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Sarah’s Freezer Bag Cooking™ | Outdoor Food Simplified site is #1 for hiking food in my opinion.
But Sarah’s a hard core hiker, as well.
Check these photos from her latest trip report:
My friend Steve and I set out to do the section hike of Chinook Pass to White Pass on the PCT here in […]

Any idiot can hike in California.
But hiking the far North takes smarts. Route finding skills. Bush whacking skills. Survival skills.
GPS is essential, we feel.
Don’t count on calling in rescue with a satellite phone. They are far from 100% reliable.
If you plan to trek Alaska in future, start your research with Eric […]

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Every tourist loves charming Homer on the Kenai Peninsula.
We did not have time to hike Kachemak Bay State Park but I would love to go back one day. A water taxi can get you there quickly.
One of the largest coastal parks in the United States, Kachemak Bay State Park offers […]

We enjoyed the short Portage Pass Trail day hike out of Whittier.
Hiking author Dean Littlepage:
… A half-day or overnight hike to Portage Pass, Portage Lake, and an overlook of Portage Glacier.
Portage Pass is a beautiful spot in its own right, and this hike is also the easiest way to get a good view […]

First MAPS:

In a huge and wild park such as Wrangell-St. Elias, you can never have too many maps
National Geographic - Trails Illustrated has produced a 1:375,000 (1 inch = 6 miles) scale map of Wrangell-St. Elias that is a great tool for initial trip planning.
It is waterproof, tear resistant, and covers the entire park, […]

Flying in to Anchorage, Alaska from Juneau I was already worried.
How can anyone possibly hike Wrangell-St. Elias?
It looks the realm of mountaineers, not mere hikers like myself.

Because there are very few maintained trails within the park, travel through dense brush, along steep scree slopes, and across fast and cold glacial streams and rivers […]

Alaska Podshow has introduced a Hike of the Week feature. It’s well done
To see a sample, check out the 7min video for Flat Top Mountain close to Anchorage, the most popular day hike in the State:
We take you to the famous Chugach State Park! This park offers 495,000 acres of forests, lakes, mountains and valleys […]

Married couple Erin McKittrick (Molecular Biologist turned jewelry artist) and Bretwood (Hig) Higman are incredible adventurers.
Where to begin …
Currently they are on a 9 month trip from Seattle to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska by human power:
Journey on the Wild Coast will be an unprecedented four-thousand-mile expedition along the northern edge of […]

Outdoor Video Magazine have posted their best video to date. (That’s one nasty avalanche caught on film.)
A stunning trail featuring close-up glacier action, the Canadian Rockies Highest Peak (a staggering 2.5 vertical kilometres above the trail), blue-blue lakes, and more than one fantastic waterfall.
Berg Lake Trail - Mt Robson Provincial Park (with […]

Mark Scanlan recommended the Nabesna area of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, the largest in the USA.
The jumping off point is Anchorage.

… two rough gravel roads (the McCarthy Road and the Nabesna Road) wind through the park, making much of the interior accessible for backcountry camping and hiking. Chartered aircraft also fly into the […]