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Do You Want To Be A Digital Nomad in Alaska? Here’s How You Do It
Do You Want To Be A Digital Nomad in Alaska? Here’s How You Do It…
The Ultimate Alaska Road Trip | Anchorage to Homer
Anchorage to Homer Road Trip Anchorage to Homer is the ultimate in Alaska road trips….
Russian River Falls | Easy Kenai Peninsula Hike | Bear Viewing
Russian River Falls | Easy Kenai Peninsula Hike | Bear Viewing Hiking to the Russian…
How to Make Your First Hiking Trip a Success: Essential Gear for Beginners
How to Make Your First Hiking Trip a Success: Essential Gear for Beginners Hiking is…
Must Have Gear to Get You Started Euro-Style Nymphing
Must Have Gear to Get You Started Euro-Style Nymphing Euro-style nymphing is a fly fishing…
Right On Trek | Meal Review | An Honest Opinion On The Backpacking World’s Premier Dehydrated Meal Company
Right On Trek | Meal Review | An Honest Opinion On The Backpacking World’s Premier…
How To: Float Portage Creek, Alaska
How To: Float Portage Creek, Alaska Portage Creek is the outflow of Portage Lake, which…
What is Chaga Mushroom? Benefits, Harvesting, and Side Effects
What is Chaga Mushroom? Benefits, Harvesting, and Side Effects Are you asking the question, “what…
How To Floss For Salmon
How To Floss For Salmon Are you trying to fill the freezer but have no…
A Review Of Epic Water Filters
A Review Of Epic Water Filters Epic Water filters is a company that takes the…
Hawks Rest – The Most Remote Location In The Lower 48 United States
Hawks Rest, Wyoming Hawks rest is the remote location – as measured by distance from…
Crater Rings, Mountain Home, Idaho
Crater Rings, Mountain Home, Idaho Crater rings is one of the most unique and under…
Craters of the Moon National Monument | Volcano Skiing
Craters of the Moon National Monument | Volcano Skiing Craters of the Moon National Monument…
Will The U.S. Buy Greenland?
Will The U.S. Buy Greenland? The U.S. buying Greenland is an idea that went mainstream…
Prince Albert Hot Spring, Idaho
Prince Albert Hot Spring, Idaho Located in the Bennett Mountain Hills – a mountain range…
Hunting White-Tailed Deer In Idaho
Hunting White-Tailed Deer In Idaho When people think of hunting in Idaho, white-tailed deer is…
Lake Trout Fishing In Idaho
Lake Trout Fishing In Idaho Lake trout fishing in Idaho is better than ever before….
Grizzly Bears In Idaho
Grizzly Bear In Idaho Grizzly bears have lived in Idaho since the last Ice Age…
Best Survival Movies & Outdoor Movie List
25 Best Outdoor Movies Survival Movies remind us that as bad as things get, they…
Spamghetti Is The Best Meal After A Long Hike
Indian Hot Springs | Idaho
Indian Hot Springs, Idaho Located in the Jarbidge-Bruneau Canyon Wilderness, Indian Hot Springs offers a…
Feathered Friends Gear Review
Feathered Friends Gear Review Feathered Friends sleeping bags are top-of-the-line gear. Wild West Trail has…
Cowboy Camping | Tips And Tricks
Cowboy Camping | Tips And Tricks Wondering what “cowboy camping” even means? It’s sleeping outside,…
Rainbow Trout Recipes
Rainbow Trout Recipe Catching a rainbow trout and then making a meal with it is…
Why You Should Have A Bug Out Bag
Why Make A Bug Out Bag? Having a bug out bag for a survival situation…
The Coronavirus
The (Novel) Coronavirus What is the coronavirus? Well, a coronavirus is a type of virus…
Conservation Vs. Preservation
Conservation Vs. Preservation At first glance, most outdoors people wouldn’t flinch at being called either…
Serial Sabbatical
Take A Sabbatical A sabbatical is a rest or break from work. A serial sabbatical…
3 Day Backpacking Menu
3 Day Backpacking Menu Ramen Noodle And Wild Caught Trout Use the Wild West Trail…
Hitchhiking
An Apple A Day
An Apple A Day An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or so the…
Gossamer Gear Negative Review
LT4 Carbon Trekking Pole Review This is my negative review of the LT4 carbon (fiber)…
Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
Cut Your Own Christmas Tree A Perfectly Cut Christmas Tree Are you looking to cut…
Free Camping In National Forests
Dispersed Camping Dispersed camping, or free camping, is the term used for camping anywhere on public…
Appalachian Trail Murders
Appalachian Trail Murders Murders on the Appalachian Trail are rare on a year-to-year basis but…
Benefits of Hiking
Benefits of Hiking? The Proof Is In The Pudding There’s an old saying which means…
Idaho Fishing For Rainbow Trout
Idaho Fishing Rainbow Trout In Idaho A state so huge, some refer to Idaho as…
What Does It Mean To Be A Trailblazer?
Castaway & Gator take a moment after reaching 100 miles in 4 days; Pitamakan Pass,…
Mass Extinction
Mass Extinction Definition A mass extinction is a massive and relatively sudden decrease in the…
How To Insulate A Truck Camper Shell
DIY Truck Camper Living out of a pick-up truck isn’t as glamorous as you think….
