about here and the skills to help you take them.

Website by

| Privacy Policy

About/Contact
All Trips List
Custom Trip Planning
E-Books
Gear Reviews
Outdoor Photography
Join