3 Week John Muir Trail Itinerary
Hiking the John Muir Trail is a life-changing experience. Once you’ve followed the crest of the Sierra from Yosemite to Mount Whitney (or visa-versa if you’re hiking Northbound), you’ll forever be...
View ArticleUltimate John Muir Trail Planning Guide (2024)
Planning a John Muir Trail thru-hike can feel just as daunting as actually hiking it. When Kristen – Bearfoot Theory’s Founder – hiked the JMT in 2014, there were very few John Muir Trail planning...
View Article10 Best Utah Backpacking Trips
Although Utah is most famous for its “Mighty Five” National Parks (Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, Bryce, and Zion), more than 70% of the state is classified as public land from national monuments...
View ArticleWyoming Hiking Guide: 10 Best Day Hikes & Backpacking Trails
Wyoming is full of natural beauty. From the dramatic and jagged mountains of Grand Teton National Park to the rare geological structures of Yellowstone to the majestic Wind River Range and beyond,...
View Article6 Best Wind River Range Backpacking Trails
Wyoming’s Wind River Range is a place of legend, a granite wonderland where the state’s highest summit presides over hundreds of jagged peaks and countless alpine lake basins that straddle both sides...
View ArticleBackpacking the High Divide Trail (Seven Lakes Basin Loop) in Olympic...
The High Divide Trail in the Seven Lakes Basin of the Olympic Peninsula is one of the most coveted hiking and backpacking routes in Washington State. Filled with incredible views of jagged Olympic...
View ArticleHow To Backpack Cirque of the Towers in Wyoming (+ Itinerary!)
The Cirque of the Towers not only sounds like it could be the next installment of the Lord of the Rings movie franchise, but it could also easily stand in for the trilogy’s mythological Middle Earth....
View ArticleBackpacking the Trans Catalina Trail: Permits, Itineraries, Gear and More
Located only 22 miles off the coast of Southern California, Catalina Island is an inhabited island that offers amazing kelp forest diving, wildlife, and turns out…some pretty epic camping, hiking, and...
View ArticleUltimate Havasu Falls Camping, Hiking and Permit Guide (2024)
The Havasupai Reservation and Havasu Falls is one of the most special places I have ever visited. I’ve been twice now, and both times I was MIND. BLOWN. Before my first visit, I’d only seen photos of...
View ArticleBackpacking the Four Pass Loop in Colorado’s Maroon Bells: Permits,...
When you search on Google for images of Colorado, many of those breathtaking, iconic photos of mountain peaks surrounded by alpine lakes and wildflowers are of the Maroon Bells near Aspen. It is no...
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