Hiking & Backpacking
Trip Reports
Browse firsthand day hikes and multi-day backpacking guides, with route notes, logistics, maps, and photography from trails across the U.S. and abroad.
Trip Itineraries
Multi-day planning guides that connect individual hikes with trip sequencing, lodging, transportation, and between-trail logistics.
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3-Day Adirondacks Hiking Itinerary: Lake Placid to Lake George
A practical three-day Adirondacks itinerary from Lake Placid to Lake George, with one strenuous High Peaks day between two shorter travel-day hikes.
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2-Day Adirondacks Hiking Itinerary: Algonquin, Wright & Rooster Comb
A tested two-day Adirondacks itinerary from New York City, pairing Algonquin and Wright with Rooster Comb from a Saranac Lake base.
Individual Route Guides
Detailed firsthand guides to individual day hikes and continuous backpacking routes.
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3-Day Cranberry Wilderness Backpacking Loop from WV 150
An 18.5-mile, 3-day Cranberry Wilderness loop from WV 150, with quiet forest, riverside camping, waterfalls, faint trail, and three major creek crossings.
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4-Day Trans-Catalina Trail Backpacking Guide
A 4-day island traverse across Santa Catalina with coastal camps, ocean views, steady climbs, and rugged interior terrain.
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3-Day Dolly Sods Backpacking Loop from Bear Rocks
A 3-day West Virginia loop through Dolly Sods Wilderness with open meadows, spruce forest, rocky overlooks, and boggy high-country terrain.
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3-Day Pemi Loop Backpacking Guide (White Mountains, NH)
A rugged 3-day White Mountains loop with long ridge walks, steep climbs, alpine views, and classic New Hampshire backpacking terrain.
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3-Day Bourn Pond–Stratton Pond Loop Backpacking Guide
A firsthand three-day guide to Vermont’s Bourn Pond–Stratton Pond Loop, with camps, water, trail conditions, Stratton Mountain, and beginner advice.