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My 25 Most Scenic Days of Hiking Ever

By Michael Lanza You’ve had days like this. Maybe it was a dayhike, or a single, exceptional day on a backpacking trip or hut trek—one so gorgeous and inspirational that it forges a lasting memory as...

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Extreme Hiking: America’s Best Hard Dayhikes

By Michael Lanza Imagine this: You’re heading out on a long, beautiful hike deep in the backcountry, but instead of a full backpack, you carry a light daypack. You’ve avoided hassles with getting a...

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The First 5 Things I Do in Camp When Backpacking

By Michael Lanza I doubt that I had any typical routine when arriving at a campsite on my earliest backpacking trips; like many backpackers, I probably just dropped my pack, shucked off my boots, and...

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Ask Me: What Gear Do You Suggest For Thru-Hiking the John Muir Trail?

Hello Michael, I read your article about ultra-backpacking and how you did the John Muir Trail in seven days. I am planning on doing it, but would like to know, for an ultralight backpacker, what items...

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10 Awesome Fall Backpacking Trips

By Michael Lanza The imminent end of summer always feels a little melancholy. After all, it marks the close of the prime season for getting into the mountains. But it also signals the beginning of a...

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10 Really Cool Outdoor Adventures With Kids

By Michael Lanza Want to guarantee that your kids are always excited about getting outdoors as a family? Find adventures that excite them. We adults tend to look for nice scenery, but that, by itself,...

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5 National Park Backcountry Trips to Put on Your Radar Right Now

By Michael Lanza Your next national park backcountry adventure may seem far off your planning radar at this time of year—but this is precisely the time to start planning and looking into backcountry...

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Zinke’s Plan to Jack Up National Park Entrance Fees is a Shell Game

The Going-to-the-Sun Road near Logan Pass, Glacier National Park. By Michael Lanza Beginning next year, the cost to enter 17 flagship national parks—including Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite,...

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Video: Thru-Hiking the John Muir Trail

By Michael Lanza Will 2018 be the year that you hike the John Muir Trail? While next summer may seem very far off, an ambitious undertaking like a thru-hike of “America’s most beautiful trail”—more...

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My Top 10 Family Outdoor Adventures

By Michael Lanza As a parent of teenagers who’s taken his kids on outdoor adventures since before they can remember, I’ll share with you the biggest and in some ways most surprising lesson I’ve learned...

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