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Introduction Last week I spent four days in the Bob Marshall Wilderness with Scout Leaders from around the country training them in the art and practice of ultralight backpacking techniques for the Backpacking Light / Montana…
Andrew Skurka and I met "online" (who didn't, these days?) what now seems like a long time ago, while he was preparing for a trek across the CONUS from the Atlantic to the Pacific…
I've been on the Teton Crest dozens of times. I've trekked along, and astride it, on several backpacking expeditions. And I still experienced a bunch of firsts on this last traverse, in September/October of…
Handrails are substantial geographic features that can be used for navigation. You might follow a stream, or a fence line, or a ridge. These are all types of handrails. My two favorite wilderness handrails…
Jorden Lake is perched near the western terminus of the Beartooth High Lakes Trail, which you'd infer to be popular simply because the trail is named on the old USGS maps. In July, I…