Alaska Backpacking
ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, THE BIGGEST WILD
June 3-11, 2009 • $3,800
Perhaps the greatest remaining terrestrial wilderness on Earth, the Arctic Refuge is a pulsating, living wilderness of caribou, moose, Dall sheep, and grizzly. It is vast tundra plains, rugged peaks, and gorgeous mountain valleys with wild rivers and scraggly forests of spruce and poplar. We’ll explore a chunk of the Brooks Range, the most remote mountains in North America. Be prepared for any kind of weather and all kinds of adventure! There’ll be spring wildflowers, and we’ll be there before peak mosquito season. The price includes two air flights
(Fairbanks to Arctic Village and Arctic Village to a remote wilderness air strip). This may be the most pristine wilderness on Earth! Yet some politicians propose massive industrial development for its rich northern coastal plain. The trip base is Fairbanks and the rating is fairly strenuous. Bring your own gear or add $500.
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Scheduled Trips 2009
Below, we've listed our trips by region. Trips listed under Yellowstone Backpacking are also listed under the state in which they occur. You'll find complete information on each trip by clicking on the regional heading above each section.
For a chronological list of our adventures, click here.
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Backpacking |
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Northern Yellowstone Wildlife and Wildflower
Extravaganza: June 15-20. |
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Northeast Yellowstone's Wolf Country:
June 29-July 3. |
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Yellowstone's
High, Wide & Wild Gallatin Range: July 19-24. |
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Yellowstone's Remote Corner Through Hike: August 12-21. |
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Southwest Yellowstone's Wild Waterfall
Wonderland: September 13-19. |
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| Montana
Backpacking |
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Northern Yellowstone Wildlife and Wildflower
Extravaganza: June 15-20. |
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Glacier Park's Wild Sister, The Rocky Mountain
Front: July 5-11. |
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Yellowstone's High, Wide & Wild Gallatin
Range: July 19-24. |
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Peaks and Lakes of the Rugged Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: July 13-17. |
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Montana’s Rooftop—The Mighty Beartooths: August 2-7.
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| Wyoming
Backpacking |
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Northeast Yellowstone's Wolf Country:
June 29-July 3. |
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Grand Tetons Alpine Magic:
August 3-7. |
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Yellowstone's Remote Corner
Through Hike: August 12-21. |
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Big Vistas of the Wild Absarokas:
August 24-29. |
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Southwest Yellowstone's Wild Waterfall Wonderland:
September 13-19. |
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| Arizona
Backpacking |
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The Grand Canyon,
Rocks of the Ages: October 18-24. |
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| California
Backpacking |
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High Mountains of Death Valley National Park: April 5-12. |
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| Utah Backpacking |
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Redrock Canyons of
the Wild Escalante:
Spring 2010. |
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Grand Staircase Backcountry, Canyon
and Mesa Magic: Spring 2010. |
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Mexico Backpacking |
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Gila Wilderness, Big Pine Country: April 19-25. |
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Gila Wilderness High Peaks Special: October 4-10. |
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| Alaska
Backpacking |
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, The Biggest
Wild: June 3-11. |
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| Montana Canoe
Trips |
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Canoeing the Upper
Missouri River, Lewis and Clark's Wilderness: May 10-17. |
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| Florida Canoe
Trips |
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Watery Wilds of the Living Everglades: Feb 7-14, 2010. |
NOTE: Our Death Valley and Gila wilderness trips are offered only in odd numbered years. In even numbered years, our spring backpack trips are the Escalante Canyons and Grand Staircase backcountry areas of southern Utah.
List prices include our complete gear package and there is a $200 discount if you bring your own (see equipment list and/or questionnaire for details). Also, we offer a $100 discount for the second trip in a calendar year. Scheduled trips are for persons ages 16 and over. Exceptions to the age requirement will be made by us on a case-by-case basis.
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