• How to transition to backcountry? 🔍
• A Beginner's Guide To Wilderness and Backcountry Hiking Prep🔍
• Beginner's Guide to the Backcountry🔍
• Backpacking 101 – How to Plan and Outfit a Trip🔍
• Backpacking Tips for Beginners🔍
• How to Transition From Resort Skiing to Backcountry Touring🔍
• How to Transition to Ultralight Backpacking🔍
• Backcountry Etiquette🔍

How to transition to backcountry? : r/Ultralight - Reddit

Don't seek the 'best' but the best solutions yet. Prepare for all seasons, most seasons above a certain altitude. Make a 3-5 day practice trip, ...

A Beginner's Guide To Wilderness and Backcountry Hiking Prep

Going out for a hike can mean just a few hours outside or a multi-day adventure. If you're ready to graduate from day-hikes to overnight backpacking trips, make ...

Beginner's Guide to the Backcountry - Outward Bound Blog

The backcountry challenges us to be prepared, to learn the ways of the environment around us, and to carry the right gear to be both prepared ...

Backpacking 101 – How to Plan and Outfit a Trip - Backcountry

Take a car camping trip, short overnight trip, or even just camp out in your backyard for a night with the gear you plan to use. Becoming familiar with your ...

Backpacking Tips for Beginners: Getting Started | REI Expert Advice

Also pack plenty of snacks for trail fuel. Get ready for your trip: Condition yourself to do the planned hike with a fully loaded pack; get your permits; brush ...

How to Transition From Resort Skiing to Backcountry Touring

Make sure you're confident in your downhill skiing abilities before hitting the skintrack, and get ready to be humbled. A good rule of thumb is ...

How to Transition to Ultralight Backpacking | Backcountry.com

Making the switch to ultralight backpacking means carrying less clothing and being purposeful with what you bring. Select synthetic or wool—not cotton—materials ...

Backcountry Etiquette: Transition Times - The High Route

Let's set up some scenarios. I'd like to begin with this: the importance of the time part. In short, if timing for snow stability isn't a ...

How to Transition Efficiently - POWDER Magazine

It's Intro to Backcountry Month - Presented by BCA, and the transition from skiing, to walking uphill, and back again consistently ...

So You Want To Transition into the Backcountry? - Gear Reviews

Proper layering is also critical when backcountry touring because you most likely will sweat and have moments of being still (like transitioning) ...

Backpacking For Beginners: Hiker → Backpacker - HikingGuy.com

This isn't a special trip, but rather something you can fit into your normal weekday schedule. If you have a backcountry area nearby, simply do a short hike, ...

Beginners Guide to (Backcountry) Camping - Andrea Ference

Pick a well-traveled trail with a well-established camp: It's nice to have hikers and backcountry campers nearby who can give you a hand if you ...

How To Get Over Your Fears of First Time Backcountry Camping

I highly suggest being used to day hikes before attempting an overnight backpacking trip. Make sure you have done at least a couple of full day ...

Beginner's Guide to Backcountry Camping - Mindy on the Move -

Most require some form of backcountry hiking/camping permit (whether you fill it out at the trailhead, purchase online or at a ranger station, ...

Easing Back Into Your Frontcountry Life - NOLS Blog

Instructor Allie Maloney observes that transitioning is something you can learn as much as setting up a tent or packing a kayak: “Do lots of ...

Pro Style Backcountry Transitions - Mountain Lessons

Backcountry transitions, meaning the transition from uphill to down or downhill to up, are a hidden source of massive time wasting. Don't ...

Ski Touring Transitions Like a Pro - WildSnow.com

Taking skis off: uphill to downhill transition ... Start by putting your boots and bindings in ski mode. Whether you transition with skis off or ...

Resort To Backcountry - Making the Transition from lift ... - SCARPA

There is so much to learn about skiing in the backcountry, it's never to early to sharpen your knowledge base, start training and update your gear for the ...

Backcountry 101: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's So Magical

Travel & Camp on Durable Surfaces: The main idea behind this principle is that we want to minimize our impact by hiking on established gravel or ...

How To Backcountry Ski: Quick and Easy Skinning Transitions

Quick transitions from skiing to skinning are a key tool in the repertoire of an experienced backcountry skier. Not only does a quick ...