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Peel back the layers of your over-civilized life and you're bound to expose a simple truth: Life requires few essentials—shelter to keep you warm, food to keep you nourished, and water to keep you alive—everything else is optional.

Lest that sound too dire, consider this: Backpacking lets you reach wild places that few people will ever see. Our trips transport you to southwestern slot canyons and reveal remote crater lakes and craggy Sierra peaks. Backpack trips range from easy to strenuous. If you've never backpacked before, try one of our beginner trips, specially tailored to equip you with backpacking skills in a supportive, unhurried environment. See Backpack ratings for difficulty levels.

If this trip type is not what you were looking for, see other trip types we offer.


Trips Found:19


10426A Women Backpacking in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Dates: 3/21/2010 to 3/27/2010 Space Available: Waiting List
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10427A Introduction to Backpacking, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Dates: 3/28/2010 to 4/3/2010 Space Available: Waiting List
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10045A Tanner-Escalante-Grandview Loop, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Dates: 3/28/2010 to 4/3/2010 Space Available: Waiting List
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10046A Mystery of the Rainbow, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona and Utah
Dates: 4/3/2010 to 4/10/2010 Space Available: 4
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10047A In the Footsteps of the Pioneers, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Dates: 4/10/2010 to 4/17/2010 Space Available: 4
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10049A Salt-Beamer-Escalante Trek, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Dates: 4/17/2010 to 4/25/2010 Space Available: 2
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10048A Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona and Utah
Dates: 4/17/2010 to 4/24/2010 Space Available: More than 5
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10050A Golden, Silver & Neon: Backpacking the Escalante Canyons, Utah
Dates: 4/18/2010 to 4/24/2010 Space Available: Waiting List
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10051A Beginner Backpack Among the Wildflowers of Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Dates: 4/21/2010 to 4/27/2010 Space Available: Waiting List
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10052A Introduction to Grand Canyon Backpacking, Arizona
Dates: 4/25/2010 to 5/1/2010 Space Available: Waiting List
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10053A Thunder, Wonder, and Awe, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
Dates: 4/25/2010 to 5/1/2010 Space Available: 4
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10010A Arctic Refuge on a Budget, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Dates: 6/5/2010 to 6/16/2010 Space Available: 4
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10011A Western Brooks Range Ramble, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Dates: 6/7/2010 to 6/18/2010 Space Available: More than 5
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10013A Solstice at the Top of the Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska
Dates: 6/16/2010 to 6/23/2010 Space Available: 1
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10014A Summer Solstice and Solitude in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Dates: 6/19/2010 to 6/30/2010 Space Available: Be First on Waiting List!
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10015A Southeast Alaskan Adventure
Dates: 6/28/2010 to 7/6/2010 Space Available: More than 5
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10018A Affordable Wilderness by Land and by Sea, Kenai Fjords National Park and Chugach National Forest
Dates: 7/19/2010 to 7/28/2010 Space Available: More than 5
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10019A Rambling Through the Wrangells, Wrangell-St Elias National Park , Alaska
Dates: 7/29/2010 to 8/7/2010 Space Available: 1
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10021A Foliage, Fish, and Berries in the Western Brooks Range, Alaska
Dates: 8/17/2010 to 8/27/2010 Space Available: Be First on Waiting List!
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