Jim Sutherland's 7 Favorite Backpacking/Bikepacking Foods
This piece1, (Scottish readers will get that pun) is about what I have learned to use and enjoy from over thirty years of Backpacking and Bikepacking. I hope that readers find that it is about var...
Colorado Trail Segments 22-24 Trip Report By: Mickey Aka The Virtual sherpa
Jackie and I had been chomping at the bit to get back on the Colorado Trail after a successful year segment hiking it in 2021. With just about 100 miles and 7 segments left we were nearing the end ...
A Fast and Filthy Guide to the new Corvallis 2 Coast Trail by Whitney "Allgood" La Ruffa
The author (left) and his friend "Tomato hiking along an old USFS road that is part of the C2C trail. photo by Naomi Hudetz The Trail The Corvallis 2 Coast Trail (C2C) is a 60-mile trail that c...
Adaptability on the John Muir Trail - By Tara “Candy Mama” Dower
Late August of 2021 the Forest Service closed all California National Forests to visitors. The Dixie Fire was raging in Northern California and they wanted to prevent any further fires and protect ...
Considerations for Planning a Group Hike - by Joe Kellam
Your friends want to go backpacking in the National forest. A group from work is interested in hiking at a state park. You and some friends from college want to plan an annual trek in Costa Rica. ...
Field Test, Garmin inReach Mini 2 by Whitney "Allgood" La Ruffa
The author holding a radio collar found on the hike, not the top of the inReach SE poking out from the shoulder pocket on the pack-photo by Naomi Hudetz Background Let’s face it, updating your gea...