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10 Tips for Taking Kids on Their First Backpacking Trip
By Michael Lanza Whether you’re a family of novices planning your first backpacking trip or an experienced backpacker ready to take your kids on their first multi-day hike, heed this friendly advice: You’re in for some surprises. And I speak from experience. I’d been backpacking for years—in... -
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How to Backpack the Teton Crest Trail Without a Permit
By Michael Lanza So you just got the inspired idea to backpack the Teton Crest Trail and discovered you’re months late to reserve a backcountry permit. You’ve probably also learned that it’s possible to get a walk-in backcountry permit for Grand Teton National Park—but competition for those is... -
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The Fine Art of Stashing a Backpack in the Woods
By Michael Lanza Stashing a backpack in the woods is just what it sounds like. If you’re on a multi-day backpacking trip and want to take a side hike of any significant distance, like to a summit, and then return to the same spot to resume your backpacking route, it’s a waste of energy (not to... -
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An Essentials-Only Backpacking Gear Checklist
By Michael Lanza What do you need to pack for a three-season backpacking trip? While the specific items depend in part on factors like the time of year, your companions and backpacking style, the trip’s length and the weather forecast, this story provides a core checklist of essential gear to... -
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5 Tips for Getting Out of Camp Faster When Backpacking
By Michael Lanza Years ago, in a visitor center in a popular national park, I overheard a conversation in which one person said to another, “Backpackers? They don’t start hiking until 10 or 11 in the morning.” I laughed to myself because I know how true that is in many cases. But I also found... -
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Photo Gallery: 40 Gorgeous Backcountry Lakes
By Michael Lanza Water makes up about 60 percent of our bodies—and, I suspect, 100 percent of our hearts. We crave it not only physically, for survival, but emotionally, for spiritual rejuvenation. We love playing in it for hours as children and we paddle and swim in it as adults. We’re drawn... -
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5 Reasons You Must Backpack the Wind River Range
By Michael Lanza On a cool early morning in August while backpacking the Wind River High Route a few summers ago, I hiked in the shadow of tall mountains to Jackass Pass at 10,790 feet—a spot I’ve stood on at least a few times before, overlooking the incomparable Cirque of the Towers in the... -
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7 Tips For Getting Your Family on Outdoor Adventure Trips
By Michael Lanza In the Digital Era, the idea of families spending sustained time outdoors—actually taking trips built around some outdoor adventure enjoyed together—can feel like a wonderful aspiration that’s awfully hard to achieve. But that lifestyle is a reality for many families—and always... -
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The Best Hikes and Backpacking Trips in Idaho’s Sawtooths
By Michael Lanza Our group of three adults and six teenagers crossed the 9,200-foot pass on the Alice-Toxaway Divide, separating Alice and Twin lakes from Toxaway Lake, on our third straight bluebird August afternoon backpacking in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains. Before us, an arc of spires and... -
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Backpacking Southern Utah’s Owl and Fish Canyons
By Michael Lanza The wind blows a steady warning blast heralding the meaner gusts forecast for tonight as we begin backpacking down the rugged “trail,” such as it is, into Owl Canyon, in the Cedar Mesa area of southern Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument. In the first week of May, the four of... -
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How to Safely Cross a Stream When Hiking or Backpacking
In the ink-black darkness long before dawn on a morning in May, seven of us panned our headlamp beams over La Verkin Creek, deep in the Kolob Canyons of Utah’s Zion National Park, contemplating where—and whether—to cross it. Bloated and bellowing with spring snowmelt and brown with the silt of... -
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Review: Outdoor Research Shadow Wind Hoodie
Ultralight Wind Shell Outdoor Research Shadow Wind Hoodie $129, 5.8 oz./164.4g (men’s medium) Sizes: men’s S-XXL, women’s XS-XXL outdoorresearch.com We ask a lot of ultralight wind shells, these wispy jackets that often weigh no more (and sometimes less) than your hiking shorts. We want them to... -
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Backpacking the Ruby Crest Trail—A Photo Gallery
By Michael Lanza Under a hot sun, but with a nice breeze keeping us cool, on our second day backpacking the Ruby Crest Trail in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, we made the slow, 1,700-foot climb from the North Fork of Smith Creek to a pass at over 10,000 feet. It was a grind and my family spread out... -
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Backpacking Utah’s High Uintas Wilderness—A Photo Gallery
By Michael Lanza Early on the third morning of a six-day hike through Utah’s High Uintas Wilderness, I walked to the shore of the Fourth Chain Lake at 10,900 feet, where we had camped. Its waters sat absolutely still, offering up a perfect, inverted reflection of the mountains. By that... -
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10 Tips for Recovering from a Hard Hike or Mountain Climb
By Michael Lanza You just finished a big dayhike, backpacking trip, mountain climb, or trail run convinced it was one of the best experiences of your life—and now your body seems to have mounted a loud protest of pain against it. And you wonder: Is this suffering necessary? The simple answer is... -
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How to Get a Last-Minute Yosemite Wilderness Permit Now
By Michael Lanza You just decided you’d like to backpack in Yosemite this year and realized you’re months late in reserving a wilderness permit. What now? As it happens, one positive outcome of the pandemic was Yosemite National Park revising its procedure for obtaining a first-come or walk-in... -
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How to Get a Last-Minute, National Park Backcountry Permit
By Michael Lanza You really want to backpack in Yosemite, Glacier, Grand Teton, Rocky Mountain, Mount Rainier, Grand Canyon, or another hugely popular national park this year—but you didn’t apply to reserve a wilderness permit months ago? Well, you just may be in luck: Most parks have a system... -
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Hiking the Kolob Canyons of Zion National Park
By Michael Lanza Hiking in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park, you get down to business with five-star scenery with your first step from your car. At the Lee Pass Trailhead, Taylor Creek Trailhead, or the Kolob Canyons Viewpoint, you’re immediately greeted with views of crimson cliffs... -
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8 Pro Tips For Preventing Blisters When Hiking
By Michael Lanza I deserve to be plagued by blisters. I field test several models of hiking, backpacking, and trail-running shoes and boots every year. I’m constantly wearing new footwear right out of the box, often hiking 15 to 20 miles or more miles a day—usually without doing anything more... -
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Zoonosis: Why Pest Control is Essential for Disease Prevention
What is zoonosis? Household pests can be a huge annoyance, but did you know they can pose a risk to your health? Many pests, such as rats and mosquitoes, are known carriers of zoonotic diseases. Zoonosis is the term for diseases transmitted between animals and humans. Let’s review some of the...- Hoca
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