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3 Reasons Maine Should be on Everyone’s Adventure Bucket List
If you’re looking for a unique outdoor experience, Maine is the place to be. Home to mountains, lakes, rivers, and ocean, there are boundless outdoor spaces to explore.
Is Acadia National Park Your Next Outdoor Adventure?
Acadia was my fifty-second national park and, even so, was still astonishing—there’s no other park quite like it.
Is Joshua Tree National Park Your Next Outdoor Adventure?
In terms of geology, the park is split between ecosystems where two deserts converge: the Mojave and the Colorado. The former is high desert (topping out at 5,819ft), while the Colorado is low desert (bottoming out at 536ft).
Dispersed Camping – What Is It?
Dispersed camping is camping (in a tent, van, or RV) outside of an established campground. It is legal to camp on most National Forest or BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land for up to fourteen days. It’s a great way to avoid the frustration of full campgrounds and can offer a more remote wilderness feeling.
10 Things You Should Know When Visiting National Parks
Over this past decade much has changed with the parks and the ways we enjoy them (for example, Instagram did not yet exist when I started), and, because of this, we as recreationalists need to keep learning and relearning how to be optimal land stewards to minimize impact and keep these places unimpaired for future generations. Therefore, here are my 10 suggestions for things you should know when visiting our national parks.
Innovation Over Exclusion: How Adapting to Recreational Land Use Is More Important Than Ever
This is all to say, the solution to the outdoor problem we face—increased people on our trails and climbing routes—isn’t the age-old scheme of wealth- and knowledge-driven exclusive. The solution is common sense innovations that include and support others.
Read This Before Visiting Moab
“Fast forward two years and I find myself in Moab, Utah, for the first time in my life. The experience is quite different—no bells signaling an Islamic call to prayer, no language barrier, no Jordanian dinar as my form of cash—but the landscape is equitable with rising plateaus and hills, deep ravines, hot days and cold nights, and weather-induced erosion. The desert, a universal and quite biblical human experience, from one country to the next.”
Yellowstone For All Seasons
“I invite you to consider a trip for an alternative season—this will not only enhance your experience by avoiding the crowds but also alleviate our collective impact on the land by flattening the curve of usage. Having been to Yellowstone for each season, I offer you the following insight and advice.”
How To Rock Climb In The Southwest
“So, you want to go rock climbing in the southwest? If you’re a climber you should be ready to go with the flow but a lot happens between the couch and the crag – especially in the southwest.”
Family Camping With Children
“Camping is a great way to get outside, enjoy what you love, and bond in a deeper way with your family. Do you want to go camping with your baby, toddler, or children but you are nervous or do not know if it is a good idea? Well I am here to tell you, that it is a great idea!”
Mountaineer
I think I wrote this to try and understand why I wasn’t more upset and to relate to others who are experiencing the same thing. However, as I wrote this I realized how many people will be hurting by the end of this and I want to be ready to help them when it’s time.
Guide Support
Before these times, we heard about the dirtbag lifestyle of guides and the glamour behind living in a tent part season while leading groups down rapids, trails, and up vertical walls of rock. These are the people that teach us, give us experience, and help us safely grow as outdoor enthusiasts.
Is California Your Next Outdoor Adventure Destination
“I would like to think everyone could find a part of the state that they love. From the mountains of the High Sierra that house Mt. Whiney, Yosemite, and Sequoia to the beautiful High Desert which is a home to Bishop and the entrance to Death Valley.
Preppin For A Self Guided Climbing Adventure California
Outside of gear what is the most important part of preparing for your trip? The crew! Your partners! One of my favorite ways to get people psyched throughout the week is to send a couple guidebook photos, maybe send a couple friction temp / great weather reports, and of course psych is contagious!
Moab Utah Is Full Of Outdoor Adventure
“Moab is home to Arches National Park and is within a one-hour drive of scenic Dead Horse Point State Park and stunning Canyonlands National Park. There’s more to Moab than just these parks, though, and local guides are there to help visitors discover all the activities the area has to offer.”
Western Colorado Is Full Of Outdoor Adventure
“Towering peaks, world-class mountain biking, whitewater rafting, camping, rock climbing, four-wheeling, hunting, fishing, hot springs… Far from the hustle, bustle, and traffic of Denver, Western Colorado has every outdoor adventure you can imagine.”
The Outdoors Are Shaped By Generations
An outdoor reflection on sharing the outdoors with others. We are all responsible for enjoying our public lands in ways that are welcoming and ensure that they will be there for future generations to enjoy.”
What To Pack For A Colorado Hike
A Local Guide explains some must have items when hiking in Colorado. Are you headed to Colorado for some Adventure? If so, consider having a Local Guide create a custom hiking experience for you and your party!
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