Getting Around Glacier National Park Without a Car by Jim Barron
Glacier National Park is a beautiful, popular destination for both city slicker tourists and backcountry hikers. Glacier's remote location and mountainous terrain can make it difficult to get aroun...
Multi-Use Gear by Harrison Deford
Many backpackers think that the key to cutting weight and increasing comfort is buying more expensive, lighter variants of items that serve a specific purpose. Fewer backpackers try and replace ite...
A Year of Transition by Eric Johnson
I've heard it said if you set something free and it comes back it was meant to be. That is the unanswered question that I look to find an answer for in 2020. A year that seemed like the perfect ti...
Tips to Safely Navigating Creek Crossings by Francisco "Karate Kid" Miller
With spring coming and the hiking season getting ready to ramp up, I figured this would be a great time to go over a relatively basic but often overlooked subject; safely assessing and navigating c...
How Backpackers Are Going To Save The World by Rue McKenrick
It was Autumn in New Mexico near the southern terminus of the Continental Divide Trail. I was finishing a thru-hike I had begun in at the Canadian border. Panning the great expanse a disturbing qu...
Ruckin' Season by Whitney "Allgood" La Ruffa
The Orginal ALDHA-West Ruck in Cascade Locks, OR, circa Feb 2013 Seven years ago, I was a new board member at ALDHA-West (American Long-Distance Hiking Association -West) and came up with the idea ...