Big Wild Adventures -  Guided Wilderness Backpacking
 

Backpacking adventure vacations in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Alaska

Arizona Backpacking

THE GRAND CANYON, ROCKS OF THE AGES
October 18-24, 2009 • $1,800

Arizona BackpackingArizona BackpackingThere There is no canyon on Earth like the Grand Canyon! We will explore this great wilderness, beginning and ending on the high pine-clad North Rim, varying the route from year to year. Though the mighty Colorado River defines the inner canyon, the Grand Canyon is actually a diverse array of broad and narrow side canyons, some with gorgeous clear streams and waterfalls. There are also big open mesas and enormous rock walls of kaleidoscopic color. Views are incredible plus a diverse array of high desert wildlife grace this great chasm. We rate this trip strenuous, and its base is Cedar City, Utah, unless we inform you otherwise.

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.

Yellowstone Backpacking
Northern Yellowstone Wildlife and Wildflower Extravaganza: June 15-20.
Northeast Yellowstone's Wolf Country:
June 29-July 3.
Yellowstone's High, Wide & Wild Gallatin Range: July 19-24.
Yellowstone's Remote Corner Through Hike: August 12-21.
Southwest Yellowstone's Wild Waterfall Wonderland: September 13-19.
   
Montana Backpacking
Northern Yellowstone Wildlife and Wildflower Extravaganza: June 15-20.
Glacier Park's Wild Sister, The Rocky Mountain Front: July 5-11.
Yellowstone's High, Wide & Wild Gallatin Range: July 19-24.
Peaks and Lakes of the Rugged Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness: July 13-17.
Montana’s Rooftop—The Mighty Beartooths: August 2-7.
   
Wyoming Backpacking
Northeast Yellowstone's Wolf Country:
June 29-July 3.
Grand Tetons Alpine Magic:
August 3-7.
Yellowstone's Remote Corner Through Hike: August 12-21.
Big Vistas of the Wild Absarokas:
August 24-29.
Southwest Yellowstone's Wild Waterfall Wonderland: September 13-19.
   
Arizona Backpacking
The Grand Canyon, Rocks of the Ages: October 18-24.
   
California Backpacking
High Mountains of Death Valley National Park: April 5-12.
   
Utah Backpacking
Redrock Canyons of the Wild Escalante:
Spring 2010.
Grand Staircase Backcountry, Canyon and Mesa Magic: Spring 2010.
   
New Mexico Backpacking
Gila Wilderness, Big Pine Country: April 19-25.
Gila Wilderness High Peaks Special: October 4-10.
   
Alaska Backpacking
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, The Biggest Wild: June 3-11.
   
Montana Canoe Trips
Canoeing the Upper Missouri River, Lewis and Clark's Wilderness: May 10-17.
   
Florida Canoe Trips
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.

 Big Wild Adventures • 222 Tom Miner Creek Road • Emigrant, Montana 59027
 (406) 848-7000 • Email: info@bigwildadventures.com