My Favorite Places to Backpack
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My Favorite Places to Backpack

These places are stunning.. bring your pack and head out.



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  • 1
    Paria River_Location_Body Of Water_River_General
    This is one of my favorite hikes of all time. It can be done in two and half days if you push hard, but it's better done in a leisurely 4 day 3 night jaunt. Don't go in the early spring, the water is too cold to make it enjoyable. In the early summer or early fall is best -- tho watch for flash flooding in early fall. It's dramatic and gorgeous and every corner you turn, you get a new canyon. Fabulous.
    Arizona,Utah
  • 2
    Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument_Location_General
    Too many great hikes in this area to count, but some of my favorites are Death Hollow and Coyote Gulch. Either one of those will give you a real (tho totally different) taste of the Escalante basin. Coyote is a little longer, but more traditional... while Death Hollow gives you a day's worth of hiking over the sandstone along the Boulder Mail Trail.
    Kane County
  • 3
    Mount Rainier_Location_Mountain_General
    Washington,Pierce County
    Cowlitz Glacier,Ingraham Glacier,Inter Glacier,Paradise Glacier,Van Trump Glacier,Williwakas Glacier,Edmunds Glacier,Flett Glacier,Kautz Glacier,Liberty Cap Glacier,North Mowich Glacier,Ohanapecosh Glacier,Puyallup Glacier,Pyramid Glacier,Russell Glacier,South Mowich Glacier,South Tahoma Glacier,Success Glacier,Tahoma Glacier,Wilson Glacier
  • 4
    Canyonlands National Park_Location_General
    San Juan County
  • 5
    Vancouver Island_Location_Island_General
    British Columbia
    Buttle Lake,Golden Hinde,Great Central Lake,Nanaimo,Pacific Rim National Park Reserve,Victoria,Cape Beale Lightstation,Central Saanich, British Columbia,Colwood,Crown Mountain,Cumberland,Duncan,East Sooke, British Columbia,Elkhorn Mountain,El Piveto Mountain,Englishman River Falls Provincial Park,Esquimalt, British Columbia,Fanny Bay, B
    32134.0
    Ian Tracey,Chelah Horsdal
  • 6
    Glacier National Park_Location_Filming location_General
    Flathead County,Montana
    Bowman Lake,Grinnell Lake,Kintla Lake,Lake McDonald,St. Mary Lake,Swiftcurrent Lake,Lake Sherburne,Mount Gould
  • 7
    Capitol Reef National Park_Location_General
    Wayne County
  • 8
    Capitol Peak_Location_Mountain_General
    Colorado,Pitkin County
  • 9
    Rocky Mountain National Park_Location_General
    La Poudre Pass Lake
    Mountain Time Zone
  • 10
    Mojave National Preserve_Location_General
    San Bernardino County

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comment by tatharamarein on February 04, 2010 11:31 about My Favorite Places to Backpack
My old standby has always been Frontenac Provincial Park, north of Kingston Ontario Canada. A great interior park with some super hikes, good paddling, and nice sites for overnights. http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/ultimate-max-burn-reviews-1805607.html

comment by kristen1985 on November 17, 2009 19:58 about My Favorite Places to Backpack
Does the Vancouver Island still have that Suspension Bridge. I remember when I was little I went to Vancouver for my brothers hockey tournament and we went on a hike one day and had to go over the scariest suspension bridge. Im pretty sure I cried.

comment   by anonymous on February 05, 2010 02:13 about My Favorite Places to Backpack
It had that bridge the last time I was there, but that was in '89. I assume it must still be there, how else to cross those ravines?

comment   by anonymous on November 13, 2009 00:21 about My Favorite Places to Backpack
Can you rename to best places to backpack in the USA

comment by stevenltalbot on August 03, 2009 23:22 about My Favorite Places to Backpack
Great list! I'm a big fan of Montana and the Utah wilderness, and you've got great selections. I suggest everyone try every one of these spots out. You'll get everything from rain forests to the beautiful desolation of the red-rock Utah deserts.

  







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