Backpacking Routes

  • Under 50 Miles
    • Pacific West
      • Lost Coast Trail, CA
      • Old Mt. Baldy – Three T’s Loop, CA
      • Emigrant Wilderness Loop, CA
      • Loowit Trail, WA
      • Three Sisters Loop, OR
      • Timberline Trail, OR
      • Death Valley Cottonwood-Marble Canyon Loop, CA
      • Death Valley Indian Pass Canyon, CA
    • Northeast
      • Appalachian-Mohawk Trails Loop, CT
      • The Great Circle Trail, ME
      • Waterville Valley Skyline Loop, NH
      • Inner-Pemi Loop Trail, NH
      • Wapack Trail, NH
      • Shoal Pond Loop, NH
      • Natchaug / Nipmuck Trails, CT
      • Lye Brook Wilderness Loop, VT
      • Isolation Loop Trail, NH
      • Grafton Loop Trail, ME
      • Big Branch Wilderness Loop, VT
      • The Pemi Loop, NH
      • The Presidential Traverse, NH
      • Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway, NH
      • Mahoosuc Traverse, ME
    • Mountain West
      • Titcomb Basin Loop, WY
      • Granite Peak, MT
      • Bear River Range Traverse, UT
      • Purgatory Creek to Chicago Basin, CO
      • Four Pass Loop, CO
      • The Beaten Path, MT
      • Gallatin Crest Trail, MT
      • Crazy Mountains Loop, MT
      • Baker-Johnson Lake Loop, NV
    • Southwest
      • Zion Traverse, UT
      • Coyote Gulch, UT
      • Grand Canyon Rim-To-Rim-To-Rim, AZ
      • Zion National Park Kolob Arch, UT
      • Death Hollow Loop, UT
      • Reflection Canyon, UT
    • Great Lakes Midwest
      • Sioux-Hustler Trail, MN
      • Snowbank Lake Trail, MN
      • Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI
      • Greenstone Ridge Trail, MI
    • Mid-Atlantic
      • The Cold River Loop, NY
      • Old Loggers Path, PA
  • 50-200 Miles
    • Northeast
      • Cohos Trail, NH
      • 100-Mile Wilderness, Maine
    • Pacific West
      • Big SEKI Loop, CA
      • Wonderland Trail, WA
      • Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness Loop, WA
      • High Sierra Trail, CA
      • Sierra High Route, CA
      • Tahoe Rim Trail, CA / NV
    • Mountain West
      • Teton Loop, WY
      • Collegiate Peaks Loop, CO
      • Lost Creek Loop, CO
      • Uinta Highline Trail, UT
      • Sawtooth Wilderness Loop, ID
    • Southwest
      • Lone Star Hiking Trail, TX
      • Black Canyon Trail, AZ
    • Deep South
      • Foothills Trail, NC / SC
      • Bartram Trail, NC / GA
      • Smoky Mountains National Park Loop, NC / TN
    • Mid-Atlantic
      • The Cranberry Lake 50, NY
      • Loyalsock Trail, PA
      • Northville-Placid Trail, NY
    • Plains Midwest
      • Maah Daah Hey Trail, ND
      • Centennial Trail, SD
  • 200-500 Miles
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    • Mid-State Trail, PA
    • John Muir Trail, CA
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    • Colorado Trail, CO
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    • Long Trail, VT
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    • Benton Mackaye Trail, GA, TN, NC
    • Superior Hiking Trail, MN
    • Pinhoti Trail, AL / GA
    • Ouachita Trail, AR / OK
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      • Ouachita Trail Gear
      • Ouachita Trail Resupply Guide
  • 500-1000+ Miles
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    • Pacific Northwest Trail, MT / ID / WA
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Shoal Pond Loop

The Shoal Pond route in New Hampshire is a mellow alternative to the busier White Mountains. This convenient loop hike is 21 miles and can be hiked in two days.

By Rebecca Sperry, 4 yearsNovember 12, 2020 ago

Where to Buy Recycled Gear… and Why You Should

Here’s where you can buy backpacking and outdoor gear made with recycled ingredients, and why you definitely should.

By Hugh Owen, 5 yearsNovember 5, 2020 ago

Baker-Johnson Lake Loop

The Baker-Johnson Lake Loop 13-mile route through high-elevation terrain in Great Basin National Park that can be hiked in 2 days.

By Maggie Slepian, 5 yearsOctober 5, 2020 ago

Timberline Trail

The Timberline Trail is a 40-mile loop around Oregon’s Mt. Hood that can be hiked in 2-4 days

By Jeff Garmire, 5 yearsOctober 5, 2020 ago

About the Team

Meet the cofounders and editors of BackpackingRoutes.com

By BPRoutes, 5 yearsAugust 18, 2020 ago

Contact

Pitch us a trail profile, submit a trip report, or contact the editors at BackpackingRoutes.Com

By BPRoutes, 5 yearsAugust 11, 2020 ago

Section Hiking the Pinhoti Trail

We’ve broken the 335-mile Pinhoti Trail into 31 sections, ranging from five to 20+ miles. See the full trail profile for the Pinhoti Trail here. Alabama Sections Section 1 DISTANCE ~ 21.0ELEVATION: L 545′ ~ H 1037′WOODS TRAIL ~ MODERATE ~ 0.0 ~ 5.9 / 10.4 ~ 17.3ROAD WALK ~ Read more…

By Jeff Garmire, 5 yearsJuly 16, 2020 ago

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