Ultralight Hiking Blog

Desert to Mountains 2021 by Hawkeye Johnson

Desert to Mountains 2021 by Hawkeye Johnson

This year I hiked 800 miles from the southern terminus of the CDT at the Crazy Cook monument in New Mexico to my home in Telluride, Colorado. I started May 19 with vehicle support provided by my wi...

A hiker with a big frown on their face standing next to a sign warning about grizzly bears

Canada's Toughest Thruhike: The Great Divide Trail by Sara Dhooma

“Is this a trail?”  I uttered those words to myself almost every day last summer.  Sometimes while sloshing through a mosquito-infested swamp, other times while clamouring through a maze of fallen ...

A Trail's Hidden Gem, by Adrian "OZ The Hiking Sailor" Redgwell

A Trail's Hidden Gem, by Adrian "OZ The Hiking Sailor" Redgwell

Every main long trail has a best kept secret that is the hidden gem of their local trail. The Appalachian trail has the Great Smoky Mountains, the Pacific Crest trail has the John Muir trail, The...

Trip Report, The Wind River Range by Jason Huckeba

Trip Report, The Wind River Range by Jason Huckeba

In August of 2021, Monica, David, and I decided to go backpacking to a new location for all of us, the Wind River Range in Wyoming.  The Wind River Range is roughly about 100 miles long, with many ...

Turning Thru-Hiking into a Career by Renee "She-ra" Patrick

Turning Thru-Hiking into a Career by Renee "She-ra" Patrick

After five-months of joy, challenge, struggle, and laughter, I reached Canada on my 2006 PCT thru-hike determined to find a way to get paid to hike. I felt freedom and exhilaration in waking up eac...

A Family Adventure: Thru-hiking the Long Trail with kids, a dog, and no backpacking experience By Allison Korn and Marco Yunga Tacuri

A Family Adventure: Thru-hiking the Long Trail with kids, a dog, and no backpacking experience By Allison Korn and Marco Yunga Tacuri

Asha at camp, getting ready to check out the sunset This summer we learned an important lesson: regular humans can do superhuman things. We learned that by thru-hiking Vermont’s Long Trail with ou...