Backpacking in Yellowstone Guided Hikes in Montana, Wyoming & Utah Backpacking
The West’s #1 Trekking & Canoeing Wilderness Adventure Company For 33 Years!
A family owned and operated business since 1978, Big Wild Adventures offers fully outfitted guided backpacking/ trekking in the wilderness of the American West and Alaska. We offer Utah backpacking, backpacking in Yellowstone, guided hikes and other trips nationwide. We hike and camp in the Montana, Colorado and Wyoming Rockies including Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. We also trek through the colorful wilds of the American Southwest, including the incomparable backpacking in Utah canyon country. And, we canoe the watery wilds of the remote upper Missouri River in north-central Montana.
Just show up and leave all of the trip details to us. All advertised trip prices include our complete equipment package plus food (3 meals/day plus snacks), cooking gear, meal preparation, trip planning and taxes/user fees, pre-trip safety instruction, transportation from town to and from trail heads, and the services of our expert guide/naturalist staff.
Once you sign up for a trip and receive confirmation, we GUARANTEE that the trip will run, regardless of the number of folks who have signed up. We will not cancel your vacation plans!
Professional Guides
Big Wild guides are the best in the business with decades of wilderness leadership; they are not inexperienced young adults. Our guides are trained in wilderness medicine and emergency rescue procedures. They are great naturalists who enjoy sharing their knowledge of each area’s unique flora, fauna and geology; they are also glad to provide any desired instruction in wilderness skills.
Yellowstone Trekking
We don’t just live next to Yellowstone National Park, we know the wonders of its expansive back country better than anyone! Though most tourists never venture far from their automobiles, our Yellowstone trips are in true wilderness. In fact, because much of the park is bordered by large protected national forest Wilderness Areas, Yellowstone’s back country includes some of our country’s most remote wild lands south of Alaska. And Yellowstone landscapes are so varied that each trip is radically different, a truly unique wild adventure. Join us on one of our guide/naturalist-led adventures backpacking in Yellowstone into the wilds of the world’s first national park.
And, unlike companies operating under another company’s permit, we are the permitted Yellowstone guide/outfitter of our trips (for Montana backpacking and backpacking in Wyoming guided tours) and have been for over 30 years.
All of our treks are multi-day wilderness adventures, and once we begin, you will be backpacking (or canoeing) in a primitive environment, tent-camping in the magnificence of wild nature until the end of the trip!
Big Wild Trip Categories: Scheduled, Custom and Family Hiking Trips
Scheduled Trips are generally for anybody over 16 years of age – individuals, couples, groups of friends, parents/relatives with young adults – and provide a unique small group experience in some of the world’s most magnificent wilderness areas! There is a list of scheduled trips by region on the right side of every internal page of this website. View scheduled trips.
Custom Trips provide a private wilderness experience with your group and our guide, and can be scheduled for your convenience for any of our regular guiding areas, although some areas are best enjoyed at certain times of the year. We can also run Custom Trips in many other wild areas, too. We are happy to suggest some great trip alternatives for your time slot!
Family Trips are essentially Custom Trips that are discounted for families with young people 18 and under. We love running Family Trips, and the kids usually love it, too!
Read more about Custom or Family trips, or call (406) 848-7000.
Big Wild Adventures offers top notch Utah backpacking, backpacking in Yellowstone, and guided hikes in several other states including Alaska.
We supply state of the art equipment, nothing but the best. If you bring your own gear (backpack, day-pack, tent, sleeping bag & pad, cup/bowl/spoon), you get a $200 discount. There’s also a $200 discount for your second trip in a calendar year.
No Prior Experience Is Necessary!
Commission available for travel agents.
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