1. Where: Kaleidoscope Rocks of Canyonlands National Park
When: April 15-20, 6 days
Adventure Base: Moab, Utah
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderately Easy
Price: $1,800
2. Where: Redrock Canyons of the Wild Escalante, Utah*
When: April 22-27, 6 days
Adventure Base: Cedar City, Utah
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderate
Price: $1,800
3. Where: Grand Staircase Backcountry, Canyon and Mesa Magic, Utah
When: April 29-May 4, 6 days
Adventure Base: Cedar City, Utah
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,800
4. Where: Canoeing Montana’s Upper Missouri River, Montana
When: May 13-20, 8 days
Adventure Base: Great Falls, Montana
Type: Canoeing
Rating: Easy to Fairly Strenuous
Price: $2,200
5. Where: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, The Biggest Wild, Alaska
When: June 4-11, 8 days
Adventure Base: Fairbanks, Alaska
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $4,000
6. Where: Northern Yellowstone Wildlife and Wildflower Extravaganza, Montana
When: June 17-22, 6 days
Adventure Base: Gardiner, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderate
Price: $1,800
7. Where: Gros Ventre Range, Jackson Hole Wildlife Bonanza, Wyoming
When: June 24-29, 6 days
Adventure Base: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderate
Price: $1,800
8. Where: Glacier Park’s Wild Sister, the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana
When: July 1-7, 7 days
Adventure Base: Great Falls, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,900
9. Where: Yellowstone’s Big and Wild Wolf Country, Wyoming
When: July 2-6, 5 days
Adventure Base: Gardiner, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderate
Price: $1,600
10. Where: Central Yellowstone’s Wild Off-Trail Trek, Wyoming
When: July 9-14, 6 days
Adventure Base: Gardiner, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,800
11. Where: Peaks and Lakes of the Rugged Selway-Bitterroot, Montana
When: July 16-20, 5 days
Adventure Base: Missoula, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,600
12. Where: Weminuche Wilderness, Colorado’s Rocky Mountain High, Colorado
When: July 22-27, 6 days
Adventure Base: Grand Junction, Colorado
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,800
13. Where: Northeast Yellowstone’s Mellow Mountain Magic, Montana
When: July 23-27, 5 days
Adventure Base: Gardiner, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderately Easy
Price: $1,600
14. Where: Grand Teton Alpine Magic, Wyoming
When: July 29-August 3, 6 days
Adventure Base: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,800
15. Where: Wind River Range, Along the Great Divide, Wyoming
When: August 4-11, 8 days
Adventure Base: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Strenuous
Price: $2,000
16. Where: Yellowstone’s High, Wide & Wild Gallatin Range, Montana/Wyoming
When: August 6-11, 6 days
Adventure Base: Bozeman, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderate
Price: $1,800
17. Where: Montana’s Rooftop, The Mighty Beartooths, Montana**
When: August 13-18, 6 days
Adventure Base: Gardiner, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
($1,800 minimum donation to Big Wild Advocates)
18. Where: Yellowstone’s Remote Corner Through Hike, Wyoming
When: August 14-23, 10 days
Adventure Base: Gardiner, Montana
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $2,200
19. Where: Southern Yellowstone’s Late Summer Magic,Wyoming
When: August 26-31, 6 days
Adventure Base: Jackson, Wyoming
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderate
Price: $1,800
20. Where: Big Vistas of the Wild Absarokas, Wyoming
When: September 2-7, 6 days
Adventure Base: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,800
21. Where: SW Yellowstone Wild Waterfall Wonderland, Wyoming
When: September 9-15, 7 days
Adventure Base: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderate
Price: $1,900
22. Where: Olympic National Park, Glacial Peaks and Big Woods, Washington
When: September 23-28, 6 days
Adventure Base: Seattle, Washington
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Fairly Strenuous
Price: $1,800
23. Where: Kaleidoscope Rocks of Canyonlands National Park, Autumn Color Trek, Utah
When: October 15-20, 7 days
Adventure Base: Moab, Utah
Type: Backpacking
Rating: Moderately Easy
Price: $1,800
Note: All trip prices include equipment (backpack, day-pack, tent, sleeping bag and pad, cup/bowl/spoon), food and cooking (3 meals/day plus snacks), cooking gear, trip planning, comprehensive safety instruction, all user/permit fees, transportation from town to and from the trailheads, and our professional guide/naturalist staff. There is a $200 discount if you bring your own equipment, and a $200 discount for your second trip in a calendar year.
*The Escalante trip is run by Big Wild Advocates, a 501-c-3 non-profit and proceeds are used to fund big Wild Advocates conservation programs.
**The Beartooth trip is run by and for Big Wild Advocates, a 501-c-3 non-profit conservation organization. The trip is part of its educational program and is free to anyone who donates a minimum of $1,800 to Big Wild Advocates, in the calendar year. Proceeds are used to fund Big Wild Advocates conservation programs.