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Hiking The Idaho Centennial Trail
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Hiking The Idaho Centennial Trail The Idaho Centennial…
11 Best Camping In The Rain Hacks
11 Best Camping In The Rain Hacks Nothing is more frustrating than getting stuck in…
The P.C.T. Is Overcrowded. It’s Time To Thru-Hike A New Trail
Escape The Crowds On The P.C.T. If you’re planning to hike the Pacific Crest Trail…
Finding Water
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Water In The Wilderness Finding water in the wilderness largely depends on the…
Idaho Archery Elk Hunt
Idaho Elk Hunting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXvFdNR6tPI When the romantic image of elk hunting takes shape inside a…
Sawtooth Wilderness Fishing
Sawtooth Wilderness Fishing Planning or dreaming of a fishing trip in the Sawtooth Mountains? With…
Single Wall Vs. Double Wall Tent
Understanding The Difference Between Single-Wall And Double-Wall Tents There are two major designs that distinguish…
Hiking Bathroom Etiquette
How To Use The Bathroom Ok this might sound crazy because obviously you know how…
Giardia
Giardia lamblia The scientific name for what is commonly known as Giardia, a parasite that…
Everything You Want To Know About S’mores
History of S’mores S’mores are a great American snack and the making of them should…
Does Bear Spray Work?
Does Bear Spray Work? In this article, I will put forward a well-researched opinion on…
Top 10 Camping Hacks
Top 10 Camping Hacks Brush up on your outdoor knowledge before going on your next…
Mt. Borah Adventure | May 2019
Skiing Mt. Borah In Idaho Standing at 12,668′, Borah Peak is Idaho’s tallest mountain. The…
Why You Need To Start Wearing Hiking Pants
Why Wearing Long Pants Offers Hiking Protection The debate within the hiking community over the…
How To Gut A Fish In 8 Easy Steps
How To Gut A Fish In 8 Easy Steps Next time you are on a…
Backcountry Skiing Bogus Basin
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Backcountry Skiing Bogus Basin Bogus Basin is the closest ski resort to the city…
The Man In The Arena
The Man In The Arena One of the greatest Americans of all time, Theodore “Teddy”…
Beginners Backcountry Skiing
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Beginners Backcountry Skiing When I first heard of backcountry skiing, I thought it was…
Hiking The Pacific Northwest Trail
Pacific Northwest Trail The Pacific Northwest Trail is the newest National Scenic Trail in the…
Sawtooth Mountains | Idaho Centennial Trail
This article is a reading companion to Episode 4 in our Wild West Trail 2018…
Instant Ramen Hacks – For Hiking!
How To Make Instant Ramen Better What Is Ramen? Quick cooking noodles made from wheat,…
Owyhee Desert | Idaho Centennial Trail
Jarbidge Mountains – Owyhee Desert Day 2. We take the lower elevation alternate route, on…
Snake River Valley | Boise River | Idaho Centennial Trail
Desert Horned Lizard Day 10. The 100 mile mark for the ICT is roughly the…
Hiking Away Your Psoriasis
How to Make Psoriasis Go Away Fast What is Psoriasis? A chronic autoimmune condition, Psoriasis…
Walking (Thoreau)
Henry David Thoreau was an American in the truest sense. A critic of development which…
Stoveless Backpacking Meals
Stoveless Backpacking Meals Eating is obviously an essential part of hiking, although it should not…
Jarbidge Wilderness |
Idaho Centennial Trail
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Best of Patagonia – Here in North America And so it begins. Jarbidge,…
Water Cache | Idaho Centennial Trail
Is There Water in The Owyhee Desert? The first 927 miles of Wild…
Learn How To Train For a Thru-Hike
Have you decided to take on a long distance backpacking trail? Training for a thru-hike…
How to Save Money to Travel
Saving Money for Your Next Adventure “Finding the money” is the eternal struggle all…
How To Use CalTopo To Plan Your Next Hike
How To Use CalTopo To Plan Your Next Hike Where do you get your hiking…
Wild West Trail Roadmap of Development
Wild West Trail Roadmap of Development January 2018 – wildwesttrail.co goes live and is officially launched…
Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL2: Gear Review
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Reviewing the Big Agnes Fly Creek HV UL 2″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npTCMxMch2c” el_width=”50″ align=”center”][vc_column_text] Big…
Business Benefits of Accepting Cryptocurrency
As a business owner, the idea of cryptocurrency might be a foreign concept but it’s…
Intro to Crypto: What is Blockchain?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Blockchain – A continuously growing list of transactions (blocks) all of which are recorded…
Intro to Crypto: Understanding Cryptocurrency and the Freedom it Affords
To be truly free, an individual must be able to spend their time in a…
Is There Such a Thing as Wilderness?
Is There Such a Thing as Wilderness? When I first became obsessed with “wilderness” images…
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When will maps of the Butte Super Cutoff/Big Sky Alternate route will available? Thanks.
Hi Gary! You can download the Wild West Trail’s Big Sky Variant GPX file here: https://wildwesttrail.co/http:/wildwesttrail.co/shop/big-sky-variant-gpx-file/