For my ‘big’ western trip of 2021 we returned to the Wind River Range in Wyoming, where the views are glorious and permits aren’t required.
Cranberry Wilderness Backpacking – May 2020
In late May 2020, after a couple months of Coronavirus quarantine ‘lock-down’ we decided to make a jail break! The Cranberry Wilderness in West Virginia was our destination.
Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness Backpacking – June 2020
During the Covid-19 pandemic a group of us ‘escaped’ from lockdown to take a much needed backpacking trip in the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness. It was the hardest hike I ever attempted.
Yellowstone National Park Backpacking – June 2019
Iconic Yellowstone National Park was the destination for my fourth hike of the 2019 backpacking season, and it is a place I’d dreamed of getting to since I started backpacking.
Glacier National Park Backpacking – September 2018
My third backpacking trip to Glacier National Park, in September 2018, proved to be one of the most mentally challenging ‘adventures’ of my life. It was a solo trip, possibly ill-advised in grizzly country and discouraged by the Glacier NPS. My original plans for the trip had already been cancelled when I decided at the last moment to ‘re-engage’. I entered into it with the least amount of confidence and mental commitment I had ever had for a significant Western backpacking trip. In the end it proved to be one of my greatest life challenges overcome, and one of the best backpacking trips of my life.
