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10 Awesome Fall Backpacking Trips
By Michael Lanza The imminent end of summer always feels a little melancholy. After all, it marks the close of the prime season for getting into the mountains. But it also signals the beginning of a...
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The 5 Rules About Kids I Broke While Backpacking in Rocky Mountain National Park
By Michael Lanza “I’m dying!” my son, Nate, bellowed to the entire forest in the Wild Basin of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. “This pack is too heavy!” We were just 30 minutes up the trail at...
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10 Smarter Ways to Think About Your Layering System
By Michael Lanza Think of your layering system of clothing for outdoor activities as a musical instrument. When you’re first learning how to play, you practice one chord or note at a time. But you only...
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To My Kids: Yes, the Worst Can Happen. Be Careful Out There
By Michael Lanza Hi Nate and Alex, There was a tragic story in the news recently of yet another accomplished young climber who’s now dead. He actually survived an avalanche that killed his girlfriend...
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My 25 Most Scenic Days of Hiking Ever
By Michael Lanza You’ve had days like this. Maybe it was a dayhike, or a single, exceptional day on a backpacking trip or hut trek—one so gorgeous and inspirational that it forges a lasting memory as...
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10 Really Cool Outdoor Adventures With Kids
By Michael Lanza Want to guarantee that your kids are always excited about getting outdoors as a family? Find adventures that excite them. We adults tend to look for nice scenery, but that, by itself,...
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Ask Me: How Old Were Your Kids When You Started Taking Big Trips?
Hi Michael, We have a newly turned six-year old, a three-and-a-half-year-old, and I’m expecting! How old were your kids when you started doing “big” trips with them? By big I mean hiking and camping...
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Photo Gallery: Backpacking in the Grand Canyon
By Michael Lanza A twisting gorge 277 miles long and averaging about 10 miles wide and a mile deep. A national park spanning more than 1.2 million acres. More than 100 named rapids on the Colorado...
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Take a Top 5 Southwest Backpacking Trip: Paria Canyon
By Michael Lanza Walls of searing, orange-red sandstone towered hundreds of feet overhead in a chasm at times no more than a dozen strides across. A shallow river flowed like very thin, melted milk...
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My Top 10 Family Outdoor Adventures
By Michael Lanza As a parent of teenagers who’s taken his kids on outdoor adventures since before they can remember, I’ll share with you the biggest and in some ways most surprising lesson I’ve learned...
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