West Fork Oak Creek Hiking & Backpacking Guide

The West Fork of Oak Creek trail was one of our favorites in Sedona. It's a hike through a beautiful gorge which follows along...

Backpacking Guide for Cottonwood Canyon & Marble Canyon Loop

The Cottonwood Canyon & Marble Canyon loop is one of the few backpacking trails in Death Valley that is actually a "trail". The majority...

Kings Creek Falls Trail

The most popular short hike in Lassen National Park, and for good reason! This is a relatively easy and beautiful hike with huge views!...

Best Things to Do When Visiting Craters of The Moon

I've found the 5+ best things to do in Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. This is such a cool park full...

Guide to Yellowstone’s Geysers & Hot Springs

Yellowstone is full of tons of geothermal activity - and with so many geysers and hot springs in such a big park, which ones...

Burkhart Trail to Cooper Canyon Falls

Cooper Canyon Falls is a pretty nice hike by Southern California standards that flows year round and roars in April/May from snow run off....

How To Get a Permit For The Wave

The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in Coyote Buttes North (not to be confused with South) in Arizona. Marked by its bright...

Backpacking/ Hiking to Big Pine Lakes (via North Fork of Big...

The North Fork Trail of Big Pine Creek to the 7 alpine Big Pine Lakes is definitely one of the prettiest and best hikes...

The General Sherman Tree Trail

The General Sherman Tree is touted as the "biggest tree in the world"! It's not really the biggest or the widest tree, but because...

Brimstone Gulch Hiking Guide

Brimstone is a super narrow slot canyon in the Utah desert. So narrow that once you go in, eventually you'll have to turn around...

How to Get a Zion Narrows Permit

Overnight backpacking permits for the Zion Narrows are like gold - they are incredibly hard to get and go very quickly once they become...

Darby Canyon Wind Cave Hike

This hike was amazing! I really loved this Darby Canyon Wind Cave hike. It is a really beautiful, enjoyable hike. Trees, wildflowers, mountains, meadows,...

Guide to Visiting Mammoth Cave & Wild Cave Tour Review

I had never been down into a cave system before, let alone the lonest cave system in the world (with new areas still being...

Hiking Boynton Canyon Trail, Sedona

Boynton Canyon trail in Sedona is a popular box canyon that doesn't disappoint! It's one of the most scenic box canyons that make Arizona...

Spend a Day Kayaking Along The Russian River

The Russian River is a popular California summer destination. Located in Sonoma and Mendocino counties just north of San Francisco, the river winds past...