Backpacking Safety Guide
Backpacking is an immersive multi-day hiking adventure where you carry your shelter, food, and gear in a backpack through remote wilderness trails. It offers solitude and stunning vistas but carries risks like sudden weather shifts, navigation challenges, and wildlife encounters. Prioritizing the Ten Essentials, detailed trip planning, and Leave No Trace principles ensures safer, more enjoyable outings.
Risk Level: moderate
Backpacking Guides by Region
5-Day Extended Inca Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Inca Trail
Alum Cave Trail to Mount LeConte Backpacking Safety Guide
Great Smoky Mountains
Appalachian Trail Clingmans Dome to Derrick Knob Shelter Safety Guide
Great Smoky Mountains
Aurlandsdalen Valley Trek Safety Guide
Norwegian Fjords
Backpacking Safety Guide: Alta Via 1
Dolomites
Backpacking Safety Guide: Fanes-Sennes-Braies Loop
Dolomites
Backpacking Safety Guide: Goat Rocks Wilderness Section
Pacific Crest Trail
Backpacking Safety Guide: High Sierra Nevada Section
Pacific Crest Trail
Backpacking Safety Guide: San Jacinto Mountains Section
Pacific Crest Trail
Backpacking Safety Guide: Sella Group Traverse
Dolomites
Backpacking Safety Guide: Three Sisters Wilderness Section
Pacific Crest Trail
Backpacking Safety Guide: Tre Cime di Lavaredo Circuit
Dolomites
Backpacking Safety: Cathedral Lakes from Tuolumne Meadows
Yosemite
Backpacking Safety: Clouds Rest from Tuolumne Meadows
Yosemite
Backpacking Safety: Franconia Ridge to Mt. Moosilauke
Appalachian Trail
Backpacking Safety: Half Dome via Mist Trail and Little Yosemite Valley
Yosemite
Backpacking Safety: Lyell Canyon to Donohue Pass
Yosemite
Backpacking Safety: McAfee Knob to Johns Creek Valley
Appalachian Trail
Backpacking Safety: Shenandoah National Park Traverse
Appalachian Trail
Backpacking Safety: Springer Mountain to Blood Mountain
Appalachian Trail
Bear Lake to Sky Pond Backpacking Safety Guide
Rocky Mountain
Bechler River Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Yellowstone
Bernese Oberland Traverse Kandersteg to Lauterbrunnen Safety
Swiss Alps
Borrowdale to Buttermere High Route Backpacking Safety Guide
Lake District
Bowman Lake to Brown Pass Backpacking Safety Guide
Glacier
Bright Angel Trail Backpacking to Indian Garden Safety Guide
Grand Canyon
Bryant Creek to Headwall Lakes Safety Guide
Banff
Cape Wrath Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Scottish Highlands
Classic 4-Day Inca Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Inca Trail
Dead Woman's Pass Traverse Backpacking Safety
Inca Trail
Dientes de Navarino Circuit Safety Guide
Patagonia
Dingboche to Lobuche Backpacking Safety Guide
Everest Base Camp
East Inlet to Lone Pine Lake Backpacking Safety Guide
Rocky Mountain
East Rim Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Zion
Egypt Lake Backpacking Safety Guide
Banff
Engadin High Trail Maloja to S-chanf Backpacking Safety
Swiss Alps
Fitz Roy Traverse Backpacking Safety Guide
Patagonia
Glacier Gorge to Black Lake Backpacking Safety Guide
Rocky Mountain
Gorak Shep to Everest Base Camp & Kala Patthar Safety Guide
Everest Base Camp
Gunsight Pass Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Glacier
Hardangerfjord to Trolltunga Safety Guide
Norwegian Fjords
Haute Route Grimentz to Zermatt Backpacking Safety
Swiss Alps
Heart Lake Backpacking Safety Guide
Yellowstone
Helvellyn Horseshoe Backpacking Safety Guide
Lake District
Highline Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Glacier
Hollyford Track Backpacking Safety Guide
New Zealand Milford
Kepler Track Backpacking Safety Guide
New Zealand Milford
La Verkin Creek Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Zion
Lairig Ghru Traverse Backpacking Safety Guide
Scottish Highlands
Lamar River Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Yellowstone
Langdale Pikes Backpacking Safety Guide
Lake District
Lemosho Route Backpacking Safety Guide
Kilimanjaro
Longs Peak Boulderfield Backpacking Safety Guide
Rocky Mountain
Lukla to Namche Bazaar Backpacking Safety Guide
Everest Base Camp
Lysefjord Traverse Backpack Safety Guide
Norwegian Fjords
Machame Route Backpacking Safety Guide
Kilimanjaro
Marangu Route Backpacking Safety Guide
Kilimanjaro
Milford Track Backpacking Safety Guide
New Zealand Milford
Namche Bazaar to Tengboche Backpacking Safety Guide
Everest Base Camp
O Circuit Backpacking Safety Guide
Patagonia
Ptarmigan Tunnel Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Glacier
Ramsey Cascades Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Great Smoky Mountains
Rim-to-Rim Backpacking: South Kaibab to North Kaibab Safety Guide
Grand Canyon
Romsdalen Valley Backpacking Safety Guide
Norwegian Fjords
Rongai Route Backpacking Safety Guide
Kilimanjaro
Routeburn Track Backpacking Safety Guide
New Zealand Milford
Sawback Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Banff
Scafell Pike Corridor Route Backpacking Safety Guide
Lake District
Shoshone Lake Loop Backpacking Safety Guide
Yellowstone
Skoki Loop Backpacking Safety Guide
Banff
Skye Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Scottish Highlands
South Kaibab Trail to Phantom Ranch Backpacking Safety Guide
Grand Canyon
Swiss National Park Traverse Scuol to Zernez Safety
Swiss Alps
The Narrows Backpacking Safety Guide
Zion
Thunder River Trail Backpacking Loop Safety Guide
Grand Canyon
Tricorner Knob Loop Backpacking Safety Guide
Great Smoky Mountains
W Trek Backpacking Safety Guide
Patagonia
West Highland Way Backpacking Safety Guide
Scottish Highlands
West Rim Trail Backpacking Safety Guide
Zion
Wiñay Wayna to Sun Gate Inca Trail Safety Guide
Inca Trail