On / Off-Trail Hiking Adventure Tours
CALIFORNIA
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Pro Tip
You’re not really trekking until you’re trail-blazing!
When I was a kid, I used to love to play with Legos. But I never followed the directions because I always found directions to be boring. So I built entire Lego cities and created worlds based on my own imagination. . .
Off-Trail Hiking (aka “Overland Trekking”) is exactly the same. If you always follow the exact same path everyone else is walking, you never see anything unique or experience anything different. And since you clicked on this Adventure Experience, I already know you agree!
Here’s photo I took of my best buddy, Zach and his newborn baby, Evan. Zach and Evan don’t like trails either - that’s why he’s already teaching Evan how to follow his own path. And if little Evan can do it, so can you. . .
In fact, I’ve done some of my favorite treks in life with Zach - and our feet never touched the trail once.
Here we are in Death Valley National Park - one of the most inhospitable, dangerous places to “get lost” on Earth. But we even rappel into slot canyons to do just that!
Dan and Zach somewhere in Zion National Park…
Become A Professional Off-Trail Trekker
(At least for the day!)
Climbing / Alpine Skiing (and getting engaged!) on Mount Shasta in Northern California
You don’t have to be some kind of crazy mountaineer or free-solo climber like Alex Honnold to get off the beaten-path. All you have to do is learn to become comfortable following whatever direction your feet take you.
It’s that free-spirited mentality that will open the flood-gates of experience for your mind and body. Once you start, you won’t even want to walk on the sidewalk anymore!
Even a Super Bloom in Tehachapi is all the motivation you need to go find the best spots where nobody else has trampled the pretty flowers!
Tools of the trade…
Leading my buddy Bob on a Jackson Hole, WY backcountry snow-shoe excursion (where we found tracks other trail-blazers just like us!)
You’ll have full access to the following equipment to master backcountry travel:
PROVIDED GEAR & PROVISIONS
Old School Paper Topo Maps
Military-Issued Land-Nav Compass
Pro & DIY Emergency Locator Strobes
High-Ankle Boots (MEN’S Size 8-9 only)
Backpack
Portable “Shoulder” Cooler
Trekking Poles
Basic Snacks
Old School land-nav with topo maps on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon
Dropping into Red Rock Canyon outside Vegas
Off-piste in Revelstoke
Skill-Share Modules
The focus of this adventure experience is all about off-grid, off-trail trekking in the backcountry. Even if we meet relatively close to civilization, my goal is to give you some of the skills I use to plan and execute my most remote trips so you can plan some of your own.
But if you’d prefer to stay on the main trails, we can do that too and still discuss how to venture further than the average trailhead.
OPTIONS
How to discover off-grid travel destinations…
Topo Maps: Planning Your Routes
Basic Backcountry Navigation
SOS: Wilderness Safety & Self-Rescue
What To Do If You Get Lost
Zero Light | Night Land Nav
Ready to start trekking?
This was the expression Joey and Sam had when I pretended I got us lost in Denali backcountry, but then they figured our way home with the skills I’d taught them!
Best View Ever: And if we just stayed on the proverbial path, we never would have seen this side of Denali National Park…
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